Virtual Field Trip Planning Guide

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'Patrol Leader Merit Badge Planning Guide for the Virtual Field Trip

*** Activities for the Youth Lead Patrol ***

Exploring Virtual Field Trip 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.

Patrol Method Merit Badge Planning Guide for a scouting Virtual Field Trip

This is a special category created for the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic to help guide scouts and their families to those merit badges that can be effectively in a virtual class-room field trip environment.

Some Suggestions:

  • Never be a one-to-one virtual session, always include a scout buddy or older family member to join your session.
  • Almost every merit badge includes a significant amount of discussion. A Merit Badge class should not have more than 12 scouts. Otherwise the discussion sections could take a really, really long time.
  • Get approval from your scout leader ahead of time to discern the good classes from the poorly organized ones.
  • See Also Scout On Through Covid-19 for more ideas on scouting during the great pandemic of 2020.