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how to earn a Merit Badge
1. Meet with any troop 531 scoutmaster, get a blue card signed
Scoutmasters might have a recommended MB counselor
2. research the merit badge booklet, meet with a mb counselor
3. work with counselor, meet requirements, get counselor signature on back of blue card (TIP: take picture of card)
4. turn in blue card signed by your mb counselor at a troop meeting and get any troop 531 scoutmaster's signature
(TIP: keep applicant's record in a safe place)
(TIP: if only completing "part" of the requirements, be sure to fill in for your MB counselor what requirement numbers are done and get their sign-off for those portions you have completed. Troop 531 Scouts must complete blue card, NOT the MB counselor)
Merit BadgES
EAGLE REQUIRED Merit BadgES
FIRST
AID
CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY
CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION
CITIZENSHIP IN SOCIETY
CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD
COOKING
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
CAMPING
Scouts need to accumulate at least 21 merit badges before earning the Eagle Scout rank. Of those 21 badges, 14 must come from this list of Eagle-required merit badges and the rest can be any badges not used for these 14.
12. CHOOSE ONE:
13. CHOOSE ONE:
14. CHOOSE ONE:
ELECTIVE Merit BadgES
Click a Merit Badge to get the worksheet
American Business
American Cultures
American Heritage
American Labor
Animal Science
Animation
Archaeology
Archery
Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics
Automotive Maintenance
Aviation
Backpacking
Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling
Canoeing
Chemistry
Chess
Climbing
Coin Collecting
Collections
Composite Materials
Crime Prevention
Dentistry
Digital Technology
Disabilities Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting
Electricity
Electronics
Energy
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Exploration
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
Fish and Wildlife Management
Fishing
Fly-Fishing
Forestry
Game Design
Gardening
Genealogy
Geocaching
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts
Health Care Professionals
Home Repairs
Horsemanship
Indian Lore
Insect Study
Inventing
Journalism
Kayaking
Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Mammal Study
Metalwork
Mining in Society
Model Design and Building
Motorboating
Movie-making
Music
Nature
Nuclear Science
Oceanography
Orienteering
Painting
Pets
Photography
Pioneering
Plant Science
Plumbing
Pottery
Programming
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Robotics
Rowing
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Scouting Heritage
Scuba Diving
Sculpture
Search and Rescue
Shotgun Shooting
Signs, Signals, and Codes
Skating
Small-Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Sustainability
Textile
Theater
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation
Veterinary Medicine
Water Sports
Weather
Welding
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork
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