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Merit Badge Requirements and Workbooks
Click a merit badge name below for the current requirements.
Right click on a workbook name to save or print the optional workbooks. Workbooks
can help Scouts organize notes, listen actively, and document their work. These
workbooks can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet.
The work space provided for each requirement should be used by the Scout to
make notes for discussing the item with his counselor, not for providing the
full and complete answers. Each Scout must do each requirement.
Notes:
- Each workbook contains an attachment with important excerpts from
the Guide To Advancement, No. 33088, which should be reviewed by the Scout,
his parents, and the Merit Badge Counselor. Some of them also include
notes directed to the Counselor, and/or worksheets and sample forms which
may be used to complete various requirements.
- A Scout is expected to meet the requirements exactly as stated – no
more and no less.
- Scouts STARTING a merit badge must use the CURRENT Boy Scout Requirements
- Once a Scout has started a merit badge, he can continue
to work on those requirements even if new requirements are published. The
Scout must choose whether to complete the full set of new requirements or
the full set of old requirements. A Scout cannot pick and choose from both
sets. If he chooses to use the new requirements, he can, of course, use
the work he has done on any of the old requirements, if the requirement
is unchanged, or only had editorial changes which don't actually change
the actual requirement. For those Scouts who are using the older requirements
because they've already started in the badge, the older requirements are
accessible by links on the current pages
- If a merit badge pamphlet is updated during the year,
a Scout can choose to use either full set of old requirements or new requirements
in the pamphlet. Those will show an effective date of the following year
(i.e. a pamphlet issued in June of 2008 will say "2009 requirements").
Once the Boy Scout Requirements are updated, all Scouts starting the merit
badge must use the new requirements.
- If a BLANK appears in the lists below, it indicates
that revisions to the workbook are pending, due to revised requirements.
- You can also download ZIP files containing all of the
current worksheets as either word processing and/or PDF formats Keep in
mind these are BIG files.
- The word processor versions of the workbooks have been prepared
using the Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word 2013) and are in the DOCX file
format, which was introduced in 2007. Consequently, they are NOT compatible
with earlier versions on Microsoft Office or other word processors which
do not support that file format, unless the user has downloaded and installed
a Compatibility Pack. Users of Microsoft Office XP, 2000 and 2003
can download the Compatibility Pack, by clicking here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3.
By installing the Compatibility Pack you will be able to use Microsoft Office
XP, 2000, or 2003 to open, edit, and save files using the file formats in
newer versions of Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX), and PowerPoint (PPTX) .
- The PDF versions of the workbooks have been designed with form
fields. Scouts may download these files and then type their notes
into the form fields, and save their work locally. They have been
tested successfully with the
Adobe Acrobat Reader, the
Foxit PDF Reader,
and the
Nuance PDF
Reader. Each of those programs are available as free downloads.
Other PDF readers may also work, however, we do know that the PDF reader native to the Firefox
web browser does NOT allow data input.
- In response to requests we have gotten, we have added light lines in
the form field boxes to provide for those Scouts that wish to hand write
their responses.
Since 2010, all new
and revised workbooks have been prepared by
Paul Wolf,
with some input from RW Smith, a volunteer affiliated with meritbadge.org. To
our knowledge, they now reflect the current requirements in all cases.
Please submit comments about errors, omissions, or suggestions
about the format of any of the WORKBOOKS to:
Workbooks@USScouts.Org
Comments or suggestions for changes to the wording of the requirements
for any MERIT BADGE should be sent to the BSA at:
Advancement.Team@Scouting.Org
Copies of all of these workbooks (in PDF format only) are also available
on the Meritbadge.org website, and a few are also available on sites which are
maintained by the BSA, including Scouting.org, BoysLife.org, or boyslifeorg.files.wordpress.com,.
However, if you find copies on any other site, they have been placed there without
our permission, and we would be grateful to be notified of those cases. Please
write us at
Workbooks@USScouts.Org
with the website address.
The workbooks are all © Copyright - U.S. Scouting
Service Project, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
The requirements are all © Copyright - Boy Scouts of America – and are used
with permission.
The name American Heritage is a trademark owned by American Heritage
Publishing Company, Inc. and is used by permission.
Note: During 2014, a Scout may continue—or begin work—using the old Cooking or Computers merit badge requirements and the old pamphlets. Otherwise, he may switch to—or begin work—using the new requirements as stated in the 2014 Boy Scout Requirements book for Cooking or Digital Technology (which replaces Computers) and the new merit badge pamphlets. If a Scout chooses to use the old merit badge requirements and pamphlets, he may continue using them until he has completed the badges. See Guide to Advancement topic 7.0.4.3.
In the table below, for each of these merit badges, we have provided links to both sets of requirements and workbooks
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Merit Badge Requirements
(Click on a merit badge name below) |
Workbooks
Last updated |
Word Processor Format
(DOCX) |
Portable Document Format
(PDF) |
| ZIP File of ALL available current worksheets (VERY
Large Files!) |
All files |
All Files |
| Eagle Required Merit Badges |
| 1 |
Camping |
January, 2014 |
Camping |
Camping |
| 2 |
Citizenship in the Community |
November, 2013 |
Cit-Comm |
Cit-Comm |
| 3 |
Citizenship in the Nation |
November, 2013 |
Cit-Nation |
Cit-Nation |
| 4 |
Citizenship in the World |
November, 2013 |
Cit-World |
Cit-World |
| 5 |
Communication |
November, 2013 |
Communication |
Communication |
| 38 |
Cooking |
2014 requirements |
December, 2013
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Cooking (2014) |
Cooking (2014)
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2013 requirements |
November, 2013 |
Cooking (2013) |
Cooking (2013) |
| 39 |
Cycling |
April, 2014 |
Cycling |
Cycling |
| 6 |
Emergency Preparedness |
October, 2013 |
Emerg-Prep |
Emerg-Prep |
| 7 |
Environmental Science |
November, 2013 |
Env-Science |
Env-Science |
| 129 |
Family Life |
November, 2013 |
Family-Life |
Family-Life |
| 8 |
First Aid |
November, 2013 |
First-Aid |
First-Aid |
| 61 |
Hiking |
November, 2013 |
Hiking |
Hiking |
| 9 |
Lifesaving |
November, 2013 |
Lifesaving |
Lifesaving |
| 10 |
Personal Fitness |
October, 2013 |
Pers-Fitness |
Pers-Fitness |
| 11 |
Personal Management |
November, 2013 |
Pers-Manage |
Pers-Manage |
| 152 |
Sustainability |
October, 2013 |
Sustainability |
Sustainability |
| 14 |
Swimming |
November, 2013 |
Swimming |
Swimming |
| All Current Merit Badges in Alphabetical Order |
| 15 |
AMERICAN BUSINESS |
December, 2013 |
Am-Business |
Am-Business |
| 17 |
AMERICAN CULTURES |
December, 2013 |
Am-Culture |
Am-Culture |
| 16 |
AMERICAN HERITAGE |
January, 2014 |
Am-Heritage |
Am-Heritage |
| 121 |
AMERICAN LABOR |
December, 2013 |
Am-Labor |
Am-Labor |
| 28 |
ANIMAL SCIENCE |
December, 2013 |
Animal-Science |
Animal-Science |
| 158 |
ANIMATION
|
Coming Soon |
| 132 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
January, 2014 |
Archaeology |
Archaeology |
| 19 |
ARCHERY |
April, 2014 |
Archery |
Archery |
| 20 |
ARCHITECTURE |
December, 2013 |
Architecture |
Architecture |
| 21 |
ART |
October, 2013 |
Art |
Art |
| 22 |
ASTRONOMY |
October, 2013 |
Astronomy |
Astronomy |
| 23 |
ATHLETICS |
December, 2013 |
Athletics |
Athletics |
| 127 |
AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE |
December, 2013 |
Auto-Maint |
Auto-Maint |
| 25 |
AVIATION |
February, 2014 |
Aviation |
Aviation |
| 26 |
BACKPACKING |
December, 2013 |
Backpacking |
Backpacking |
| 27 |
BASKETRY |
December, 2013 |
Basketry |
Basketry |
| 29 |
BIRD STUDY |
December, 2013 |
Bird-Study |
Bird-Study |
| 32 |
BUGLING |
December, 2013 |
Bugling |
Bugling |
| 1 |
CAMPING |
January, 2014 |
Camping |
Camping |
| 33 |
CANOEING |
December, 2013 |
Canoeing |
Canoeing |
| 34 |
CHEMISTRY |
December, 2013 |
Chemistry |
Chemistry |
| 147 |
CHESS |
December, 2013 |
Chess |
Chess |
| 126 |
Cinematography
(replaced by MOVIEMAKING) |
October, 2013 |
Moviemaking |
Moviemaking |
| 2 |
CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY |
November, 2013 |
Cit-Comm |
Cit-Comm |
| 3 |
CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION |
November, 2013 |
Cit-Nation |
Cit-Nation |
| 4 |
CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD |
November, 2013 |
Cit-World |
Cit-World |
| 133 |
CLIMBING |
December, 2013 |
Climbing |
Climbing |
| 35 |
COIN COLLECTING |
February, 2014 |
Coin-Collect |
Coin-Collect |
| 128 |
COLLECTIONS |
December, 2013 |
Collections |
Collections |
| 5 |
COMMUNICATION |
January, 2014 |
Communication |
Communication |
| 137 |
COMPOSITE MATERIALS |
January, 2014 |
Composite-Mat |
Composite-Mat |
| 36 |
COMPUTERS
(To be replaced by Digital Technology) (2013
requirements) |
January, 2014 |
Computers |
Computers |
| 38 |
COOKING |
2014 requirements
|
December, 2013
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Cooking
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Cooking
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2013 requirements |
November, 2013 |
Cooking |
Cooking |
| 131 |
CRIME PREVENTION |
January, 2014 |
Crime-Prev |
Crime-Prev |
| 39 |
CYCLING |
April, 2014 |
Cycling |
Cycling |
| 40 |
DENTISTRY |
January, 2014 |
Dentistry |
Dentistry |
| 154 |
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY (Replacing Computers) |
April, 2014 |
Digital-Tech |
Digital-Tech |
| 60 |
DISABILITIES AWARENESS |
January, 2014 |
Disability-Aware |
Disability-Aware |
| 41 |
DOG CARE |
January, 2014 |
Dog-Care |
Dog-Care |
| 42 |
DRAFTING |
January, 2014 |
Drafting |
Drafting |
| 43 |
ELECTRICITY |
January, 2014 |
Electricity |
Electricity |
| 44 |
ELECTRONICS |
January, 2014 |
Electronics |
Electronics |
| 6 |
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS |
October, 2013 |
Emerg-Prep |
Emerg-Prep |
| 45 |
ENERGY |
October, 2013 |
Energy |
Energy |
| 46 |
ENGINEERING |
January, 2014 |
Engineering |
Engineering |
| 134 |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
January, 2014 |
Entrepreneur |
Entrepreneur |
| 7 |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE |
November, 2013 |
Env-Science |
Env-Science |
| 129 |
FAMILY LIFE |
November, 2013 |
Family-Life |
Family-Life |
| 48 |
FARM MECHANICS |
January, 2014 |
Farm-Mech |
Farm-Mech |
| 49 |
FINGERPRINTING |
January, 2014 |
Fingerprinting |
Fingerprinting |
| 50 |
FIRE SAFETY |
October, 2013 |
Fire-Safety |
Fire-Safety |
| 8 |
FIRST AID |
November, 2013 |
First-Aid |
First-Aid |
| 51 |
FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT |
January, 2014 |
Fish-and-Wildlife |
Fish-and-Wildlife |
| 52 |
FISHING |
January, 2014 |
Fishing |
Fishing |
| 136 |
FLY FISHING |
January, 2014 |
Fly-Fishing |
Fly-Fishing |
| 54 |
FORESTRY |
January, 2014 |
Forestry |
Forestry |
| 151 |
GAME DESIGN |
December, 2013 |
Game-Design |
Game-Design |
| 55 |
GARDENING |
January, 2014 |
Gardening |
Gardening |
| 56 |
GENEALOGY |
January, 2014 |
Genealogy |
Genealogy |
| 58 |
GEOLOGY |
January, 2014 |
Geology |
Geology |
| 145 |
GEOCACHING |
December, 2013 |
Geocaching |
Geocaching |
| 59 |
GOLF |
January, 2014 |
Golf |
Golf |
| 122 |
GRAPHIC ARTS |
January, 2014 |
Graphic-Arts |
Graphic-Arts |
| 61 |
HIKING |
November, 2013 |
Hiking |
Hiking |
| 62 |
HOME REPAIRS |
January, 2014 |
Home-Repair |
Home-Repair |
| 63 |
HORSEMANSHIP |
October, 2013 |
Horsemanship |
Horsemanship |
| 64 |
INDIAN LORE |
January, 2014 |
Indian-Lore |
Indian-Lore |
| 65 |
INSECT STUDY |
January, 2014 |
Insect-Study |
Insect-Study |
| 144 |
INVENTING |
December, 2013 |
Inventing |
Inventing |
| 66 |
JOURNALISM |
January, 2014 |
Journalism |
Journalism |
| 149 |
KAYAKING |
December, 2013 |
Kayaking |
Kayaking |
| 67 |
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE |
January, 2014 |
Landscape-Arch |
Landscape-Arch |
| 68 |
LAW |
January, 2014 |
Law |
Law |
| 69 |
LEATHERWORK |
October, 2013 |
Leatherwork |
Leatherwork |
| 9 |
LIFESAVING |
November, 2013 |
Lifesaving |
Lifesaving |
| 71 |
MAMMAL STUDY |
January, 2014 |
Mammal-Study |
Mammal-Study |
| 130 |
MEDICINE |
January, 2014 |
Medicine |
Medicine |
| 74 |
METALWORK |
January, 2014 |
Metalwork |
Metalwork |
| 75 |
MODEL DESIGN AND BUILDING |
January, 2014 |
Model-Design |
Model-Design |
| 155 |
MINING IN SOCIETY |
February, 2014 |
Mining-in-Society |
Mining-in-Society |
| 76 |
MOTORBOATING |
January, 2014 |
Motorboating |
Motorboating |
| 156 |
MOVIEMAKING
(replaced Cinematography) |
October, 2013 |
Moviemaking |
Moviemaking |
| 77 |
MUSIC |
January, 2014 |
Music |
Music |
| 78 |
NATURE |
January, 2014 |
Nature |
Nature |
| 24 |
NUCLEAR SCIENCE |
January, 2014 |
Nuclear-Science |
Nuclear-Science |
| 79 |
OCEANOGRAPHY |
January, 2014 |
Oceanography |
Oceanography |
| 80 |
ORIENTEERING |
January, 2014 |
Orienteering |
Orienteering |
| 81 |
PAINTING |
January, 2014 |
Painting |
Painting |
| 10 |
PERSONAL FITNESS |
October, 2013 |
Pers-Fitness |
Pers-Fitness |
| 11 |
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT |
November, 2013 |
Pers-Manage |
Pers-Manage |
| 82 |
PETS |
October, 2013 |
Pets |
Pets |
| 83 |
PHOTOGRAPHY |
January, 2014 |
Photography |
Photography |
| 84 |
PIONEERING |
October, 2013 |
Pioneering |
Pioneering |
| 85 |
PLANT SCIENCE |
January, 2014 |
Plant-Science |
Plant-Science |
| 86 |
PLUMBING |
January, 2014 |
Plumbing |
Plumbing |
| 87 |
POTTERY |
January, 2014 |
Pottery |
Pottery |
| 153 |
PROGRAMMING |
January, 2014 |
Programming |
Programming |
| 89 |
PUBLIC HEALTH |
January, 2014 |
Public-Health |
Public-Health |
| 90 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING |
January, 2014 |
Public-Speaking |
Public-Speaking |
| 91 |
PULP AND PAPER |
October, 2013 |
Pulp-and-Paper |
Pulp-and-Paper |
| 93 |
RADIO |
January, 2014 |
Radio |
Radio |
| 94 |
RAILROADING |
January, 2014 |
Railroading |
Railroading |
| 95 |
READING |
January, 2014 |
Reading |
Reading |
| 96 |
REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN STUDY |
January, 2014 |
Reptile-Amphibian |
Reptile-Amphibian |
| 123 |
RIFLE SHOOTING |
October, 2013 |
Rifle-Shooting |
Rifle-Shooting |
| 146 |
ROBOTICS
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December, 2013 |
Robotics
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Robotics |
| 98 |
ROWING |
January, 2014 |
Rowing |
Rowing |
| 12 |
SAFETY |
October, 2013 |
Safety |
Safety |
| 99 |
SALESMANSHIP |
January, 2014 |
Salesmanship |
Salesmanship |
| 100 |
SCHOLARSHIP |
January, 2014 |
Scholarship |
Scholarship |
| 143 |
SCOUTING HERITAGE |
October, 2013 |
Scouting-Heritage |
Scouting-Heritage |
| 138 |
SCUBA DIVING |
December, 2013 |
Scuba |
Scuba |
| 101 |
SCULPTURE |
January, 2014 |
Sculpture |
Sculpture |
| 150 |
SEARCH AND RESCUE |
January, 2014 |
Search-Rescue |
Search-Rescue |
| 124 |
SHOTGUN SHOOTING |
October, 2013 |
Shotgun-Shooting |
Shotgun-Shooting |
| 157 |
SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND CODES
|
Coming Soon |
| 103 |
SKATING |
January, 2014 |
Skating |
Skating |
| 105 |
SMALL-BOAT SAILING |
January, 2014 |
Small-Boat-Sailing |
Small-Boat-Sailing |
| 135 |
SNOW SPORTS |
January, 2014 |
Snow-Sports |
Snow-Sports |
| 106 |
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION |
January, 2014 |
Soil-Water |
Soil-Water |
| 107 |
SPACE EXPLORATION |
January, 2014 |
Space-Explore |
Space-Explore |
| 13 |
SPORTS |
January, 2014 |
Sports |
Sports |
| 108 |
STAMP COLLECTING |
January, 2014 |
Stamp-Collecting |
Stamp-Collecting |
| 109 |
SURVEYING |
January, 2014 |
Surveying |
Surveying |
| 152 |
SUSTAINABILITY |
October, 2013 |
Sustainability |
Sustainability |
| 14 |
SWIMMING |
November, 2013 |
Swimming |
Swimming |
| 110 |
TEXTILE |
January, 2014 |
Textile |
Textile |
| 111 |
THEATER |
January, 2014 |
Theater |
Theater |
| 112 |
TRAFFIC SAFETY |
January, 2014 |
Traffic-Safety |
Traffic-Safety |
| 113 |
TRUCK TRANSPORTATION |
January, 2014 |
Truck-Transport |
Truck-Transport |
| 114 |
VETERINARY MEDICINE |
January, 2014 |
Vet-Medicine |
Vet-Medicine |
| 115 |
WATER SPORTS |
January, 2014 |
Water Sports |
Water Sports |
| 116 |
WEATHER |
October, 2013 |
Weather |
Weather |
| 148 |
WELDING |
December, 2013 |
Welding |
Welding |
| 125 |
WHITEWATER |
January, 2014 |
Whitewater |
Whitewater |
| 117 |
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL |
January, 2014 |
Wild-Surv |
Wild-Surv |
| 118 |
WOOD CARVING |
January, 2014 |
Wood-Carving |
Wood-Carving |
| 119 |
WOODWORK |
January, 2014 |
Woodwork |
Woodwork |
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