Insect Study
- 3) Collect and mount fifty different species. Include six orders and
eighteen families of insects. Label each with common and scientific
names, where possible.
*NOTE: Some insects are endangered species and are protected by federal or state law. Every species is found only in its own special type of habitat. Be sure to check natural resource authorities in advance to be sure that you will not be collecting any species that is known to be protected or endangered, or in any habitat where collecting is prohibited.
- 7) Raise an insect through the complete metamorphosis from its larval
stage to its adult stage (eg, raise a butterfly or moth from a
caterpillar).
Counselor: Cindy Robinson (cindy @ servispros . com )
AdditionalCost
- None
Materials Needed - None
NOTES: Whether you have
started or completed requirement 3, we may go on a 'hunt' to find some
species, so bring your collection.
Truck Transportation
- #1. Research five trucking companies located in or traveling through Virginia and be prepared to name them and give a brief description of them.
- 4a-4e will be done on site
- #5. Research five government agencies that work closely with the trucking industry.
Counselor: Wayne Kissenberger( )
Additional Cost - None
Materials Needed - None
American Labor
- This is an all day badge. The requirements below could be met prior to the badge, but will most likely need to be completed after the badge class:
#2. With your counselor's and parent's approval and permission, visit the office or attend a meeting of a local union, a central labor council, or an employee organization, or contact one of these organizations via the Internet. Then do EACH of the following:
a. Find out what the organization does.
b. Share the list of issues and concerns you made for requirement 1. Ask the people you communicate with which issues are of greatest interest or concern to them and why.
c. Draw a diagram showing how the organization is structured, from the local to the national level, if applicable.
#5 a. Develop a time line of significant events in the history of the American labor movement from the 1770s to the present. This will be started in the class, but will most likely not be completed due to time.
Counselor: Constance T. Cordovilla
Additional Cost - None
Materials Needed - None
Fish and Wildlife Management
Scouts should complete requirements 5 and 6 prior to the event
- #5. Do ONE of the following:
a. Construct, erect, and check regularly at least two artificial nest boxes (wood duck, bluebird, squirrel, etc.) and keep written records for one nesting season.
b. Construct, erect, and check regularly bird feeders and keep written records of the kinds of birds visiting the feeders in the winter.
c. Design and implement a backyard wildlife habitat improvement project and report the results.
d. Design and construct a wildlife blind near a game trail, water hole, salt lick, bird feeder, or birdbath and take good photographs or make sketches from the blind of any combination of 10 wild birds, mammals, reptiles, or amphibians.
- #6. Do ONE of the following:
a. Observe and record 25 species of wildlife. Your list may include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Write down when and where each animal was seen.
b. List the wildlife species in your state that are classified as endangered, threatened, exotic, game species, furbearers, or migratory game birds.
c. Start a scrapbook of North American wildlife. Insert markers to divide the book into separate parts for mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Collect articles on such subjects as life histories, habitat, behavior, and feeding habits on all of the five categories and place them in your notebook accordingly. Articles and pictures may be taken from newspapers or science, nature and outdoor magazines; or from other sources including the Internet (with your parent's permission). Enter at least five articles on mammals, five on birds, five on reptiles, five on amphibians, and five on fish. Put each animal in alphabetical order. Include pictures whenever possible.
Additional Cost
- None
Materials Needed - None
Forestry
- Scouts should each bring a blank notebook, sketchbook, or binder with paper
- We need them to wear socks and closed-toe shoes.
- Also, if they bring a dollar, I may have tree ID books for sale.
- They will also need pencils
- Scouts will have a take-home service project that they will need to complete to finish the badge.
Counselors: Kay Kimmell: ( kkmmll @ comcast . net )
Additional Cost
- None
Materials Needed - None
Archaeology
- 5. Choose ONE of the sites you completed for Requirement 4 and give
a short presentation about your findings to a Cub Scout pack, your Scout
troop, your
school class, or another group.
- 9. Under the supervision of a qualified archaeologist or instructor,
do ONE of the following:
A. Help prepare an archaeological exhibit for display in a museum, visitor center, school, or other public area.
B. Use the methods of experimental archaeology to re-create an item or to practice a skill from the past. Write a brief report explaining the experiment and its results.
Counselors: Patrick O'Neil : ( patrickloneill @ verizon . net )
Additional Cost
- None
Materials Needed - None
Surveying
- Instructors are still nailing down which requirements can be done on site, and which will need to be PRE-REQUISITES. Please check back for updates.
Additional Cost
- None
Materials Needed - None
Pulp and Paper
- 7. With your parent's and counselor's approval, do ONE of the following:
A. Visit a pulp mill. Describe how the mill converts wood to cellulose fibers.
B. Visit a paper mill and get a sample of the paper made there. Describe the processes used for making this paper. Tell how it will be used.
C. Visit a container plant or box plant. Describe how the plant's products are made.
D. Visit a recycled paper collection or sorting facility. Describe the operations there.
E. Using books, magazines, your local library, the Internet (with your parent's permission), and any other suitable research tool, find out how paper products are developed. Find out what role research and development play in the papermaking industry. Share what you learn with your counselor.
Counselors: Gretchen Spear ( Gretchen_Spear @ afandpa . org )
Additional Cost
- None
Materials Needed - None
Crime Prevention
- 5. Teach your family or patrol members how to protect themselves from crime at home. at school, in your community, and while traveling.
- 6. Help raise awareness about one school safety issue facing students
by doing ONE of the following:
a. Create a poster for display on a school bulletin board.
b. With permission from school officials, create a page long public service announcement that could be read over the public address system at school or posted on the school's Web site.
c. Make a presentation to a group such as a Cub Scout den that addresses the issue.
Additional Cost
- None
Materials Needed - None
Traffic Safety
- Applicants should be 13 or older for this Merit Badge.
- Requirement # 5. Do ONE of the following:
a Interview a traffic law enforcement officer in your community to identify what three traffic safety problems the officer is most concerned about. Discuss with your merit badge counselor possible ways to solve one of those problems.
b. Using the Internet (with your parent's permission), visit five Web sites that cover safe driving for teenagers. As a group, discuss what you learn with your counselor and at least three other teenagers.
c. Initiate and organize an activity or event to demonstrate the importance of traffic safety.
d. Accompanied by an adult and a buddy, pick a safe place to observe traffic at a controlled intersection (traffic signal or stop sign) on three separate days and at three different times of the day, for 30 minutes on each visit. At this intersection, survey (1) such violations as running a red light or stop sign; or (2) seat belt usage. Count the number of violations or number of drivers not wearing a seat belt. Record in general terms if the driver was young or old , male or female . Keep track of the total number of vehicles observed so that you can determine the percentage of compliance vs. violations. Discuss the findings with your merit badge counselor.
Additional Cost
- None
Materials Needed - None
