Scouts are resourceful. So, while your troop may not be able to go on a weekend campout together during the COVID-19 pandemic, this time could be ideal to learn how to play a new game or work on the car or prepare a first aid kit for the family.
We’ve previously shared a Scouter’s suggestion of merit badges that can be worked on from home and Scout Shop resources for some of those badges. Another resource you and your Scouts now have are digital merit badge pamphlets, available through Amazon Kindle.
You can download the electronic reader application on your phone or tablet. Each digital pamphlet costs $4.99, the same price as hard-copy pamphlets. They’re compatible with any electronic device; they do not include interactive or enhanced content. You can also find digital handbooks and other leader resources in the BSA’s Amazon Kindle library.
Now live on Kindle
Bookmark the BSA’s Kindle library and keep checking back as more pamphlets will be uploaded in the coming weeks. Here’s what’s available as of this posting:
- Archery
- Astronomy
- Automotive Maintenance
- Camping
- Canoeing
- Chess
- Citizenship in the Nation
- Citizenship in the World
- Communication
- Disabilities Awareness
- Environmental Science
- Family Life
- First Aid
- Game Design
- Hiking
- Orienteering
- Personal Fitness
- Personal Management
- Pioneering
- Robotics
- Swimming
- Wilderness Survival
MORE ADDED – UPDATED APRIL 28, 2020
- American Labor
- Chemistry
- Coin Collecting
- Crime Prevention
- Dog Care
- Entrepreneurship
- Journalism
- Model Design and Building
- Painting
- Pets
- Reading
- Sculpture
- Snow Sports
- Truck Transportation
- Water Sports
- Whitewater
MORE ADDED – UPDATED APRIL 30, 2020
- Bird Study
- Cycling
- Digital Technology
- Engineering
- Fingerprinting
- Fish and Wildlife Management
- Fishing
- Gardening
- Geocaching
- Indian Lore
- Kayaking
- Lifesaving
- Music and Bugling
- Reptile and Amphibian Study
- Search and Rescue
- Signs, Signals and Codes
- Small-Boat Sailing
- Woodcarving
MORE ADDED – UPDATED MAY 4, 2020
- American Business
- American Cultures
- American Heritage
- Animation
- Architecture and Landscape Architecture
- Art
- Aviation
- Backpacking
- Citizenship in the Community
- Climbing
- Collections
- Composite Materials
- Dentistry
- Drafting
- Electronics
- Emergency Preparedness
- Energy
- Farm Mechanics
- Fly-Fishing
- Genealogy
- Geology
- Graphic Arts
- Home Repairs
- Horsemanship
- Inventing
- Law
- Leatherwork
- Mammal Study
- Metalwork
- Mining in Society
- Moviemaking
- Nature
- Nuclear Science
- Oceanography
- Photography
- Plant Science
- Programming
- Public Health
- Public Speaking
- Pulp and Paper
- Radio
- Railroading
- Rowing
- Salesmanship
- Scholarship
- Scouting Heritage
- Scuba Diving
- Space Exploration
- Sports
- Stamp Collecting
- Textile
- Theater
- Weather
- Welding
- Woodwork
MORE ADDED – UPDATED MAY 19, 2020
MORE ADDED – UPDATED JUNE 11, 2020
- Archaeology
- Athletics
- Basketry
- Insect Study
- Medicine
- Motorboating
- Plumbing
- Pottery
- Safety
- Traffic Safety
- Veterinary Medicine
Digital memberships, audio options and digital copy bundles aren’t available at this time. If there are updates made to a pamphlet, you’ll need to purchase the updated version. Kindle versions are the same as the most current pamphlets available in print. For any updated requirements, click here.
You can always purchase hard-copy merit badge pamphlets through ScoutShop.org.
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