Our scouts have asked for new/additional merit badge counselors for the following MBs that they’d like to complete during the year. Can you help?
It’s only takes a few steps to become a new MB counselor –
- Complete the Youth Protection Training course at https://my.scouting.org/ (if you are new or not up to date). Just login or create a new account.
- Complete the MB Counselor Info sheet
- Stop by the parent meeting on 11/6 or 12/4 (or any other meeting) and fill out an BSA Adult application – takes 5 mins – and you’re only signing up to be a MB counselor
| Eagle Req | Merit Badge | Est. # of Counselor/Scout Meetings after intro mtg | Scout work | MB Details & Worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Business | Research for one counselor mtg +3 months stock tracking + run small business for 3 months | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb015.asp | ||
| American Cultures | Research for one counselor mtg + field trip + give talk | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb017.asp | ||
| American Heritage | 2 | Research for two counselor mtg + interviews + field trip/event | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb016.asp | |
| Animal Science | 1 | Research for one counselor mtg + field trip | http://usscouts.org/mb/mb018.asp | |
| Bird Study | 1-2 | Research for counselor mtg; identify 20 birds + 5 songs; build bird bath/feeder or sanctuary | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb029.asp | |
| Chess | 2 | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb147.asp | ||
| Y | Citizenship in the Community | 2 | Research for counselor mtgs; field trip to council mtg | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb002.asp |
| Y | Citizenship in the Community | 2 | Research for counselor mtgs; field trip; news for 5 days | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb003.asp |
| Y | Citizenship in the World | 2 | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb004.asp | |
| Collections | 1 | Should be a collector | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb128.asp | |
| Crime Prevention | 1-2 | Research for counselor mtgs + poss field trip | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb131.asp | |
| Dog Care | Research for counselor mtg; field trip; 2 months care for dog | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb041.asp | ||
| Electricity | 1 | Fairly easy, some basic electrical experiments | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb043.asp | |
| Entrepreneurship | 1 | Research for counselor mtgs / Need entrepreneur to lead | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb134.asp | |
| Exploration | Research for counselor mtg + planned expedition | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb159.asp | ||
| Gardening | Research for counselor mtg + field trip + 90 day garden maintenance | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb055.asp | ||
| Medicine | 1-2 | Research for counselor mtg; field trip to doctors office; participate in health event | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb130.asp | |
| Moviemaking | 1-2 | Fairly simple – Research + shoot a short video | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb156.asp | |
| Music | 1 | Appropriate for any student in band/orchestra | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb077.asp | |
| Oceanography | 1-2 | Research primarily | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb079.asp | |
| Pioneering | Research + projects | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb084.asp | ||
| Robotics | 1-2 | Research + build robot + field trip | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb146.asp | |
| Safety | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb012.asp | |||
| Scouting Heritage | Research + interviews | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb143.asp | ||
| Skating | Ice, Roller or In-Line | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb103.asp | ||
| Snow Sports | 1-2 | Downhill (alpine) or Cross-country (Nordic) or Snowboarding or Snowshoeing. Counselor needs to comply with BSA Winter Sports Safety guidelines | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb135.asp | |
| Soil and Water Conservation | 1 | Research + project + two poss field trips | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb106.asp | |
| Sports | 1 | Must participate at least one season in at least two sports – baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, wrestling. Research + general knowledge | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb013.asp | |
| Y | Sustainability | 2 | Somewhat complex with projects, interviews and reports + research | http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb152.asp |