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PATH TO EAGLE CAMP
Eagle-Required Merit Badges
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What are Pre-Requisites and What They Require Activity Participation
These requirements simply ask the
Scout to participate in some activity. The requirement doesn’t ask the
Scout to make anything, document or analyze something to get feedback
from an instructor. These requirements are straight forward and just
about any leader can verify them. Validation - Something that proves a Scout did it; this could be a report card, or a picture. Activity Participation with Results These requirements ask a Scout to do something that must be evaluated by the merit badge instructor. These requirements often ask the Scout to analyze, collect something, or ask for feedback from an instructor. Examples - Make an ecosystem in a bottle and monitor it for 7 days, perform an energy audit of your home and track ways that you have saved energy for 14 days, make a budget and try to stick to it or collect 10 rocks and minerals and properly identify them are all examples of requirements that ask Scouts to participate in activities with results. Validation- If the requirement asked the Scout to make something, the Scout needs to bring what they made, whether it is a rock collection, an ecosystem in a bottle, a copy of your letter to a Congressman, or your budget for the last three months. If the requirement asked you to do something with what you made, bring that too. Observations of your bottle, a paragraph on how you stuck to your budget, the response from your Congressman all fit this category. Sometimes, a requirement asks you to make something that isn’t easily brought to camp like the 230 lb lake sturgeon you caught for fishing merit badge. In these cases, a photo is sufficient. If possible, work with your Scoutmaster to find a merit badge counselor near your home troop who can validate the requirement. Paperwork These requirements ask the Scout to write something, whether it is report, letter, drawing, or essay. Examples - Drawings for Art, reports for Environmental Science, or essays for Communications all fit this category. Validation - The Scout must bring whatever they produced. What the Scout wrote will be reviewed by the merit badge instructor to see if the work meets the instructor’s expectations. Revisions, Changes and Misses Just like everywhere else, an attempt doesn’t always bring success. A rock may be misidentified, a report may leave out important information or what the Scout did may not be what the requirement asked. If this happens, the Scout may make arrangements with their instructor to see what can be done to complete the requirement or receive a partial record of completion if the requirement cannot be met within the 1-week duration. |
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| Camping | Family Life | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 9 :
Have your SM
verify you comply with this requirement for camping trips with the
troop. Make a list of dates and locations.
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 3 - Track 5 chores for 90 days. Bring proof and verification.
Req. 4 - Bring approval of
parents and district MB counselor for project, and report. Resources
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| Citizenship in the Community | First Aid | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 3 - Prepare a written report . Req. 5 - Prepare a written report on the movie. Req. 7 - Prepare a written report and verify the 8 hour requirement with a district MB counselor.
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req 2b - Prepare the kit and bring it to camp to review with the counselor.
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| Citizenship in the Nation | Hiking | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 2 - Prepare a written report with photos for the two selected options.
Req. 8 - Write the letter at least 6 weeks prior to camp. Bring the response if it is received.
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 5, 6, 7 - Have
your SM verify you comply with this requirement for hikes taken with the troop. Make a list of
dates and locations; prepare and review reports as required with the
counselor. Resources
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| Citizenship in the World | Lifesaving | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 5c - Bring a world map.
Req. 7 - Verify you complied with this requirement with a district MB counselor Resources
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp None
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Must bring long pants, long sleeve button down shirt and old shoes or sneakers |
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| Communications | Personal Fitness | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 7 - Select one option and complete. Req. 8 - Prepare to review it with the counselor through the use of drafts and program material.
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req.
6, 7, 8 - Have a MB counselor in your community review your test
results and the 12-week plan; have him or her sign the requirements on
the blue card. Track your progress and bring all materials to
camp for review by the counselor.
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| Cycling | Personal Management | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 8 and 9
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Have your SM
initial your reports on trips taken with the troop to bring them to camp.
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 1 - Prepare records in writing to bring to camp. Req. 2. - Make the 13 week plan and review it with a local MB counselor. Req. 8 - Plan the to-do activity and follow it. Bring proof and verification. Resources
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| Emergency Preparedness | Swimming | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp Req. 6,7,8,9 -
Verify you
complied with this requirement with a district MB counselor.
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp None
Must bring long pants, long sleeve button down shirt and old shoes or sneakers |
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| Environmental Science | GO TO: (external links not affiliated with www.trcbsa.org) | |
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MB REQUIREMENTS (www.scouting.org) Requirements that must be started before camp
Req. 3 -
Select an
option as described; bring written reports as noted with photos.
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