Merit Badge Counselor Guides
Citizenship in Society Merit Badge
The Citizenship in Society merit badge counselor guidelines include learning objectives for the merit badge, recommended approaches for counseling, including ideas on facilitation, ground rules, examples for use in discussion and more, as well as Scout requirements for fulfillment.
Access the counselor guide and the Citizenship in Society Merit Badge requirements below:
Aviation Merit Badge
The Aviation Merit Badge Counselor presentation is a Powerpoint document that counselors can use when working on the merit badge with their Scouts. It includes a complete multimedia presentation with support for all requirements, as well as recommended approaches, resources (e.g. flight simulators and drones), and forms required (e.g. for discovery flights). Counselors are free to adapt this presentation to fit their needs when working with Scouts on the Aviation merit badge.
The Aviation Merit Badge Event Coordinator document includes templates for running a larger (10-100 Scout) station-based event (e.g. at an airport or museum).
Environmental Science
The Environmental Science merit badge counselor guidelines include how to guide the Scout in choosing between the Environmental Science and Sustainability merit badges for their Trail to Eagle. It also contains some helpful information on what types of animals and plants can be considered for the merit badge and a suggestion on how to give it at camp. We also included the Resources from the pamphlet, with links to the websites.
Artificial Intelligence
Access the Artificial Intelligence Merit Badge counselor guide below:
