Boy Scout Troop 89- The Woodlands, TX
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merit badges [Links below]

You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 130 merit badges. Any Boy Scout may earn a merit badge at any time. You don't need to have had rank advancement to be eligible.  [Links to Merit Badges, Workbooks, and T89 Merit Badge Counselors are below.]

Pick a Subject. Talk to your unit leader (Scoutmaster) about your interest in earning a merit badge. Read the requirements of the merit badges you think might interest you. Choose one to earn. Your unit leader will give you a signed merit badge application (the "blue card") and the name and contact information of a merit badge counselor. These individuals have special knowledge in their merit badge subjects and are interested in helping you.

Use the Scout Buddy System. You must have another person with you at each meeting with the merit badge counselor. This person can be another Scout, your parents or guardian, a brother or sister or other relative, or a friend.

Call the Merit Badge Counselor. Get in touch with the merit badge counselor and tell them that you want to earn the merit badge. The counselor may ask to meet you to explain what is expected and to start helping you complete the requirements. You should also discuss work that you have already started or possibly completed.

Unless otherwise specified, work for a requirement can be started at any time. Ask your counselor to help you learn the things you need to know or do. You should obtain and read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject.

Show Your Stuff. When you are ready, call the counselor again to make an appointment. When you go take along the things you have made to meet the requirements. If they are too big to move, take pictures or have an adult tell in writing what you have done. The counselor will test you on each requirement to make sure you know your stuff and have done or can do the things required.

Get the Badge. When the counselor is satisfied that you have met each requirement, they will sign your application (the "blue card"). Give the signed application to your unit leader so that your merit badge emblem can be secured for you.



Merit Badges and their Requirements

Merit Badge Workbooks

T89 Merit Badge Counselors

Eagle Scout Project Workbook

Eagle Required Merit Badges

Camping
Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
Communications
Cooking
Cycling
Emergency Preparedness


Environmental Science
Family Life
First Aid
Hiking
Lifesaving
Personal Fitness
Personal Management
Swimming

Elective Merit badges

American Business
American Cultures
American Heritage
American Labor
Animal Science
Archaeology
Archery
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics
Auto Maintenance
Aviation
Backpacking
Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling
Canoeing
Chemistry
Cinematography
Coin Collecting
Composite Materials
Computers
Crime Prevention
Dentistry
Disabilities Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting
Electricity
Electronics
Energy
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
Fish and Wildlife Management
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry
Genealogy
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts
Home Repairs
Horsemanship
Indian Lore
Insect Study
Journalism
Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Model Design and Building
Motor boating
Music
Nature
Nuclear Science
Oceanography
Orienteering
Painting
Pets
Photography
Pioneering
Plumbing
Pottery
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Rowing
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Sculpture
Shotgun Shooting
Skating
Small Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Textile
Theatre
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation
Veterinary Medicine
Water Sports
Weather
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork