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Merit Badge Requirements and Workbooks
NOTE; The merit badge workbooks have NOT yet been revised to match the changes which are
in the 2019 edition of the Scouts BSA Requirements book.
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!
He should use the workbooks to prepare notes to himself, and should not
assume that filling in the workbook is sufficient to earn the badge.
- 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 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 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 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,.
There are also links to authorized copies of the workbooks on Scoutbook.com
and some other websites, and 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.
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The workbooks listed below reflect the CURRENT requirements
(including any changes made since the last edition of Boy Scout
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 |
June, 2018 |
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 |
January, 2018 |
Communication |
Communication |
| 38 |
Cooking |
May, 2017 |
Cooking |
Cooking |
| 39 |
Cycling |
May, 2017 |
Cycling |
Cycling |
| 6 |
Emergency Preparedness |
April, 2018 |
Emerg-Prep |
Emerg-Prep |
| 7 |
Environmental Science |
February, 2018 |
Env-Science |
Env-Science |
| 129 |
Family Life |
June, 2017 |
Family-Life |
Family-Life |
| 8 |
First Aid |
February, 2018 |
First-Aid |
First-Aid |
| 61 |
Hiking |
June, 2017 |
Hiking |
Hiking |
| 9 |
Lifesaving |
June, 2017 |
Lifesaving |
Lifesaving |
| 10 |
Personal Fitness |
March, 2018 |
Pers-Fitness |
Pers-Fitness |
| 11 |
Personal Management |
June, 2017 |
Pers-Manage |
Pers-Manage |
| 152 |
Sustainability |
June, 2017 |
Sustainability |
Sustainability |
| 14 |
Swimming |
June, 2017 |
Swimming |
Swimming |
| All Current Merit Badges in Alphabetical Order |
| 15 |
AMERICAN BUSINESS |
May, 2017 |
Am-Business |
Am-Business |
| 17 |
AMERICAN CULTURES |
May, 2017 |
Am-Culture |
Am-Culture |
| 16 |
AMERICAN HERITAGE™ |
May, 2017 |
Am-Heritage |
Am-Heritage |
| 121 |
AMERICAN LABOR |
May, 2017 |
Am-Labor |
Am-Labor |
| 28 |
ANIMAL SCIENCE |
January, 2018 |
Animal-Science |
Animal-Science |
| 158 |
ANIMATION |
May, 2017 |
Animation |
Animation |
| 132 |
ARCHAEOLOGY |
January, 2018 |
Archaeology |
Archaeology |
| 19 |
ARCHERY |
January, 2018 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Aviation |
Aviation |
| 26 |
BACKPACKING |
May, 2017 |
Backpacking |
Backpacking |
| 27 |
BASKETRY |
May, 2017 |
Basketry |
Basketry |
| 29 |
BIRD STUDY |
May, 2017 |
Bird-Study |
Bird-Study |
| 32 |
BUGLING |
May, 2017 |
Bugling |
Bugling |
| 1 |
CAMPING |
June, 2018 |
Camping |
Camping |
| 33 |
CANOEING |
January, 2018 |
Canoeing |
Canoeing |
| 34 |
CHEMISTRY |
January, 2018 |
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 |
January, 2018 |
Communication |
Communication |
| 137 |
COMPOSITE MATERIALS |
May, 2017 |
Composite-Mat |
Composite-Mat |
| 38 |
COOKING |
May, 2017 |
Cooking
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Cooking
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| 131 |
CRIME PREVENTION |
January, 2018 |
Crime-Prev |
Crime-Prev |
| 39 |
CYCLING |
May, 2017 |
Cycling |
Cycling |
| 40 |
DENTISTRY |
May, 2017 |
Dentistry |
Dentistry |
| 154 |
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY and
Boy Scout Cyber Chip |
May, 2017 |
Digital-Tech |
Digital-Tech |
| 60 |
DISABILITIES AWARENESS |
May, 2017 |
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, 2018 |
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 |
February, 2018 |
Env-Science |
Env-Science |
| 159 |
EXPLORATION |
June, 2017 |
Exploration |
Exploration |
| 129 |
FAMILY LIFE |
June, 2017 |
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 |
February, 2018 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Fly-Fishing |
Fly-Fishing |
| 54 |
FORESTRY |
June, 2017 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Geocaching |
Geocaching |
| 58 |
GEOLOGY |
June, 2017 |
Geology |
Geology |
| 59 |
GOLF |
June, 2017 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Journalism |
Journalism |
| 149 |
KAYAKING
and Kayaking
BSA |
June, 2017 |
Kayaking |
Kayaking |
| 67 |
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE |
June, 2017 |
Landscape-Arch |
Landscape-Arch |
| 68 |
LAW |
June, 2017 |
Law |
Law |
| 69 |
LEATHERWORK |
June, 2017 |
Leatherwork |
Leatherwork |
| 9 |
LIFESAVING |
June, 2017 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Model-Design |
Model-Design |
| 76 |
MOTORBOATING |
June, 2017 |
Motorboating |
Motorboating |
| 156 |
MOVIEMAKING
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June, 2017 |
Moviemaking |
Moviemaking |
| 77 |
MUSIC |
June, 2017 |
Music |
Music |
| 78 |
NATURE |
August, 2018 |
Nature |
Nature |
| 24 |
NUCLEAR SCIENCE |
June, 2017 |
Nuclear-Science |
Nuclear-Science |
| 79 |
OCEANOGRAPHY |
June, 2017 |
Oceanography |
Oceanography |
| 80 |
ORIENTEERING |
June, 2017 |
Orienteering |
Orienteering |
| 81 |
PAINTING |
June, 2017 |
Painting |
Painting |
| 10 |
PERSONAL FITNESS |
March, 2018 |
Pers-Fitness |
Pers-Fitness |
| 11 |
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT |
June, 2017 |
Pers-Manage |
Pers-Manage |
| 82 |
PETS |
June, 2017 |
Pets |
Pets |
| 83 |
PHOTOGRAPHY and
Boy Scout Cyber Chip |
June, 2017 |
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
Boy Scout Cyber Chip |
June, 2017 |
Programming |
Programming |
| 89 |
PUBLIC HEALTH |
January, 2018 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Railroading |
Railroading |
| 95 |
READING |
June, 2017 |
Reading |
Reading |
| 96 |
REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN STUDY |
February, 2018 |
Reptile-Amphibian |
Reptile-Amphibian |
| 123 |
RIFLE SHOOTING |
June, 2017 |
Rifle-Shooting |
Rifle-Shooting |
| 146 |
ROBOTICS
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June, 2017 |
Robotics
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Robotics |
| 98 |
ROWING |
June, 2017 |
Rowing |
Rowing |
| 12 |
SAFETY |
June, 2017 |
Safety |
Safety |
| 99 |
SALESMANSHIP |
June, 2017 |
Salesmanship |
Salesmanship |
| 100 |
SCHOLARSHIP |
June, 2017 |
Scholarship |
Scholarship |
| 143 |
SCOUTING HERITAGE |
January, 2018 |
Scouting-Heritage |
Scouting-Heritage |
| 138 |
SCUBA DIVING |
June, 2017 |
Scuba |
Scuba |
| 101 |
SCULPTURE |
January, 2018 |
Sculpture |
Sculpture |
| 150 |
SEARCH AND RESCUE |
June, 2017 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Soil-Water |
Soil-Water |
| 107 |
SPACE EXPLORATION |
June, 2017 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Sustainability |
Sustainability |
| 14 |
SWIMMING |
June, 2017 |
Swimming |
Swimming |
| 110 |
TEXTILE |
June, 2017 |
Textile |
Textile |
| 111 |
THEATER |
January, 2018 |
Theater |
Theater |
| 112 |
TRAFFIC SAFETY |
June, 2017 |
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 |
June, 2017 |
Welding |
Welding |
| 125 |
WHITEWATER |
June, 2017 |
Whitewater |
Whitewater |
| 117 |
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL |
February, 2018 |
Wilderness-Survival |
Wilderness-Survival |
| 118 |
WOOD CARVING |
June, 2017 |
Wood-Carving |
Wood-Carving |
| 119 |
WOODWORK |
June, 2017 |
Woodwork |
Woodwork |
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