2006

Merit Badge Workbooks

Revised February 2006

Welcome!

Here are Workbooks for all Boy Scout merit badges! Don’t set your sights just on Eagle! You can also earn all 20 Eagle Palms! Always start by getting your unit leader’s approval always read the Merit Badge Pamphlet.

Merit Badges help Scouts learn and grow. While workbooks are not required, students are more likely to remember facts if they take notes. We have made every attempt to insure that these workbooks are accurate but please remember that requirements change constantly. Please send comments, corrections, or ideas to: craig@craiglincoln.com. Thank you!

Workbooks and Internet Materials

There are many materials on the Internet. Please remember:

· Boy Scout Requirements #33215 is your only source for merit badge requirements.

· Workbooks are not required. Workbooks are an optional aid.

· Many workbooks and other Internet materials change the wording of the requirements!

· No counselor or anyone else can add or subtract from BSA requirements. For instance:

· There is no requirement to be First Class to work on any merit badge.

· There is no requirement to be in 8^th grade or age 13 to work on any merit badge.

o The BSA Lifeguard Award requires age 14 or completion of 8^th grade.

· Prerequisites, if any, will be listed in the Merit Badge Pamphlet requirements.

· If a requirement is to “show” or “demonstrate” you can’t “describe” instead.

Some improvements you will find in these workbooks:

· We believe that we have listed the current, exact wording without adding or subtracting from the requirements. No wording was purposely altered.

· All Workbooks (plus BSA Lifeguard) fit in a zip file that fits on a single floppy.

· Our largest workbook is 113kB. Similar files on the Internet are up to 1.5 MB each.

· These workbooks require as few as half as many pages, saving printing costs & time.

· Margins are much larger to reduce printer errors and failures.

· Wider line spacing, increased use of tables, etc. make the workbooks easy to use.

· Reminders stress that requirements can’t be changed and that workbooks aren’t required.

· The Scout can write his name on each page so that individual pages can be identified.

· The Merit Badge name is listed on each workbook page for easy identification.

Click here to see Merit Badges sorted by time and difficulty: Merit Badge Selection Guide

Many requirements need correction or clarifications: Corrections and Clarifications
Merit Badge Workbooks – Full List

Revised February 2006

Once you have the files installed on your computer, just click the name below to go straight to that workbook! These short workbooks guide you as you learn the material for each merit badge. These workbooks are Microsoft© Word doc file format. A free viewer is at: Microsoft.com. For each merit badge, read the pamphlet and do all of the work that you can to prepare for your meeting with your counselor.

Merit Badge	Merit Badge	Merit Badge	Merit Badge	Merit Badge
American Business	Climbing	First Aid	Music	Salesmanship
American Cultures	Coin Collecting	Fish & Wildlife Mgt.	Nature	Scholarship
American Heritage	Collections	Fishing	Nuclear Science	Sculpture
American Labor	Communications	Fly Fishing	Oceanography	Shotgun Shooting
Animal Science	Composite Materials	Forestry	Orienteering	Skating
Archaeology	Computers	Gardening	Painting	Small Boat Sailing
Archery	Cooking	Genealogy	Personal Fitness	Snow Sports
Architecture	Crime Prevention	Geology	Personal Mgmt.	Soil and Water
Art	Cycling	Golf	Pets	Space Exploration
Astronomy	Dentistry	Graphic Arts	Photography	Sports
Athletics	Disabilities Aware.	Hiking	Pioneering	Stamp Collecting
Auto Mechanics	Dog Care	Home Repairs	Plant Science	Surveying
Aviation	Drafting	Horsemanship	Plumbing	Swimming
Backpacking	Electricity	Indian Lore	Pottery	Textile
Basketry	Electronics	Insect Study	Public Health	Theatre
Bird Study	Emergency Prep.	Journalism	Public Speaking	Traffic Safety
BSA Lifeguard	Energy	Landscape Arch.	Pulp and Paper	Truck Transportation
Bugling	Engineering	Law	Radio	Veterinary Medicine
Camping	Entrepreneurship	Leatherwork	Railroading	Waterskiing
Canoeing	Environmental Sci.	Lifesaving	Reading	Weather
Chemistry	Family Life	Mammal Study	Reptile & Amp.	Whitewater
Cinematography	Farm Mechanics	Medicine	Rifle Shooting	Wilderness Survival
Cit. in the Comm.	Fingerprinting	Metalwork	Rowing	Wood Carving
Cit. in the Nation	Fire Safety	Model Design & Build.	Safety	Woodwork
Cit. in the World		Motorboating