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Eagle PalmsEagle Palms: Requirements for Boy Scouts  Eagle Scout is the highest rank for Boy Scouts. But after a Boy Scout becomes an Eagle Scout he can continue to earn recognition for his achievements by earning Eagle Palms. I encourage all Eagle Scouts to stay active with their troops and continue to develop their leadership skills.

 

The Eagle Court of Honor Book is the complete guide to Scouting's greatest moment. It covers every aspect of staging an Eagle Scout court of honor.The Eagle Court of Honor Book   The Eagle Court of Honor Book is the complete guide to Scouting's greatest moment. It covers every aspect of staging an Eagle Scout court of honor.

 

Proven ideas for building strong, successful, sustainable troops that truly achieve the promise of Scouting - from meetings and outings to administration.The Scoutmaster's Other Handbook   Proven ideas for building strong, successful, sustainable troops that truly achieve the promise of Scouting - from meetings and outings to administration.

 

Eagle Scout is the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting. Eagle is earned after the rank of Life. "Once an Eagle, always an Eagle".Eagle Scout Rank Requirements for Boy Scouts  Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America. Unlike the other ranks in Boy Scouts, the title of Eagle Scout is held for life. "Once an Eagle, always an Eagle."

 

Badge for Life Boy Scout RankLife Rank Requirements for Boy Scouts  

 

Venturing Silver AwardVenturing Silver Award Requirements  The Venturing Silver Award is available to all young men and women who are Venturers. Earning the Venturing Silver Award helps the Scout develop knowledge and leadership skills.

 

First Class Boy Scout BadgeFirst Class Rank Requirements for Boy Scouts  First Class is the third rank a Boy Scout can earn. He earns it after Second Class The requirements for First Class continue to teach the youth to the skills he needs to advance in Boy Scouting.

 

Eagle PalmsRecognizing Eagle Palms  A reader recently wrote to me with this question about recognizing Eagle palms: "My son is about to get his 17th Palm before he turns 18. Is there some type of ceremony to recognized this similar to the Eagle COH?"

 

Webelos Artist Activity BadgeBSA Webelos Den Meeting Plan 8 - Artist  BSA provides den meeting plans for den leaders on the Scouting.org website. The eighth Webelos den meeting plan focuses on the Webelos Artist Activity badge.

 

Venturing Gold AwardVenturing Gold Award Requirements  The Venturing Gold Award was developed to recognize the significant accomplishment in a Scout's life in a broad spectrum of activities.

 

Second Class RankSecond Class Rank Requirements for Boy Scouts  Second Class is the second rank a Boy Scout can earn. He earns it after Tenderfoot. The Second Class rank requirements for Boy Scouts continue to teach the youth to the skills he needs to advance in Boy Scouting.

 

Welding Merit Badge for Boy ScoutsWelding Merit Badge for Boy Scouts  Today (Feb 24, 2012) is the first day Boy Scouts can start earning the new Welding merit badge. Opportunities in the welding field are endless, and Scouts earning their Welding merit badge can not only explore the fundamentals of welding, but also learn about the different career paths within the industry.

 

Webelos Citizen Activity BadgeBSA Webelos Den Meeting Plan 7 - Citizen  BSA provides den meeting plans for Cub Scout den leaders on the Scouting.org website. This plan completes many of the requirements for the Citizen Activity Badge.

 

Venturing Bronze AwardVenturing Outdoor Bronze Award Requirements  The Venturing Outdoor Bronze Award is the first step on the way to earning the Ranger award. To earn this award, Venturers must complete four of the Ranger core requirements and two Ranger electives.

 

energy conservationBSA Wolf Den Meeting Plan 7: Your Living World and Tie It Right  BSA provides den meeting plans for den leaders on the Scouting.org website. This plan covers Wolf Achievement 7 – Your Living World and Wolf Elective 17 – Tie It Right.

 

CandleArrow of Light Centerpieces  Janice recently wrote to me with this message: "I need your help! I've been assigned to help put together our Arrow of Light ceremony / banquet. I'm at a loss as to what to do for centerpieces. We'll have over 10 tables and we don't want to make it look too "blue and gold." Any ideas that you may have could really help me out a lot! " Sometimes simple centerpieces are the best.

 

Webelos Citizen Activity BadgeBSA Webelos Den Meeting Plan 6: Citizen and Webelos Badge  This plan continues work on the Citizen activity badge and covers Webelos badge requirement 3 (meaning of the Webelos badge), Webelos badge requirement 4 (Webelos uniform), and Webelos badge requirement 7 (Boy Scout knowledge) .

 

Venturing Bronze AwardVenturing Sea Scout Bronze Award Requirements  The Venturing Sea Scout Bronze award is aimed at Crews who are focused on sailing.

 

EmergencyBSA Wolf Den Meeting Plan 6: Know Your Home and Community  This plan completes Wolf Achievement 4 - Know Your Home and Community, which was started in the previous meeting plan. It also includes some electives - Let's Have a Party and Sing-Along.

 

Venturing Bronze AwardVenturing Religious Life Bronze Award Requirements  The Religious Life Bronze award works well for Crews who are organized as church youth groups as ours is. While none of our members have earned this recognition yet, I do present it to them as an option from time to time.

 

CompassionPublic Service Troop Program Feature for Boy Scouts  The focus in this program feature is citizenship and service. Younger Boy Scouts can work on flag etiquette, flag ceremonies, and their rights and duties as US Citizens. Older Scouts could work on the Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the World merit badges.

 

Norman Rockwell's Boy Scout paintingTrustworthy Tommy Song  Trustworthy Tommy is a song to help Webelos and new Boy Scouts learn the Scout Law. Webelos need to memorize the law to earn the Arrow of Light. New Boy Scouts must memorize it for the Tenderfoot rank. Some boys who have trouble with rote memorization will find that learning the song helps it stick with them. Eventually they should be able to say the Scout Law without the song going through their heads.

 

Webelos Citizen Activity BadgeBSA Webelos Den Meeting Plan 5 – Citizen  This meeting plan starts the Citizen activity badge. This is an important meeting, since Citizen is required for the Webelos badge.

 

Tiger Cub ScoutsTroop Running a Pack Meeting  Tonight, our Boy Scout Troop is running the Pack meeting for our Cub Scouts. They are going to divide into dens and each den will have several Boy Scouts doing skill instruction with them. They are working on things like knots and outdoor skills which relate to the advancement for each den. While they are doing that, the Scoutmaster (my husband), is going to talk to the Pack parents about the Boy Scout program.

 

Table Top DisplayTips for a Great Table Top Display  Table top displays are a way to show off a hobby, collection, event, or other project. Or you can showcase your unit's program. As part of the Hobbies Troop Program Feature for Boy Scouts, table top displays are used in a hobby fair to show of each Scout's particular hobby. In addition, for several of the Venturing awards, Venturers must create a table top display.

 

Boy Scout BingoBoy Scout Bingo  A lot of the requirements for Arrow of Light have to do with learning about Boy Scouts. So to make this more fun, I made up a set of picture bingo cards.

 

Fire TrucksBSA Wolf Den Meeting Plan 5: Know Your Home and Community and Be Safe at Home and on the Street  This plan covers part of Wolf Achievement 4 (Know Your Home and Community) and part of Wolf Achievement 9 (Be Safe at Home and on the Street).

 

Horsemanship Merit BadgeHorsemanship Merit Badge for Boy Scouts  This is one our older scouts sometimes work on at summer camp. They usually require them to be 13 or 14 years old though, because the smaller guys have a hard time saddling the horse without assistance. There is only one part they don't like - the test about the parts of the horse and diseases.

 

BicycleBSA Bear Den Meeting Plan 3 – Ride Right  BSA provides den meeting plans for den leader on the Scouting.org website. This plan covers Bear Achievement 14 - Ride Right. I have included notes on resources and ideas which will help you with this meeting plan.

 

Nuclear Science Merit BadgeNuclear Science Merit Badge for Boy Scouts  Our troop probably earns an unusual number of the Nuclear Science merit badges because my husband is a counselor. So that is a chance for our Scouts to learn about this topic from somebody who works with this material every day in his job. The Scouts especially enjoy getting to use a survey meter.

 

Venturing Bronze AwardVenturing Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award Requirements  This month, I am looking at the Arts and Hobbies Bronze award. This Bronze award lets Venturers explore an area of interest to them and learn about it in depth.

 

Astronomy Merit BadgeAstronomy Merit Badge for Boy Scouts  When I was camping with my Webelos a few weeks ago, they mentioned how much brighter the stars were at camp. So we talked about how light pollution affects star gazing. And I told them that when they are Boy Scouts, they can learn even more about astronomy. So maybe a few of them will be working on this merit badge.

 

Webelos Traveler Activity BadgeBSA Webelos Den Meeting Plan 4 – Traveler and Athlete  This plan completes Athlete and does all of Traveler. It also completes the Geography belt loop from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program.

 

Radio MicrophoneBSA Tiger Den Meeting 8 - Go See It: How I Tell It  This is the eighth in the series of Tiger den meeting plans provide by BSA. This meeting is a Go See It, so the main activity will be visiting a newspaper office, or radio or television station.

 

Chess Merit BadgeChess Merit Badge for Boy Scouts  The new Chess merit badge for Boy Scouts was just launched a few weeks ago. DS is especially excited about this badge. He has always loved chess.

 

BowlingBSA Wolf Den Meeting Plan 4: Keep Your Body Healthy and Bowling Field Trip  BSA provides den meeting plans for den leaders. Meeting 4 completes Wolf Achievement 3 - Keep Your Body Healthy, and completes Elective 20g - Sports (Go Bowling), and completes the Bowling belt loop.

 

American eagle with flagBSA Bear Den Meeting 2 - What Makes America Special and The Past Is Exciting and Important  This plan covers most of Achievement 3 - What Makes America Special - and completes Bear Achievement 8 - The Past Is Exciting and Important - which was started in the first meeting.

 

Citizenship in the Nation Merit BadgeCitizenship in the Nation Merit Badge for Boy Scouts  LC and DS recently completed the Citizenship in the Nation merit badge. They seemed to enjoy this one more than some of the other Eagle required badges. We had taken a trip to Washington DC in the past year, so they had a chance to use some of the places we visited there to help fulfill the requirements.

 

Animal Science Merit BadgeAnimal Science Merit Badge for Boy Scouts  The Animal Science merit badge is all about farm animals. We live in the suburbs, so this one isn't even on the radar for the Scouts in our troop. But if you have Scouts from a rural area or if somebody who has a relative on a farm, this might be of interest to them.

 

Webelos Forester Activity BadgeBSA Webelos Den Meeting 3: Naturalist, Forester, and Webelos  BSA provides den meeting plans for den leader on the Scouting.org website. Today, I am going to go through the third Webelos plan.This plan completes Naturalist and Forester. It also covers some Webelos badge requirements.