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ALL YOUR MERIT BADGES
For You
Arts & Expression
Aquatics
Business & Life Skills
SCOUTS BSA
Going Digital: The First Online Merit Badge Training PlatformNow you can earn your merit badges online with expert-led courses that break down every requirement into simple, engaging lessons you can complete at your own pace.
Every course includes a virtual Scout Master ready to answer your questions, explain tricky concepts, and guide you through each requirement.
Eagle Required
(11 Courses - 34h 25m)Instructions
Requirements
Camping Merit Badge -
Master the outdoors from campsite to campfire.
Master the outdoors from campsite to campfire.
Requirements
Citizenship In The Community Merit Badge -
Discover how your community works and your role in it.
Discover how your community works and your role in it.
Requirements
Citizenship In The Nation Merit Badge -
From the Constitution to Congress citizenship starts here.
From the Constitution to Congress citizenship starts here.
Requirements
Citizenship In The World Merit Badge -
Your passport to understanding global citizenship.
Your passport to understanding global citizenship.
Requirements
Communication Merit Badge -
From speeches to storytelling — find your voice.
From speeches to storytelling — find your voice.
Requirements
Cooking Merit Badge -
Learn to cook anywhere — home, camp, or trail.
Learn to cook anywhere — home, camp, or trail.
Requirements
Family Life Merit Badge -
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Requirements
First Aid Merit Badge -
Every Scout's most important skill starts here.
Every Scout's most important skill starts here.
Requirements
Personal Fitness Merit Badge -
Build a stronger body, sharper mind, and healthier habits for life.
Build a stronger body, sharper mind, and healthier habits for life.
Requirements
Personal Management Merit Badge -
Master your money, your time, and your future — starting now.
Master your money, your time, and your future — starting now.
Eagle Option
(7 Courses 23h 35m)Instructions
12.One Required
Requirements
Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge -
Prevent, protect, respond, recover — be the Scout who's ready.
Prevent, protect, respond, recover — be the Scout who's ready.
Requirements
Life Saving Merit Badge -
Master the rescues that turn bystanders into lifesavers.
13.One Required
Requirements
Environmental Science Merit Badge -
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Requirements
Sustainability Merit Badge -
Small changes, big impact — learn to live sustainably
Small changes, big impact — learn to live sustainably
14. One Required
Requirements
Cycling Merit Badge -
Safety, skills, and serious miles — earn one of Scouting's toughest badges.
Safety, skills, and serious miles — earn one of Scouting's toughest badges.
Requirements
Hiking Merit Badge -
Plan the route, pack the gear, hit the trail — one mile at a time.
Plan the route, pack the gear, hit the trail — one mile at a time.
Requirements
Swimming Merit Badge -
From Safe Swim Defense to rescue skills — own the water.
From Safe Swim Defense to rescue skills — own the water.
Please log in to view your available courses.
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Land Navigation with Rick Spicer
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Survival Mindset
Aliveness Training 101 with Jess Caldwell
Bushcraft
Intro to Shelter Building with Shawn Kelly
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Arts & Expression - All Merit Badge Courses
(17 Courses - 43h 10m)Requirements
Learn how cartoons, games, and movies are made — then make your own.
Requirements
See the world differently — learn how buildings are designed, built, and brought to life.
Requirements
Pick up a pencil, a brush, and your imagination — discover the artist in you.
Requirements
Pick up a horn, learn the history, and carry on a tradition that goes back hundreds of years.
Requirements
See the world differently — learn how buildings are designed, built, and brought to life.
Requirements
Discover how flyers, books, and T-shirts are made — then create and print your own.
Requirements
Facts, deadlines, and the power of a good story — step into the world of journalism.
Requirements
See outdoor spaces like a designer — learn how parks, paths, and plantings all come together by design.
Requirements
Lights, camera, action — learn how real movies are made, then make one of your own.
Requirements
Sing it, play it, compose it — discover what makes music work and why it matters.
Requirements
Prep it, prime it, paint it right — learn the real skills behind a professional finish.
Requirements
Light, composition, and timing — master the skills that turn snapshots into photographs worth sharing.
Requirements
Wedge it, throw it, glaze it, fire it — discover the hands-on art of pottery from first pinch to finished piece.
Requirements
Stand up, speak up, and own the room — build the confidence to deliver any speech, any time.
Requirements
From the card catalog to your first book review — discover why readers make the best leaders.
Requirements
Clay, plaster, wood, or digital — learn the techniques sculptors use to turn raw material into art.
Requirements
Acting, directing, set design, and more — discover what really happens when the curtain goes up.
Aquatics - All Merit Badge Courses
(12 Courses Total 2 Eagle Option - 36h 25m)Requirements
From the J-stroke to a deep-water rescue — master the skills every paddler needs on the water.
Requirements
From rods and reels to catch and release — master the skills, safety, and sportsmanship of real fishing.
Requirements
Match the hatch, master the cast, and land your first fish on a fly you tied yourself.
Requirements
From wet exits to figure eights — learn to handle a kayak with confidence on calm water and beyond.
Requirements
Master the rescues that turn bystanders into lifesavers — from reaching and throwing to swimming saves and CPR.
Requirements
From the fuel dock to the open water — learn to captain a motorboat safely and confidently.
Requirements
Two paths, one badge — master fixed-seat rowing or race with a crew in this classic watercraft skill.
Requirements
From the classroom to the deep end to open water — this badge takes you all the way to certified diver.
Requirements
No motor, no problem — master the points of sail and discover the oldest way to move across the water.
Requirements
From Safe Swim Defense to five strong strokes to rescue skills — build the confidence to own every drop of water.
Requirements
Skis or wakeboard, your call — learn the signals, nail the start, and cross the wake with confidence.
Requirements
Read the river, pick your line, and run the rapids — this is where flatwater skills meet moving water for real.
Business & Life Skills - All Merit Badge Courses
(7 Courses Total 3 Eagle Required - 36h 25m)Requirements
Set up the board, study the tactics, play the games — discover why chess has sharpened minds for fifteen centuries.
Requirements
From rods and reels to catch and release — master the skills, safety, and sportsmanship of real fishing.
Requirements
Match the hatch, master the cast, and land your first fish on a fly you tied yourself.
Requirements
From wet exits to figure eights — learn to handle a kayak with confidence on calm water and beyond.
Requirements
Master the rescues that turn bystanders into lifesavers — from reaching and throwing to swimming saves and CPR.
Requirements
From the fuel dock to the open water — learn to captain a motorboat safely and confidently.
Requirements
Two paths, one badge — master fixed-seat rowing or race with a crew in this classic watercraft skill.
Requirements
From the classroom to the deep end to open water — this badge takes you all the way to certified diver.
Requirements
No motor, no problem — master the points of sail and discover the oldest way to move across the water.
Requirements
From Safe Swim Defense to five strong strokes to rescue skills — build the confidence to own every drop of water.
Requirements
Skis or wakeboard, your call — learn the signals, nail the start, and cross the wake with confidence.
Requirements
Read the river, pick your line, and run the rapids — this is where flatwater skills meet moving water for real.
AVAILABLE NOW
Firearm Safety: Start With The Right FundamentalsLearn clear, practical safety skills that build confidence, reduce anxiety, and help you handle firearms responsibly from day one.
Please log in to view your available courses.
Please log in to view your certification courses.
TRENDING IN CRAFTING & BUILDING : Harvesting & Preparing Bow Wood
Learn to build your own bow using ancient techniques
With Master Bowyer Correy Hawk
New & Featured
Hog Butchery with Chantal Mullin
New Course
Water Purification 101 with Katie Rich
Featured Course
Land Navigation with Rick Spicer
Featured Course
Survival Mindset
Aliveness Training 101 with Jess Caldwell
Bushcraft
Intro to Shelter Building with Shawn Kelly
Ponderosa Pine & Cottonwood with Jacks Genega
We are working hard to bring new courses to the platform!
Check back often for updates!
CATEGORIES
AVAILABLE NOW
Firearm Safety: Start With The Right FundamentalsLearn clear, practical safety skills that build confidence, reduce anxiety, and help you handle firearms responsibly from day one.
Master firearm safety with Jeff Henry, drawing on decades of instructional experience, disciplined protocols, and an educator’s approach to responsible gun handling.
Please log in to view your available courses.
Please log in to view your certification courses.
TRENDING IN CRAFTING & BUILDING : Harvesting & Preparing Bow Wood
Learn to build your own bow using ancient techniques
With Master Bowyer Correy Hawk
New & Featured
Hog Butchery with Chantal Mullin
New Course
Water Purification 101 with Katie Rich
Featured Course
Land Navigation with Rick Spicer
Featured Course
Survival Mindset
Aliveness Training 101 with Jess Caldwell
Bushcraft
Intro to Shelter Building with Shawn Kelly
Ponderosa Pine & Cottonwood with Jacks Genega
We are working hard to bring new courses to the platform!
Check back often for updates!
AVAILABLE NOW
Firearm Safety: Start With The Right FundamentalsLearn clear, practical safety skills that build confidence, reduce anxiety, and help you handle firearms responsibly from day one.
Master firearm safety with Jeff Henry, drawing on decades of instructional experience, disciplined protocols, and an educator’s approach to responsible gun handling.
Please log in to view your available courses.
Please log in to view your certification courses.
TRENDING IN CRAFTING & BUILDING :
Harvesting & Preparing Bow Wood
Learn to build your own bow using ancient techniques
With Master Bowyer Correy Hawk
New & Featured
Hog Butchery with Chantal Mullin
New Course
Water Purification 101 with Katie Rich
Featured Course
Land Navigation with Rick Spicer
Featured Course
Survival Mindset
Aliveness Training 101 with Jess Caldwell
Bushcraft
Intro to Shelter Building with Shawn Kelly
Ponderosa Pine & Cottonwood with Jacks Genega
We are working hard to bring new courses to the platform!
Check back often for updates!
How To Use This PlatformGet The Complete Walkthrough
ALL YOUR MERIT BADGES
For You
Arts & Expression
Aquatics
Business & Life Skills
SCOUTS BSA
Going Digital: The First Online Merit Badge Training PlatformNow you can earn your merit badges online with expert-led courses that break down every requirement into simple, engaging lessons you can complete at your own pace.
Every course includes a virtual Scout Master ready to answer your questions, explain tricky concepts, and guide you through each requirement.
Eagle Required
(11 Courses - 34h 25m)Instructions
Requirements
Camping Merit Badge -
Master the outdoors from campsite to campfire.
Master the outdoors from campsite to campfire.
Requirements
Citizenship In Society Merit Badge -
Lead with empathy, build a culture of belonging.
Lead with empathy, build a culture of belonging.
Requirements
Citizenship In The Community Merit Badge -
Discover how your community works and your role in it.
Discover how your community works and your role in it.
Requirements
Citizenship In The Nation Merit Badge -
From the Constitution to Congress citizenship starts here.
From the Constitution to Congress citizenship starts here.
Requirements
Citizenship In The World Merit Badge -
Your passport to understanding global citizenship.
Your passport to understanding global citizenship.
Requirements
Communication Merit Badge -
From speeches to storytelling — find your voice.
From speeches to storytelling — find your voice.
Requirements
Cooking Merit Badge -
Learn to cook anywhere — home, camp, or trail.
Learn to cook anywhere — home, camp, or trail.
Requirements
Family Life Merit Badge -
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Requirements
First Aid Merit Badge -
Every Scout's most important skill starts here.
Every Scout's most important skill starts here.
Requirements
Personal Fitness Merit Badge -
Build a stronger body, sharper mind, and healthier habits for life.
Build a stronger body, sharper mind, and healthier habits for life.
Requirements
Personal Management Merit Badge -
Master your money, your time, and your future — starting now.
Master your money, your time, and your future — starting now.
Eagle Option
(7 Courses 23h 35m)Instructions
12.One Required
Requirements
Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge -
Prevent, protect, respond, recover — be the Scout who's ready.
Prevent, protect, respond, recover — be the Scout who's ready.
Requirements
Life Saving Merit Badge -
Master the rescues that turn bystanders into lifesavers.
13.One Required
Requirements
Environmental Science Merit Badge -
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Observe, experiment, protect — become a scientist for the planet.
Requirements
Sustainability Merit Badge -
Small changes, big impact — learn to live sustainably
Small changes, big impact — learn to live sustainably
14. One Required
Requirements
Cycling Merit Badge -
Safety, skills, and serious miles — earn one of Scouting's toughest badges.
Safety, skills, and serious miles — earn one of Scouting's toughest badges.
Requirements
Hiking Merit Badge -
Plan the route, pack the gear, hit the trail — one mile at a time.
Plan the route, pack the gear, hit the trail — one mile at a time.
Requirements
Swimming Merit Badge -
From Safe Swim Defense to rescue skills — own the water.
From Safe Swim Defense to rescue skills — own the water.
Please log in to view your available courses.
Please log in to view your certification courses.
TRENDING IN CRAFTING & BUILDING : Harvesting & Preparing Bow Wood
Learn to build your own bow using ancient techniques
With Master Bowyer Correy Hawk
New & Featured
Hog Butchery with Chantal Mullin
New Course
Water Purification 101 with Katie Rich
Featured Course
Land Navigation with Rick Spicer
Featured Course
Survival Mindset
Aliveness Training 101 with Jess Caldwell
Bushcraft
Intro to Shelter Building with Shawn Kelly
Ponderosa Pine & Cottonwood with Jacks Genega
We are working hard to bring new courses to the platform!
Check back often for updates!
Arts & Expression - All Merit Badge Courses
(17 Courses - 43h 10m)Requirements
Learn how cartoons, games, and movies are made — then make your own.
Requirements
See the world differently — learn how buildings are designed, built, and brought to life.
Requirements
Pick up a pencil, a brush, and your imagination — discover the artist in you.
Requirements
Pick up a horn, learn the history, and carry on a tradition that goes back hundreds of years.
Requirements
See the world differently — learn how buildings are designed, built, and brought to life.
Requirements
Discover how flyers, books, and T-shirts are made — then create and print your own.
Requirements
Facts, deadlines, and the power of a good story — step into the world of journalism.
Requirements
See outdoor spaces like a designer — learn how parks, paths, and plantings all come together by design.
Requirements
Lights, camera, action — learn how real movies are made, then make one of your own.
Requirements
Sing it, play it, compose it — discover what makes music work and why it matters.
Requirements
Prep it, prime it, paint it right — learn the real skills behind a professional finish.
Requirements
Light, composition, and timing — master the skills that turn snapshots into photographs worth sharing.
Requirements
Wedge it, throw it, glaze it, fire it — discover the hands-on art of pottery from first pinch to finished piece.
Requirements
Stand up, speak up, and own the room — build the confidence to deliver any speech, any time.
Requirements
From the card catalog to your first book review — discover why readers make the best leaders.
Requirements
Clay, plaster, wood, or digital — learn the techniques sculptors use to turn raw material into art.
Requirements
Acting, directing, set design, and more — discover what really happens when the curtain goes up.
Aquatics - All Merit Badge Courses
(12 Courses Total 2 Eagle Option - 36h 25m)Requirements
From the J-stroke to a deep-water rescue — master the skills every paddler needs on the water.
Requirements
From rods and reels to catch and release — master the skills, safety, and sportsmanship of real fishing.
Requirements
Match the hatch, master the cast, and land your first fish on a fly you tied yourself.
Requirements
From wet exits to figure eights — learn to handle a kayak with confidence on calm water and beyond.
Requirements
Master the rescues that turn bystanders into lifesavers — from reaching and throwing to swimming saves and CPR.
Requirements
From the fuel dock to the open water — learn to captain a motorboat safely and confidently.
Requirements
Two paths, one badge — master fixed-seat rowing or race with a crew in this classic watercraft skill.
Requirements
From the classroom to the deep end to open water — this badge takes you all the way to certified diver.
Requirements
No motor, no problem — master the points of sail and discover the oldest way to move across the water.
Requirements
From Safe Swim Defense to five strong strokes to rescue skills — build the confidence to own every drop of water.
Requirements
Skis or wakeboard, your call — learn the signals, nail the start, and cross the wake with confidence.
Requirements
Read the river, pick your line, and run the rapids — this is where flatwater skills meet moving water for real.
Business & Life Skills - All Merit Badge Courses
(7 Courses Total 3 Eagle Required - 36h 25m)Requirements
Set up the board, study the tactics, play the games — discover why chess has sharpened minds for fifteen centuries.
Requirements
From rods and reels to catch and release — master the skills, safety, and sportsmanship of real fishing.
Requirements
Match the hatch, master the cast, and land your first fish on a fly you tied yourself.
Requirements
From wet exits to figure eights — learn to handle a kayak with confidence on calm water and beyond.
Requirements
Master the rescues that turn bystanders into lifesavers — from reaching and throwing to swimming saves and CPR.
Requirements
From the fuel dock to the open water — learn to captain a motorboat safely and confidently.
Requirements
Two paths, one badge — master fixed-seat rowing or race with a crew in this classic watercraft skill.
Requirements
From the classroom to the deep end to open water — this badge takes you all the way to certified diver.
Requirements
No motor, no problem — master the points of sail and discover the oldest way to move across the water.
Requirements
From Safe Swim Defense to five strong strokes to rescue skills — build the confidence to own every drop of water.
Requirements
Skis or wakeboard, your call — learn the signals, nail the start, and cross the wake with confidence.
Requirements
Read the river, pick your line, and run the rapids — this is where flatwater skills meet moving water for real.
AVAILABLE NOW
Firearm Safety: Start With The Right FundamentalsLearn clear, practical safety skills that build confidence, reduce anxiety, and help you handle firearms responsibly from day one.
Please log in to view your available courses.
Please log in to view your certification courses.
TRENDING IN CRAFTING & BUILDING : Harvesting & Preparing Bow Wood
Learn to build your own bow using ancient techniques
With Master Bowyer Correy Hawk
New & Featured
Hog Butchery with Chantal Mullin
New Course
Water Purification 101 with Katie Rich
Featured Course
Land Navigation with Rick Spicer
Featured Course
Survival Mindset
Aliveness Training 101 with Jess Caldwell
Bushcraft
Intro to Shelter Building with Shawn Kelly
Ponderosa Pine & Cottonwood with Jacks Genega
We are working hard to bring new courses to the platform!
Check back often for updates!
CATEGORIES
AVAILABLE NOW
Firearm Safety: Start With The Right FundamentalsLearn clear, practical safety skills that build confidence, reduce anxiety, and help you handle firearms responsibly from day one.
Master firearm safety with Jeff Henry, drawing on decades of instructional experience, disciplined protocols, and an educator’s approach to responsible gun handling.
Please log in to view your available courses.
Please log in to view your certification courses.
TRENDING IN CRAFTING & BUILDING : Harvesting & Preparing Bow Wood
Learn to build your own bow using ancient techniques
With Master Bowyer Correy Hawk
New & Featured
Hog Butchery with Chantal Mullin
New Course
Water Purification 101 with Katie Rich
Featured Course
Land Navigation with Rick Spicer
Featured Course
Survival Mindset
Aliveness Training 101 with Jess Caldwell
Bushcraft
Intro to Shelter Building with Shawn Kelly
Ponderosa Pine & Cottonwood with Jacks Genega
We are working hard to bring new courses to the platform!
Check back often for updates!
AVAILABLE NOW
Firearm Safety: Start With The Right FundamentalsLearn clear, practical safety skills that build confidence, reduce anxiety, and help you handle firearms responsibly from day one.
Master firearm safety with Jeff Henry, drawing on decades of instructional experience, disciplined protocols, and an educator’s approach to responsible gun handling.
Please log in to view your available courses.
Please log in to view your certification courses.
