Doing the requirements for the Weather merit badge helps Scouts learn about meteorology. They learn about weather hazards, high and low pressure systems, the science of weather, and the water cycle. They explore climates and the way humans alter their environment. They make a weather instrument and find out about careers related to weather.
Get the Weather Merit Badge pamphlet
Printable helps for requirements:
Printable requirements for Weather Merit Badge
Printable checkoff sheet for Weather Merit Badge
Printable note sheet for Weather Merit Badge
Printable checkoff sheet for all Scouts BSA merit badges
Investigate the causes and effects of meteorological phenomena with these related ideas and achievements:
Shoot! Scouts BSA Nova Award (Astronomy and Projectile Science) Helps and Documents
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Splash! Scouts BSA Nova Award (Science) Helps and Documents
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Dr. Bernard Harris Supernova Helps and Documents
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Science Program Feature for Scouts BSA
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This is a water cycle demonstration which will add some pizazz to a meeting about weather or a Weather merit badge workshop.
Thomas Edison Supernova Award Helps and Documents
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Tornadoes are destructive storms are caused by a vortex. You can use the classic “tornado in a bottle” demonstration to explain how a vortex forms. This demonstration goes well with a weather related activity or just for some STEM fun.
This is a weather game I came across on the NASA Space Place website. It is going to take a little time for you to print and prepare the materials, but I think this would be a hit at any weather themed scout meeting.
Printable Water Cycle Explanation
The water cycle is an important part of any discussion of the weather. This printable water cycle explanation aid will help explain it.
Designed to Crunch Scouts BSA Nova Award (Mathematics) Helps and Documents
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