Release your travel bug into a public geocache and, with your parents permission, monitor its progress at. Right click on a workbook name to save or print the optional workbooks. A guide to geocaching cache in trash out is a worldwide environmental cleanup. Merit badges huntington woods boy scout troop 1292. This workbook can help you organize your thoughts as you prepare to meet with your merit badge counselor. May 5, 20 you wont need your gps unit to find the geocaching merit badge requirements.
Geocaching merit badge pamphlet, geocaching merit badge. You dont need to have had rank advancement to be eligible. Carlisle merit badge college carlisle pa fuzzie vohs. Each merit badge has a pamphlet booklet associated with it.
To offer a quality merit badge program, council and district advancement committees should ensure the following are in place for all group instructional events. Before doing so, share with your counselor a sixmonth maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally responsible for the first three months. Weather appropriate clothing for the time of year and location of the class for outdoor participation. Official geocaching merit badge requirements released. Design of geocaching merit badge pamphlet released bryan. Genealogy merit badge genealogy merit badge pamphlet. Merit badge book library princeton, texas troop 229. We usually host a merit badge fair mbf every spring with about 150 or so scouts attending. Supporting documentation or project work pertinent to this merit badge which may also include a merit badge workbook for reference with notes 7.
Its a small size geocache, with difficulty of 3, terrain of 2. Click here for information such as a listing of merit badges, merit badge counselors, etc. These workbooks can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. You still must satisfy your counselor that you can demonstrate each skill and have learned the information. This workbook can help you, but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet.
Geocaching merit badge helps and documents scouter mom. Occasionally, the requirements will not match those in the printed scout handbook, the annual scouts bsa requirements book, or some merit badge pamphlets because of the timing of their printing schedules. Bsa does not endorse this book as an official bsa product. Print out a copy of the merit badge pamphlet from the website. For the general reader, these are also an excellent introduction to the basic fundamentals and techniques of. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using gpsenabled devices and then share their experiences online. The requirements listed below are the current and official requirements of the boy scouts of america. Before doing so, share with your counselor a threemonth maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally responsible for those three months. Geocaching merit badge us scouting service project. To request powerpoint versions, use the contact us page above note. You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges.
Completing merit badge requirements was often a great addition to their study of science, history, culture, government, business, and technology, and they also learned some great. Set up and hide a public geocache, following the guidelines in. Medicine merit badge pamphlet boy scouts of america. Obtain a blue card from the scoutmaster before you start working on the requirements. Before doing so, share with your counselor a sixmonth maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally responsible for the first three geocaching for the boy scout program v. Merit badge workbook this workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. This workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. Current merit badge pamphlet and requirement revision dates. The merit badge pamphlet is not yet available, but the boy scouts of america wanted to get. In many of them, the only changes at that time were the addition of color to the pamphlet contents and covers, while others have had major or minor changes to the text andor requirements.
Discuss first aid and prevention for the types of injuries or illnesses that could occur while participating in geocaching activities, including cuts, scrapes, snakebite, insect stings, tick bites, exposure to poisonous plants. Keep a log, and share this with your counselor at the end of the 30day period. The work space provided for each requirement should be used by the scout to make notes for discussing the item with his counselor, not for providing the full and complete answers. This pamphlet includes all the details you need to earn the geocaching merit badge. Scoutbook boy scouts geocaching merit badge requirements. Merit badges are awards earned by members of the boy scouts of america, based on activities. We are scout run, active in the community, have plenty of outings and numerous eagle scout graduates. Release your travel bug into a public geocache and, with your par ents permission. Geocaching merit badge pamphlet boy scouts of america. This 11 page printable pdf workbook will help boy scouts as they work on earning the geocaching merit badge.
The requirements to this merit badge are ed by the boy scouts of america. Geocaching merit badge information for scouts and leaders. Give the signed application to your unit leader so your merit badge emblem can be secured for you. Studies show that members will remain active in the program if they are participating with their. There are more than 5 merit badges, and any scout, or any qualified venturer or sea scout may earn any of these at any time. This merit badge pamphlet has everything needed to earn the medicine merit badge. No one may add or subtract from the official requirements found in scouts bsa requirements.
Geocaching merit badge and worksheet boy scout trail. A geocache is a place you can find using a gps global positioning system unit. Recently, i got the privilege of teaching the geocaching merit badge to seven boy scouts at our troops annual merit badge fair. Now, check out the design of the geocaching merit badge pamphlet and circular badge, released today by the boy scouts of america.
If a scout has already started working on a merit badge when a new edition of the pamphlet is introduced, he should continue to use the same merit badge pamphlet and fulfill the requirements therein to earn the badge. Geocaching merit badge workbook this workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. Mrit to remember to bring for this merit badge class explain to your counselor how scouting s safe. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The merit badge university helps boy scouts advance and learn about different fields of knowledge by publishing the merit badge clinic calendar and by teaching high quality boy scout merit badges, merit badge work is the key to every eagle scout. Scouts will learn about medicine, how medical providers work with the health care systems, and more. In advance of the event, scouts must obtain the current merit badge book, read and understand it, and.
As indicated in the merit badge library listing in the. The pamphlet and badge for the new geocaching merit badge are expected to be available at the scout shop in december. Find documentation detailing the requirements and resources for all boy scouts of america merit badges. The boy scouts of america bsa program offers great merit badge materials to its scouts, which my older sons used on their way to achieving their eagle scout ranks. All of the merit badge pamphlets were reissued, with new publication numbers, on august. Official geocaching merit badge requirements geocaching. You wont need your gps unit to find the geocaching merit badge requirements. Enhancing our youths competitive edge through merit badges. Workbooks can help scouts organize notes, listen actively, and document their work.
They are reproduced in part here under fair use as a resource for scouts and scouters to use in the earning and teaching of merit badges. Boy scout troop 270 in riverside california is sponsored by the first united methodist church and has been active for over 30 years. This course program greatly enhances the scouts navigational. Any boy scout may earn any merit badge at any time. The merit badge pamphlet is not yet available, but. Click a merit badge name below for the current requirements. These worksheets include the necessary tasks and questions that are required for earning the geocaching merit badge.
While working on the geocaching merit badge, scouts learn to safely find and record geocaches. Set up and hide a public geocache, following the guidelines in the geocaching merit badge pamphlet. Geocaching merit badge lesson plan for boy scouts of america slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Troop 692 specifics troop 692 will purchase the merit badge pamphlets for all merit badges for rank and eagle required merit badges. Geocaching merit badgegeocaching merit badge merit badge camporeemerit badge camporee do you have a completed blue card. Merit badge counselors may not require the use of this or any similar. In addition, troop 692 will purchase the merit badge pamphlet for one nonrequired badge, per year, per scout.
Plan a geohunt for a youth group such as your troop or a neighboring pack. Feel free to use these scouts bsa geocaching merit badge presentations developed for troop 1028. Usually there is a place to log your find and sometimes leave or take a. Geocaching merit badge workbook boy scouts of america. Communication merit badge workbook merit badge workbook this workbook can help you but you still need to read the merit badge pamphlet. As for counciling of this new merit badge, imho, a well prepared geocaching counselor should be able to guide a scout in all aspects of this merit badge planning, construction, placement and maintenance so that a scout can produce a well executed cache container using scout skills, e. All of the merit badge pamphlets were reissued, with new publication numbers, on august 1, 2008. The only significant difference is that as new merit badges are introduced, the requirements are posted here. Geocaching merit badgegeocaching merit badge merit badge camporeemerit badge. Use this merit badge pamphlet to learn all the basics of this fun and exciting, hightech treasure hunt. After setting up the geocache, with your parents permission, follow the logs online for 30.
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