Like Mt. Washington, Katahdin is one of those classic, must do, northeastern hikes. Logistically it is a challenge because of the remoteness and competitiveness for campground space. The attached gives an overview of the hike. I wrote it using powerpoint 07, if it does not open for you, send a note and I’ll try saving [...]

 
This is an easy but interesting merit badge. In the northeast, we’re blessed with numerous early American history sites, but I bet wherever you are you can find something interesting. I’ll work on some training material, in the meantime, I’ll share this one piece I was working on:
 
The Concord Hymn
 ”…And fired the shot heard round the world.” [...]

Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Supplement 
Here are three good survival scenarios to use with your kids. Not part of the badge requirements but can be used as a warm-up or post-badge activity. If you are cabin camping some night and want an interesting group activity, pull these out.
survival1.doc
survival2.doc
survival3.doc

 
These may help - free sky maps showing what is in the sky by month.
The telescope.com one is a little better for locating planets. Skymaps.com has nice descriptions of the night sky.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/sky_calendar.html (click on planets 1/2 way down), map at bottom.
http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html

Here’s a powerpoint to use for oceanography. Not my work, but one of the few docs available on this topic. Maybe it helps…
oceanography.pdf

If you are not a boy scout (maybe a girl scout or member of a high school outing club?) and you want to improve your outdoor skills over the summer, this may suit you: http://www.registeredmaineguide.com/juniorprogramsInfo.html
Put on by the Maine Youth Camping Association and the Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Department, this looks like it provides [...]

Sea Kayaking is another great program idea. Just Goggle sea kayaking [your area] and you’re guaranteed to find some company offering some very good trip packages.
We went up to Maine on one trip. Here is one recommended contact if you’re in the northeast: www.seaspraykayak.com
A great place to ocean-side camp up in Maine is a place called Hermit [...]

Your council isn’t the only one holding a MB college and often enough, other councils gladly welcome outside of council attendees if you simply ask.  We’ve been to the Millstone (CT) Nuclear Plant Badge-O-Ree and the Harvard University Merit Badge College (where better to get your law or medicine merit badge!).  Other’s we’ve considered are Camp [...]