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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:
- When working on merit badges, Scouts and
Scouters should be aware of some vital information in the current
edition of the
Guide to Advancement (BSA publication 33088).
Workbooks prepared before the 2017 edition of the Guide to
Advancement
was issued contain an attachment with excerpts from either
the 2013 or 2015 edition, which should be replaced with an updated
document, which includes information from the current edition of the
Guide To Advancement . Rather than include that document
in each workbook, newer Workbooks just contain a link to it.
Click here to download the current version. You can download a
complete copy of the Guide to Advancement from
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf
- Some workbooks also include notes directed to the Counselor, and/or
worksheets, checklists, and sample forms which may be used to complete
various requirements.
- Keep in mind that these workbooks are OPTIONAL aids. A Scout is
expected to meet the requirements exactly as stated - no more and no
less.
If a requirement uses words like "show," "demonstrate," or "discuss,"
then every Scout must do that. Just filling out the workbook is NOT
sufficient!
Scouts should use the workbooks to prepare notes to themselves, and
should not assume that filling in the workbook is sufficient to earn the
badge.
- Scouts STARTING a merit badge must use the CURRENT requirements,
which are found in Scouts BSA Requirements
(BSA Publication 33216)
- Once Scouts have started a merit badge, they 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. Scouts cannot pick and
choose from both sets. If the new requirements are selected, they can,
of course, use the work they have 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 and workbooks are accessible by following
links from the current requirements 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 Scouts BSA Requirements
is 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 version of Microsoft Word in the Microsoft Office 365
Suite 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 on Windows based systems 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.
If you use a "Mac" computer, we strongly suggest that you use the free
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Mac
in lieu of the PDF reader built-in to the system. The built-in
pdf reader may not properly display or print the data entered into the
workbook form fields.
- 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,. We encourage Scouting websites to provide
links to either this page or to the copies identified below. 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.
Please note that the dates listed below represent
the months the workbooks were last revised and uploaded.
The PDF files will indicate that date in the first page header.
The WORD processor files, however, will always indicate the CURRENT month,
whenever the file is opened for editing.
Workbooks which were last updated prior to March 2019,
contain the following statement:
"No one may add or subtract from the official requirements found in
Boy Scout Requirements (Pub. 33216 – SKU 637685).
Since that publication has been renamed and revised, that statement should
be considered to read as follows:
"No one may add or subtract from the official requirements found in
Scouts BSA Requirements (Pub. 33216)."
The SKU for the 2019 edition of Scouts BSA Requirements
is 648914.
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The workbooks listed below reflect the CURRENT
requirements (including any changes made since the last
edition of Scouts BSA Requirements was issued.)
If a Scout is working on a merit badge using a previous
version of the requirements, and wishes to use a workbook
that reflects those requirements, the workbook can still be
downloaded from this site. To do so, follow this procedure:
- Click on the merit badge name in the listing below,
to bring up the web page with the current requirements.
- On that page, click on the link below the title,
that reads "For the previous requirements, Click
here."
If the Scout is using earlier requirements, repeat this
step until the correct version of the requirements is
visible.
- The workbook that matches the requirements on that
page can be downloaded by clicking on one of the links
in the box near the bottom of that page.
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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 |
August, 2019 |
Camping |
Camping |
| 2 |
Citizenship
in the Community |
May, 2017 |
Cit-Comm |
Cit-Comm |
| 3 |
Citizenship
in the Nation |
May, 2017 |
Cit-Nation |
Cit-Nation |
| 4 |
Citizenship
in the World |
May, 2017 |
Cit-World |
Cit-World |
| 5 |
Communication |
June, 2019 |
Communication |
Communication |
| 38 |
Cooking |
January, 2020 |
Cooking |
Cooking |
| 39 |
Cycling |
May, 2017 |
Cycling |
Cycling |
| 6 |
Emergency
Preparedness |
April, 2019 |
Emerg-Prep |
Emerg-Prep |
| 7 |
Environmental Science |
January, 2020 |
Env-Science |
Env-Science |
| 129 |
Family Life |
March, 2019 |
Family-Life |
Family-Life |
| 8 |
First Aid |
March, 2019 |
First-Aid |
First-Aid |
| 61 |
Hiking |
June, 2017 |
Hiking |
Hiking |
| 9 |
Lifesaving |
April, 2019 |
Lifesaving |
Lifesaving |
| 10 |
Personal
Fitness |
May, 2020 |
Pers-Fitness |
Pers-Fitness |
| 11 |
Personal
Management |
April, 2020 |
Pers-Manage |
Pers-Manage |
| 152 |
Sustainability |
January, 2020 |
Sustainability |
Sustainability |
| 14 |
Swimming |
June, 2017 |
Swimming |
Swimming |
| All Current Merit Badges in Alphabetical
Order |
| 15 |
AMERICAN
BUSINESS |
April, 2020 |
Am-Business |
Am-Business |
| 17 |
AMERICAN
CULTURES |
May, 2017 |
Am-Culture |
Am-Culture |
| 16 |
AMERICAN
HERITAGE™ |
January, 2020 |
Am-Heritage |
Am-Heritage |
| 121 |
AMERICAN
LABOR |
March, 2019 |
Am-Labor |
Am-Labor |
| 28 |
ANIMAL
SCIENCE |
January, 2020 |
Animal-Science |
Animal-Science |
| 158 |
ANIMATION
|
May, 2017 |
Animation |
Animation |
| 132 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
January, 2018 |
Archaeology |
Archaeology |
| 19 |
ARCHERY |
March, 2019 |
Archery |
Archery |
| 20 |
ARCHITECTURE |
May, 2017 |
Architecture |
Architecture |
| 21 |
ART |
May, 2017 |
Art |
Art |
| 22 |
ASTRONOMY |
March, 2018 |
Astronomy |
Astronomy |
| 23 |
ATHLETICS |
January, 2018 |
Athletics |
Athletics |
| 127 |
AUTOMOTIVE
MAINTENANCE |
August, 2018 |
Auto-Maint |
Auto-Maint |
| 25 |
AVIATION |
April, 2019 |
Aviation |
Aviation |
| 26 |
BACKPACKING |
May, 2017 |
Backpacking |
Backpacking |
| 27 |
BASKETRY |
May, 2017 |
Basketry |
Basketry |
| 29 |
BIRD STUDY |
March, 2019 |
Bird-Study |
Bird-Study |
| 32 |
BUGLING |
January, 2020 |
Bugling |
Bugling |
| 1 |
CAMPING |
August, 2019 |
Camping |
Camping |
| 33 |
CANOEING |
January, 2018 |
Canoeing |
Canoeing |
| 34 |
CHEMISTRY |
January, 2020 |
Chemistry |
Chemistry |
| 147 |
CHESS |
May, 2017 |
Chess |
Chess |
| 2 |
CITIZENSHIP
IN THE COMMUNITY |
May, 2017 |
Cit-Comm |
Cit-Comm |
| 3 |
CITIZENSHIP
IN THE NATION |
May, 2017 |
Cit-Nation |
Cit-Nation |
| 4 |
CITIZENSHIP
IN THE WORLD |
May, 2017 |
Cit-World |
Cit-World |
| 133 |
CLIMBING |
May, 2017 |
Climbing |
Climbing |
| 35 |
COIN
COLLECTING |
January, 2018 |
Coin-Collect |
Coin-Collect |
| 128 |
COLLECTIONS |
May, 2017 |
Collections |
Collections |
| 5 |
COMMUNICATION |
June, 2019 |
Communication |
Communication |
| 137 |
COMPOSITE
MATERIALS |
May, 2017 |
Composite-Mat |
Composite-Mat |
| 38 |
COOKING |
January, 2020 |
Cooking
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Cooking
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| 131 |
CRIME
PREVENTION |
January, 2020 |
Crime-Prev |
Crime-Prev |
| 39 |
CYCLING |
May, 2017 |
Cycling |
Cycling |
| 40 |
DENTISTRY |
May, 2017 |
Dentistry |
Dentistry |
| 154 |
DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY
and
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip |
February, 2020 |
Digital-Tech |
Digital-Tech |
| 60 |
DISABILITIES
AWARENESS |
March, 2019 |
Disability-Aware |
Disability-Aware |
| 41 |
DOG CARE |
May, 2017 |
Dog-Care |
Dog-Care |
| 42 |
DRAFTING |
July, 2017 |
Drafting |
Drafting |
| 43 |
ELECTRICITY |
May, 2017 |
Electricity |
Electricity |
| 44 |
ELECTRONICS |
January, 2018 |
Electronics |
Electronics |
| 6 |
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS |
April, 2019 |
Emerg-Prep |
Emerg-Prep |
| 45 |
ENERGY |
January, 2018 |
Energy |
Energy |
| 46 |
ENGINEERING |
May, 2017 |
Engineering |
Engineering |
| 134 |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
June, 2017 |
Entrepreneur |
Entrepreneur |
| 7 |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE |
January, 2020 |
Env-Science |
Env-Science |
| 159 |
EXPLORATION |
June, 2017 |
Exploration |
Exploration |
| 129 |
FAMILY LIFE |
March, 2019 |
Family-Life |
Family-Life |
| 48 |
FARM
MECHANICS |
June, 2017 |
Farm-Mech |
Farm-Mech |
| 49 |
FINGERPRINTING |
DOCX: June, 2017
PDF: December, 2018 |
Fingerprinting |
Fingerprinting |
| 50 |
FIRE SAFETY |
November, 2017 |
Fire-Safety |
Fire-Safety |
| 8 |
FIRST AID |
March, 2019 |
First-Aid |
First-Aid |
| 51 |
FISH AND
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT |
June, 2017 |
Fish-and-Wildlife |
Fish-and-Wildlife |
| 52 |
FISHING |
June, 2017 |
Fishing |
Fishing |
| 136 |
FLY FISHING |
March, 2019 |
Fly-Fishing |
Fly-Fishing |
| 54 |
FORESTRY |
March, 2019 |
Forestry |
Forestry |
| 151 |
GAME DESIGN |
June, 2017 |
Game-Design |
Game-Design |
| 55 |
GARDENING |
February, 2018 |
Gardening |
Gardening |
| 56 |
GENEALOGY |
June, 2017 |
Genealogy |
Genealogy |
| 145 |
GEOCACHING |
May, 2019 |
Geocaching |
Geocaching |
| 58 |
GEOLOGY |
January, 2020 |
Geology |
Geology |
| 59 |
GOLF |
March, 2019 |
Golf |
Golf |
| 122 |
GRAPHIC ARTS |
April 2017 |
Graphic-Arts |
Graphic-Arts |
| 61 |
HIKING |
June, 2017 |
Hiking |
Hiking |
| 62 |
HOME REPAIRS |
June, 2017 |
Home-Repair |
Home-Repair |
| 63 |
HORSEMANSHIP |
June, 2017 |
Horsemanship |
Horsemanship |
| 64 |
INDIAN LORE |
June, 2017 |
Indian-Lore |
Indian-Lore |
| 65 |
INSECT STUDY |
January, 2018 |
Insect-Study |
Insect-Study |
| 144 |
INVENTING |
June, 2017 |
Inventing |
Inventing |
| 66 |
JOURNALISM
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May, 2019 |
Journalism |
Journalism |
| 149 |
KAYAKING
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January, 2020 |
Kayaking |
Kayaking |
| 67 |
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE |
June, 2017 |
Landscape-Arch |
Landscape-Arch |
| 68 |
LAW |
March, 2019 |
Law |
Law |
| 69 |
LEATHERWORK |
June, 2017 |
Leatherwork |
Leatherwork |
| 9 |
LIFESAVING |
April, 2019 |
Lifesaving |
Lifesaving |
| 71 |
MAMMAL STUDY |
June, 2017 |
Mammal-Study |
Mammal-Study |
| 130 |
MEDICINE |
January, 2018 |
Medicine |
Medicine |
| 74 |
METALWORK |
June, 2017 |
Metalwork |
Metalwork |
| 155 |
MINING IN
SOCIETY |
June, 2017 |
Mining-in-Society |
Mining-in-Society |
| 75 |
MODEL DESIGN
AND BUILDING |
January, 2020 |
Model-Design |
Model-Design |
| 76 |
MOTORBOATING |
April, 2019 |
Motorboating |
Motorboating |
| 156 |
MOVIEMAKING |
June, 2017 |
Moviemaking |
Moviemaking |
| 77 |
MUSIC |
June, 2017 |
Music |
Music |
| 78 |
NATURE |
August, 2018 |
Nature |
Nature |
| 24 |
NUCLEAR
SCIENCE |
May, 2020 |
Nuclear-Science |
Nuclear-Science |
| 79 |
OCEANOGRAPHY |
June, 2017 |
Oceanography |
Oceanography |
| 80 |
ORIENTEERING |
June, 2017 |
Orienteering |
Orienteering |
| 81 |
PAINTING |
January, 2020 |
Painting |
Painting |
| 10 |
PERSONAL
FITNESS |
May, 2020 |
Pers-Fitness |
Pers-Fitness |
| 11 |
PERSONAL
MANAGEMENT |
April, 2020 |
Pers-Manage |
Pers-Manage |
| 82 |
PETS |
June, 2017 |
Pets |
Pets |
| 83 |
PHOTOGRAPHY
and
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip |
February, 2020 |
Photography |
Photography |
| 84 |
PIONEERING |
June, 2017 |
Pioneering |
Pioneering |
| 85 |
PLANT
SCIENCE |
January, 2018 |
Plant-Science |
Plant-Science |
| 86 |
PLUMBING |
June, 2017 |
Plumbing |
Plumbing |
| 87 |
POTTERY |
June, 2017 |
Pottery |
Pottery |
| 153 |
PROGRAMMING
and
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip |
February, 2020 |
Programming |
Programming |
| 89 |
PUBLIC
HEALTH |
April, 2020 |
Public-Health |
Public-Health |
| 90 |
PUBLIC
SPEAKING |
June, 2017 |
Public-Speaking |
Public-Speaking |
| 91 |
PULP AND
PAPER |
July, 2017 |
Pulp-and-Paper |
Pulp-and-Paper |
| 93 |
RADIO |
January, 2018 |
Radio |
Radio |
| 94 |
RAILROADING |
April, 2019 |
Railroading |
Railroading |
| 95 |
READING |
January, 2020 |
Reading |
Reading |
| 96 |
REPTILE AND
AMPHIBIAN STUDY |
April, 2019 |
Reptile-Amphibian |
Reptile-Amphibian |
| 123 |
RIFLE
SHOOTING |
April, 2019 |
Rifle-Shooting |
Rifle-Shooting |
| 146 |
ROBOTICS
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June, 2017 |
Robotics
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Robotics |
| 98 |
ROWING |
March, 2019 |
Rowing |
Rowing |
| 12 |
SAFETY |
January, 2020 |
Safety |
Safety |
| 99 |
SALESMANSHIP |
June, 2017 |
Salesmanship |
Salesmanship |
| 100 |
SCHOLARSHIP |
June, 2017 |
Scholarship |
Scholarship |
| 143 |
SCOUTING
HERITAGE |
March, 2019 |
Scouting-Heritage |
Scouting-Heritage |
| 138 |
SCUBA DIVING
|
June, 2017 |
Scuba |
Scuba |
| 101 |
SCULPTURE |
January, 2018 |
Sculpture |
Sculpture |
| 150 |
SEARCH AND
RESCUE |
March, 2019 |
Search-Rescue |
Search-Rescue |
| 124 |
SHOTGUN
SHOOTING |
June, 2017 |
Shotgun-Shooting |
Shotgun-Shooting |
| 157 |
SIGNS,
SIGNALS, AND CODES |
June, 2017 |
Signs-Signals-and-Codes |
Signs-Signals-and-Codes |
| 103 |
SKATING |
January 2019 |
Skating |
Skating |
| 105 |
SMALL-BOAT
SAILING |
June, 2017 |
Small-Boat-Sailing |
Small-Boat-Sailing |
| 135 |
SNOW SPORTS |
June, 2017 |
Snow-Sports |
Snow-Sports |
| 106 |
SOIL AND
WATER CONSERVATION |
April, 2019 |
Soil-Water |
Soil-Water |
| 107 |
SPACE
EXPLORATION |
January, 2020 |
Space-Explore |
Space-Explore |
| 13 |
SPORTS |
July, 2017 |
Sports |
Sports |
| 108 |
STAMP
COLLECTING |
June, 2017 |
Stamp-Collecting |
Stamp-Collecting |
| 109 |
SURVEYING |
June, 2017 |
Surveying |
Surveying |
| 152 |
SUSTAINABILITY |
January, 2020 |
Sustainability |
Sustainability |
| 14 |
SWIMMING |
June, 2017 |
Swimming |
Swimming |
| 110 |
TEXTILE |
June, 2017 |
Textile |
Textile |
| 111 |
THEATER |
March, 2019 |
Theater |
Theater |
| 112 |
TRAFFIC
SAFETY |
January, 2020 |
Traffic-Safety |
Traffic-Safety |
| 113 |
TRUCK
TRANSPORTATION |
June, 2017 |
Truck-Transport |
Truck-Transport |
| 114 |
VETERINARY
MEDICINE |
June, 2017 |
Vet-Medicine |
Vet-Medicine |
| 115 |
WATER SPORTS |
June, 2017 |
Water Sports |
Water Sports |
| 116 |
WEATHER |
January, 2018 |
Weather |
Weather |
| 148 |
WELDING |
March, 2019 |
Welding |
Welding |
| 125 |
WHITEWATER |
January, 2020 |
Whitewater |
Whitewater |
| 117 |
WILDERNESS
SURVIVAL |
February, 2018 |
Wilderness-Survival |
Wilderness-Survival |
| 118 |
WOOD CARVING |
June, 2017 |
Wood-Carving |
Wood-Carving |
| 119 |
WOODWORK |
March, 2019 |
Woodwork |
Woodwork |
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