Here is a collection of files the IEEE put together to teach these courses. http://www.emeritbadges.org/merit_badges.htm

 If this link stays active, here is a program for the Bird Study Merit Badge: http://k2gw.tripod.com/birdstudy/

I always thought that this would be a cool MB for the kids to get. The merit badge goes hand in hand with the Bugler position in the troop. Of all the positions, I thought this one was a real badge of honor as it took some skill to achieve. All the other positions require just [...]

  I taught this a few times. Kids love this one.  Make sure you have bandaids handy when you teach. Even though you talk about knife safety and first aid, at least 2-3 end up cutting themselves every time. My recommendations when teaching: 1. Buy those bags of small basswood carving blocks from AC Moore (local craft [...]

As a parent, you want to balance your kid’s development across many areas. Local sports fill one space, scouting another, education is in the middle, I’m sure you have them volunteering and doing something for the community and you’re probably traveling and exposing them to new people & places. Something else to consider carefully that [...]

Item 7d in the computer MB requirements is to build a webpage. I thought I would take a minute to let you know about this website. Just about everything you see here (other than the content posted) was put together in one weekend by someone who knows very very little about computers. Someone mentioned to [...]

A flyer for the kids to get interested in the Citizenship in the Nation MB, American Heritage MB, and Freedom Trail. I will post my CITN merit badge notes when I can find them. Hope this at least is a start – freedom-trail.doc Here’s one that might be usable (I did not produce):  citizenship_in_the_nation_v2.ppt