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This page is a listing of the Advancement Information including but not limited too, Ranks, Merit Badges, Special Awards, National Advancement Policies. If any information contradicts National policy, National policy is law.
Advancement Resources
Advancement Resources
Eagle Scout Required Merit Badges - Discover all the merit badges that as a Scout, you need to complete to achieve the Eagle rank!
Merit Badge Digital Resource Guides
Using Digital Tools to Strengthen the Merit Badge Experience - As digital technology keeps changing, merit badge counselors face the challenge of using new tools to improve Scouts' learning experiences. Great news! Scouts BSA has just released new guidance to help counselors effectively use digital resources and make the merit badge process better. Ready to discover how technology can take your merit badge counseling to the next level?
2025 Merit Badge Advancement Changes (An Official Source)
Parents Trail Guide to Scoutbook (This is a 3 page handout that explains the how-to of Scoutbook to parents from National).
What is the Test Lab? - The Scouts BSA Test Lab is an exciting way to help in the development of fun and interesting new topics unique to the Scouts BSA program. The requirements for each badge have the look and feel of merit badges, but instead of a printed pamphlet, you will find links to digital resources to help you complete the requirements.
What to do:
You must work with a registered adult volunteer of your choosing. After completion of all requirements, you must take a short survey which will lead you to a certificate of completion.
If enough surveys show Scouts enjoyed these potential new badges, we hope to introduce them as official merit badges in the future. If you complete a Test Lab badge and it becomes an official merit badge, you will be credited with having earned that badge!
Keep logging in to this page to see what new topics are added as each badge will have a test lab expiration date.
Auctioneering
Dance (Coming Soon)
Test Lab Rules:
Any registered adult can work with Scouts on these potential new badges.
Badges will have a clearly stated time period by which all requirements must be completed.
After the expiration date, the badge will be removed from the Test Lab and the National Council will evaluate if the subject should be added as a new merit badge.
When all requirements are finished successfully, a survey will be available to gather opinions on the badge. Scouts will then be able to access the certificate of completion which must be signed and dated by the registered adult they have worked with.
Should the badge be approved as a new merit badge, Scouts can be credited as having earned that badge if they present their signed and dated certificate to their unit.
Scouts completing the requirements after the expired time period will not be recognized as having earned the badge.
Please send any questions regarding the Scouts BSA Test Lab to testlab@scouting.org.
Scouts BSA Test Lab Merit Badge Descriptions
Scouts BSA Test Lab Merit Badge Descriptions
Auctioneering Overview
Auctioneering Overview
The Auctioneering Badge is a dynamic blend of public speaking and salesmanship that offers Scouts the opportunity to develop essential communication and persuasion skills. Scouts will learn about the history of auctioneering, develop presentation techniques, and build rapport with an audience. They’ll engage in mock auctions to practice creating demand and closing deals while also learning how to handle challenges and uphold ethical standards. This badge fosters confidence and critical thinking skills that are powerful tools for personal growth, leadership roles, and future success.
Life Skills Overview
Life Skills Overview
The Life Skills Badge helps Scouts develop a variety of practical skills that are essential for independent living and personal growth. It covers areas such as health, household management, finance, social interactions, employment readiness, and transportation. Scouts learn how to maintain their physical and mental well-being, manage personal finances, care for their living spaces, communicate effectively with others, explore career options, and safely navigate transportation systems. By completing the requirements, Scouts gain valuable tools for responsible decision-making and become better prepared to take on adult responsibilities.
Physics Overview
Physics Overview
Physics is the science of how things move, interact, and exist—from the tiniest particles inside atoms to the vast galaxies stretching across space. It’s the foundation of modern technology, the reason rockets fly, and the explanation behind everyday phenomena like why your phone works or how a soccer ball curves through the air.
By working on these requirements, you’ll explore the mysteries of motion, energy, and forces. You’ll learn how the laws of nature govern everything around us—from the moment you wake up to the time you go to sleep. Whether you’re fascinated by space, curious about electricity, or just love asking “why?”, physics will help you see the world in a whole new way.
Get ready to experiment, discover, and be amazed. Physics isn’t just a subject—it’s a journey into how the universe works. And it starts right here.
So, welcome to the world of Physics—your gateway to understanding the incredible forces that shape our universe!
Sewing & Needlework Merit Badge Overview
Sewing & Needlework Merit Badge Overview
Sewing is using a needle and thread to make stitches and combine textiles by hand or machine. Needlework is decorative sewing and other textile arts. In this badge, you will investigate several types of sewing and needlework. You will learn basic hand and machine sewing skills and make several small, practical projects using your new skills!
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Wildland Fire Management Overview
Wildland Fire Management Overview
Every year, millions of acres, throughout the United States are lost to destructive wildfires. Billions of dollars are spent annually and the loss of property and life is catastrophic. Smoke from American and Canadian wildfires can spread across the country affecting the public health of millions of people annually. Wildfire has become a national crisis in the United States.
As destructive as wildfire can be, managed wildland fire can also be beneficial. Fire plays a critical process in many ecosystems and can enhance habitats, reduce fuel loads and support forest regeneration.
Understanding and managing wildland fire is a complex undertaking. Striking a balance between preventing and supressing harmful human-caused wildfire while promoting beneficial fire in the landscape will be the challenge as we continue to live with fire in the United States.
As Scouts, we can learn and do our part to make our homes, our camps and our communities more resilient and resistant to wildfire and we can understand the natural role that fire plays in our nation’s wildlands. We can explore and consider careers in wildland fire management or even become wildland firefighters, The future of wildland fire management in the United States will require leaders who are conservation-minded.
Welcome to Wildland Fire Management Badge, where you will learn about these concepts and more! Watch these videos to get started:
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