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Merit Badges

Scouting Show and Tell: Merit Badges with a Twist

October 2, 2019 2

Sure, your Scout can complete many merit badge requirements in a classroom setting. But where’s the fun in that? It’s time for Show and Tell.

Merit Badges

Top 5 merit badges Scouts could earn while completing assignments for school

August 20, 2018 48

Turns out several merit badge requirements align perfectly with schoolwork. And there’s no BSA rule against going for double credit. Here are five that make the grade.

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Top 5 merit badges to help you win that Fortnite Victory Royale

May 10, 2018 3

Fortnite imparts lessons in critical thinking, teamwork and survival — all lessons learned in Scouting. What that in mind, here are the Top 5 merit badges that would help you win that Victory Royale.

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Can you ace this ‘Jeopardy!’ category about merit badges?

February 23, 2018 16

On the Feb. 22, 2018, episode of “Jeopardy!”, viewers were treated to a category called “21st Century Boy Scout Merit Badges.”

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Top 5 merit badges for which Marvel’s Black Panther would make the ideal counselor

February 16, 2018 3

What if the King of Wakanda, also known as the Black Panther, found a free weekend or two to serve as a merit badge counselor? In that case, here are five I might recommend.

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Top 5 merit badges to make your Groundhog Day more ful-Phil-ling

February 2, 2018 14

It’s Groundhog Day, and there’s just one question on everyone’s mind: Will Scouting magazine release a list of the top five merit badges to celebrate this essential holiday?

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Top 5 merit badges Thor could hammer out in a weekend, no problem

November 3, 2017 8

Just in time for the release of Thor: Ragnarok, I put together this list of the top 5 merit badges the titular hero could finish in a weekend.

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Top 5 merit badges for when you’re waiting for April the giraffe to give birth

April 5, 2017 10

We might as well be productive while we wait, so I present to you the five merit badges that are useful when waiting for April the giraffe to give birth.

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Top 5 merit badges for when you find 7 Earth-size planets 40 light years away

February 22, 2017 16

I present to you my big discovery: this list of the five merit badges that come in handy when you find seven Earth-size planets only 40 light years away.

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Top 5 merit badges Superman would have no trouble earning

March 24, 2016 13

They call him the “Big Blue Boy Scout,” so it’s no stretch to imagine the Man of Steel — aka Superman — earning merit badges.

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