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Plan to attend on:
Thursday, July 31-
Sunday August 3
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Merit Badges
offered at Event
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Aviation Merit Badge
Please visit the following links for worksheets, forms and helpful sites for the boys to get started on this exciting opportunity to receive this merit badge.
This badge WILL be completed over the event.
Aviation MB Helpful Worksheet [PDF]
Supplemental Helpful Website
Aviation MB Requirements
This entire merit badge will be offered; it would greatly help in completing this merit badge if a scout would read the book beforehand, and fill out what he can on the worksheet. Then bring the worksheet to show a counselor. |
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Space Exploration Merit Badge
Please visit the following links for worksheets, forms and helpful sites for the boys to get started.
Information will be presented and Displays will be
available to cover some of reqirements
# 1,2,3,4,5c,6,7,8. One rocket launch will be done.
Note taking is recommended for future use with a counselor.
This badge will NOT be completed over the event.
Space Exploration MB Helpful Worksheet [PDF]
Space Exploration MB Requirements
Req# 3 – PARTIAL ONLY – Scouts will learn NAR Safety rules for model rocketry,
built a model rocket and launch it once.
[To complete this req., scout must do a 2nd launch at a later date].
Instructor Tim Morris will discuss some of the rest of this merit badge. Note-taking is recommended for the scout to use with a counselor at a later date. |
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Astronomy Merit Badge
Please visit the following links for worksheets, forms and helpful sites for the boys to get started. This badge will NOT be completed over the event.
Astronomy MB Helpful Worksheet [PDF]
Astronomy MB Requirements
[New Requirements effective 1/1/05]
Displays and Demonstrations will cover the following Requirements:
#1, #2, #3-a.b.c.
“How to read a Star Chart” presentations will show how to do:
#4-a.b.c.d.
Displays will introduce:
#5-a. and #7-c. d.
“How to Sketch What You See” display will show how to do:
#6, #7-a.b.
Informational displays will show:
#8-a. and b.
A handout will be available with many great websites to help with:
#5-b.
Ideas will be shared for completing:
#9 as well as counselor contact information will be included.
Displays will show ideas for:
#10.
Interested scouts should come prepared to take notes from what they see so they can go over the requirements with a counselor at a later date. Skills needed for observing (for Reqs.#4-a.b.c., #6, #7-a.b.) will be discussed. Most of the observing could be done in 1 night at a Troop star party, or perhaps attend an Observing session at the Nature Center with the Kalamazoo Astronomical Society-check their schedule @ kasonline.org
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Weather Merit Badge
Please visit the following links for worksheets, forms
and helpful sites for the boys to get started.
Information will be presented covering requirements #2, 6, 8b, and 10, and probably more will be covered by the presenter.
Note taking is recommended for future use with a counselor.
This badge will NOT be completed over the event.
Weather MB Helpful Worksheet [PDF]
Weather MB Requirements
A display will show the water cycle described in Req.# 6
[it must be drawn by the scout as part of that requirement.]
#7b -Will be presented.
Prepared scouts can ask questions about the other requirements
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To get the latest information and requirements, please visit:
http://usscouts.org/usscouts/meritbadges.asp
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