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![[Virtual Field Trip Planning Guide|Virtual Field Trip]] | ![[Virtual Field Trip Planning Guide|Virtual Field Trip]] | ||
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| | |Hands on tour and projects | ||
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![[Family Activity Merit Badge Planning Guide|Family Activity]] | ![[Family Activity Merit Badge Planning Guide|Family Activity]] | ||
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![[Service Activity Merit Badge Planning Guide|Service Activity]] | ![[Service Activity Merit Badge Planning Guide|Service Activity]] | ||
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| | |Pollution control on field trip | ||
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![[STEM Activity Merit Badge Planning Guide|S.T.E.M. Activity]] | ![[STEM Activity Merit Badge Planning Guide|S.T.E.M. Activity]] | ||
|BGcolor=lime| GREAT | |BGcolor=lime| GREAT | ||
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![[Field Trip Merit Badge Planning Guide|Field Trip]] | ![[Field Trip Merit Badge Planning Guide|Field Trip]] | ||
|BGcolor=yellow| FAIR | |BGcolor=yellow| FAIR | ||
| | | Multi-day Field obervations - | ||
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![[Duty-to-God Merit Badge Planning Guide|Duty-to-God]] | ![[Duty-to-God Merit Badge Planning Guide|Duty-to-God]] | ||
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![[Merit Badge Day Planning Guide|MB Day]] | ![[Merit Badge Day Planning Guide|MB Day]] | ||
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| | | Multi-day Field obervations - | ||
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![[Overnighter Merit Badge Planning Guide|Overnighter]] | ![[Overnighter Merit Badge Planning Guide|Overnighter]] | ||
|BGcolor=lime| GREAT | |BGcolor=lime| GREAT | ||
| | | Multi-day Field obervations - | ||
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![[Summer Camp Merit Badge Planning Guide|Summer Camp]] | ![[Summer Camp Merit Badge Planning Guide|Summer Camp]] | ||
|BGcolor=lime| GREAT | |BGcolor=lime| GREAT | ||
| | | Most frequently done as Summer Camp | ||
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= C. Homework / Prerequisites = | = C. Homework / Prerequisites = | ||
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Assign one or more requirements that the scout can do at home, perhaps as a family activity. | Assign one or more requirements that the scout can do at home, perhaps as a family activity. | ||
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=D. Study Hall Patrol Night = | =D. Study Hall Patrol Night = | ||
While some scouts may be adept at self-study, others may do better in a small group setting and taking notes on worksheets. Make an agenda. You can facilitate discussion by asking them why each of the principles introduced here would be relevant. Schedule one or more patrol meetings to work this merit badge. | While some scouts may be adept at self-study, others may do better in a small group setting and taking notes on worksheets. Make an agenda. You can facilitate discussion by asking them why each of the principles introduced here would be relevant. Schedule one or more patrol meetings to work this merit badge. | ||
== Pre-Open Gathering Activity == | == Pre-Open Gathering Activity == | ||
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* [https://www.slideshare.net/hillaryjones739/environmental-science-requirement-1-and-2 Environmental Science MeritBadge] - Slideshare presentation. Req #1 & #2: | * [https://www.slideshare.net/hillaryjones739/environmental-science-requirement-1-and-2 Environmental Science MeritBadge] - Slideshare presentation. Req #1 & #2: | ||
<br>Req #1 | <br>Req #1: Make a Timeline about Environmental Science and Boy Scouts | ||
<br>Req #2 - Common Terms | <br>Req #2: Quiz - Common Terms of Environmental Science | ||
<br>Req #8: Careers in Environmental Science | |||
== MBC Discussion Project - Part B: == | |||
<font color=blue><b> | |||
Using the construction project provided or a plan you create on your own, identify the items that would need to be included in an environmental impact statement for the project planned.</font></b> | |||
* My favorite construction project - we plan to build a hotel near "here". | |||
= E. Outdoor Science Projects = | = E. Outdoor Science Projects = | ||
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<font color=blue><p> | <font color=blue><p> | ||
Choose two outdoor study areas that are very different from one another (e.g., hilltop vs. bottom of a hill; field vs. forest; swamp vs. dry land). For BOTH study areas, do ONE of the following:</font> | Choose two outdoor study areas that are very different from one another (e.g., hilltop vs. bottom of a hill; field vs. forest; swamp vs. dry land). For BOTH study areas, do ONE of the following:</font> | ||
A) Plant/Animal Life Inventory | <br>A) Plant/Animal Life Inventory | ||
B) Make three "observation" visits to both area. | <br>B) Make three "observation" visits to both area. | ||
=E. Field Trip = | =E. Field Trip = | ||
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# '''[[Activity Reflection]]:''' Use this meeting for scouts to ask questions and to reflect on what they gained personally from this adventure. You can also have a discussion on what future opportunities are here. | # '''[[Activity Reflection]]:''' Use this meeting for scouts to ask questions and to reflect on what they gained personally from this adventure. You can also have a discussion on what future opportunities are here. | ||
# '''Court of Honor Exhibit:''' Pictures, handiwork and other memorabilia from this adventure will make for a great presentation at the next [[Scout Troop]] [[Court of Honor]]. | # '''Court of Honor Exhibit:''' Pictures, handiwork and other memorabilia from this adventure will make for a great presentation at the next [[Scout Troop]] [[Court of Honor]]. | ||
== Env Sci Humor Collection == | |||
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* True Stories from the "Roadkill Patrol" : Scoutmaster to patrol hiking down the Nature Trail, "Scouts - we are going to stop right here and I want you to look carefully around you and tell me what you observe." SPL responds, "Scoutmaster, you are standing on a ant hill."</font> | |||
== Related Merit Badges == | == Related Merit Badges == | ||
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* [[Nature Merit Badge Activity Planner|Nature]] | * [[Nature Merit Badge Activity Planner|Nature]] | ||
* [[Forestry Merit Badge Activity Planner|Forestry]] | * [[Forestry Merit Badge Activity Planner|Forestry]] | ||
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== G. See Also == | == G. See Also == | ||
