Geology Merit Badge Helps and Documents

While doing the requirements for the Geology merit badge, Scouts learn about rocks and resources. They can focus on sedimentary processes, energy resources, mineral resources, or earth history while working on this merit badge. Scouts also research career opportunities related to geology.

Get the Geology Merit Badge pamphlet

Printable helps for requirements:

Printable requirements for Geology Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for Geology Merit Badge

Printable note sheet for Geology Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for all Scouts BSA merit badges

Dig further into the subject of geology with these related ideas and achievements:

Soil Sample Cupcakes Recipe

Scouts always enjoy playing with their food! This would make a nice snack for any den meeting based on one of the ecology lessons.

Nature and Environment Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA Troops

The Nature and Environment theme focuses on plants, wildlife, and how we interact with nature. The program feature includes some general information and some more specific ideas for meetings:

Splash! Scouts BSA Nova Award (Science) Helps and Documents

Splash! is the Scouts BSA Nova Award for investigating water science. To earn this award, Scouts must complete one of their science related merit badges and learn about related topics such as pollution, health, water cycle, and waste treatment. Scouts also learn how water is processed and consumed.

Science Program Feature for Scouts BSA

The Science troop program feature encourages Scouts to ask and investigate questions about the world. They learn how to form a hypothesis and test it.

Mineral Hardness Scale (Mohs’ Hardess Scale Scratch Test)

If your Scout is working on a geology badge, he might need use a mineral hardness scale such as the Mohs's Hardness Scale Scratch Test.

Tips 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 Scouts BSA, 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.