Patrol Leader Merit Badge Planning Guide
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Patrol Leader Merit Badge Planning Guide
*** Activities for the Youth Lead Patrol ***
Working on Merit Badge Activities can be a fascinating youth adventure when done right. Here are a few tips to help the Patrol Leader get started.
- Scouts may never add or subtract from the actual merit badge requirements
- This Planner is only a suggestion of different ideas to make working this Merit Badge both fun and easy.
- While doing the Worksheet is not a requirement for earning this badge, in many cases it can help you learn key concepts and track your progress.
Introduction
- Do your scouts ask for more Merit Badge themed campouts and service projects?
- How do you make your weekly patrol meetings more adventure and less like school?
- Do you need more ideas for older scouts to teach with the EDGE method?
- How do you make merit badges FUN?
- How do you get scouts to self start on merit badge work?
- See the difference between MBC lecturing youth vs youth discussing with the MBC what they learned on their own?
Merit Badge Rankings
Some merit badges activities work better in different settings:
# | Merit Badge | Eagle Req'd | Patrol | Family | Service | STEM | Field Trip | Duty to God | MB Day | Over- Night | Summer Camp | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
058 | Genealogy | NO | GREAT | GREAT | GREAT | GREAT | GREAT | GREAT | FAIR | FAIR | POOR | |
100 | Radio | NO |
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- American Business
- American Cultures
- American Heritage
- American Labor
- Animal Science
- Animation
- Archaeology
- Archery
- Architecture
- Art
- Astronomy
- Athletics
- Automotive Maintenance
- Aviation
- Backpacking
- Basketry
- Bird Study
- Bugling
- Camping
- Canoeing
- Chemistry
- Chess
- Citizenship in the Community
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Climbing
- Coin Collecting
- Collections
- Communication
- Composite Materials
- Cooking
- Crime Prevention
- Cycling
- Dentistry
- Digital Technology
- Disabilities Awareness
- Dog Care
- Drafting
- Electricty
- Electronics
- Emergency Preparedness
- Energy
- Engineering
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Science
- Exploration
- Family Life
- Farm Mechanics
- Fingerprinting
- Fire Safety
- First Aid
- Fish and Wildlife Management
- Fishing
- Fly-Fishing
- Forestry
- Game Design
- Gardening
- Genealogy
- Geocache
- Geology
- Golf
- Graphic Arts
- Hiking
- Home Repairs
- Horsemanship
- Indian Lore
- Insect Study
- Inventing
- Journalism
- Kayaking
- Landscape Architecture
- Law
- Leatherwork
- Lifesaving
- Mammal Study
- Medicine
- Metalwork
- Mining in Society
- Model Design and Building
- Motorboating
- Moviemaking
- Music
- Nature
- Nuclear Science
- Oceanography
- Orienteering
- Painting
- Personal Fitness
- Personal Management
- Pets
- Photography
- Pioneering
- Plant Science
- Plumbing
- Pottery
- Programming
- Public Health
- Public Speaking
- Pulp and Paper
- Radio
- Railroading
- Reading
- Reptile and Amphibian Study
- Rifle Shooting
- Robotics
- Rowing
- Safety
- Salesmanship
- Scholarship
- Scouting Heritage
- Scuba Diving
- Sculpture
- Search and Rescue
- Shotgun Shooting
- Signs, Signals and Codes
- Skating
- Small-Boat Sailing
- Snow Sports
- Soil and Water Conservation
- Space Exploration
- Sports
- Stamp Collecting
- Surveying
- Sustainability
- Swimming
- Textile
- Theater
- Traffic Safety
- Truck Transportation
- Veterinary Medicine
- Water Sports
- Weather
- Welding
- Whitewater
- Wilderness Survival
- Wood Carving
- Woodwork