Ranks The Boy Scout advancement program is divided into three main areas. The first and primary advancement area is a series of ranks that the Scout progresses through known as the Eagle Scout trail. The rank system occurs in two distinctly different phases.
After earning the scout badge (which is simply the way boys join Boy Scouts, not a rank), boys work on the tenderfoot, second class and first class ranks. During this phase, all three ranks may be worked on at the same time. These ranks focus on Scouting skills - the outdoors, physical fitness, citizenship, patrol/troop participation, and personal development. After completing these ranks, a Scout should be adept at participating in all of the activities in the Boy Scout program, literally a First Class Scout.
During the second phase, Scouts work on the star scout, life scout, and Eagle scout ranks. These ranks are worked on one at a time and must be earned in order. Here the focus of advancement switches from Scouting skills to personal development and community service. Merit badges are an integral part of this part or rank advancement.
After earning the Eagle Scout award, a Scout still has the opportunity for advancement recognition by earning Eagle palms
Merit badges Merit badges are the second main area of the Boy Scout advancement program. Unlike ranks, there is a degree of choice in the merit badge program. A sub-group of merit badges are known as Eagle required merit badges. To earn Eagle scout, most of these badges must be earned although some are "either/or" badges. The remainder of the badges help with earning ranks as well as Eagle palms after the Eagle Scout award has been earned.
Boy Scouts may work on merit badges from they time they join a Scout troop until they turn 18 years old. There is no time limit for completion of merit badges other than age 18.
awards
Awards are the third area of the advancement. Unlike the first two areas or advancement, awards are completely optional and carry no special privileges with them. However, they are still an important part of the program providing opportunities not available in the other areas.
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below is a list of all the merit badges, all the below are regular merit badges but the ones that are bold and italicized are eagle badges. you can click on them and get the requirements for the badges and the information you need to know about the badge and to fill out the merit badge pamphlet
American Business
American Culture
American Heritage
American LaborAnimal Science
Archaeology
ArcheryArchitecture
Art
Astronomy
Athletics Auto MechanicsAviation Backpacking Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling Camping Canoeing
Chemistry
Cinematography Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the WorldClimbingCoin Collecting
CollectionsCommunications
Composite Materials
Computers
Cooking
Crime Prevention
Cycling
Dentistry
Disabilities Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Preparedness
Energy Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science Family Life
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
First Aid
Fish and Wildlife Management
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry Gardening
Genealogy
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts Hiking
Home Repairs
Horsemanship Indian Lore
Insect Study Journalism Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Lifesaving Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Model Design and Building
Motorboating
Music Nature
Nuclear Science Oceanography
Orienteering Painting Personal Fitness Personal Management Pets Photography
Pioneering Plant Science
Plumbing
Pottery Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper. Radio
Railroading
ReadingReptile and Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Rowing Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Sculpture
Shotgun Shooting
SkatingSmall-Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Swimming TextileTheater
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation Veterinary MedicineWater Skiing
Weather
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodwork

• 50 Miler Award
  
• Boardsailing BSA
  
• BSA Lifeguard
  
• Crime Prevention Award
  
• Den Chief Service Award
  
• Donor Awareness Patch
  
• Emergency Preparedness Award
  
• Firem'n Chit
  
• Hometown U.S.A. Award
  
• Historic Trails Award
  
• International Activity Badge
  
• Interpreter Strip
  
• Kayaking BSA
  
• Leave No Trace (Award)
  
• Lifesaving and Meritorious Awards
  
• Mile Swim BSA
  
• National Honor Patrol Award
  
• Paul Bunyan Woodsman
  
• Physical Fitness Award
  
• Recruiter Strip
  
• Religious Emblems
  
• Scuba BSA
  
• Snorkeling BSA
  
• Totin' Chip
  
• William T. Hornaday Awards
  
• World Conservation Award

boyscout activities-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Licorice Knots	Webelos Puzzles
Alligator Pit Crossing	Anti-Gravity Tent Pole
Arm Wrestle Co-op	Around Town
Ball Horde	Balloon Artists
Balloon Bed	Balloon Juggling
Balloon Olympics	Balloon Symphony
Bid, Barter, Build	Blind Knots
Bomb Squad	Bomb Squad
Bowline Flood Rescue	Bowline Race
Bowline Sheetbend Trust Lean	Brain Bender - Water Jugs
Bungee in the Bucket	Campsite Rescue
Candle Duel	Candy Grab Bag
Card Swap	Centipede Crawl
Chain Gang Escape	Chair Building - Teamwork
Chariot Races	Chinese Numbers
Clove Hitch on a Tree	Collecting Sasquatch Fur
Compass Point Exchange	Count to 10
Dark Walkers	Deal or No Deal
Double Juggle	Electric Jail Break-Out
Escaped Convicts	Everybody Up
Falcon Island Rescue	Feed Me
Feet In	Fire Building, String Burning, Water Boiling
Fire Transfer	Follow the Light
Frisbee Bridge	Get to Know You - Cover Up
Get to Know You - Nuts and Bolts	Get to Know You - Truth or Lie
GillyWump Campsite	Glued Feet Race
Going Camping	Gold Rush
Group Counting	Group Drawing
Group Juggling	Group Morph
Group Push Up	Group Sculpture
Guess a Minute	Heads or Tails Hike
Healing Ground	Height, Width, Direction Estimation
Hole in my Pack	Human Ladder
Human Pyramid	Human Spring
Ice Rescue	Imagine That
Indoor Miniature Golf	Invisible Maze
Its My Lucky Day	Jumping Bean Relay
Keypad Scramble	Kim's Knot Trail
Knight Errantry	Know Your Leaf
Ladder Lashing	Lashing Grab Bag
Lashing Travois Races	Lava Walkers
Leaky Water Barrel	Lifeline Throw
Light It Up	Lint Lighting Relay
Log Convoy	Log Lift
Lotsa Knots	Map Making
Marshmallow Kick, Throw, and Blow	Mimic
Mixed Up Questions	Nano Nature Trail
Newspaper Architects	Nitro Swing
Pancake Relay	Paper Shuffle
Pass the Message	Patrol Coup Sticks
Patrol Spirit Competition	Patrol Staff
Pitching Pennies	Pocket Rope
Point North	Police the Site
Pooh Sticks	Pretzel Lashing
Psychic Hand Shake	Pull Your Weight
Quick Intelligence Test	Radioactive Isotope Transport
Radioactive Transport	Reactor Transporter
Reinforcements On the Way	Retrieve the Secret Message
Reverse-o	Ring on a String
Ring on a String - Giant Size	Rope March
Rope Shapes	Save the Dinosaur Egg
Scout Baseball	Scout Bucks Auction
Scout Evolution	Scout Meets Scout
Scout Skills Jeopardy	Scoutmaster Stalking
Secret Good Turn	Signal Race
Snow Snakes	Sock Puppets
Soda Pop Detectives	Sort Em Out
Space Invaders	Spider Web
Spy Stalking	Stalking and Reporting
Suspend a Log	Taut-line Hitch
Telephone Pole Shuffle	Tightrope Walk
Tiny Tea Time	Touch It, Not Me
Trail to the Treasure	Trailing the Hare
Tripod Swing Lashing	Trivial Pursuit
Trolley Shuffle	Troop Fitness Challenge
Uncle Zeb's Lost Treasure	UnRavel the Patrol
Wacky Animals	Walking on Mars
Warp Speed	Wax Firestarters
Weird Noise Makers	Who Am I?
Who Said That?

boyscout cooking-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dessert Burritos	Dutch Oven Pie - apple, cherry, ...
Pie Iron Pies	Pocket Pizza
Simple Breakfast Burritos	2 hour Chili
30 Minute Stew	5 Alarm Chili
Apple Crisp	Armadillo Eggs
Au Gratin Ham and Potatoes	Baked Beans
Banana Boats	Banana Coffee Cake
Beef Burgundy	Beef Goulash
Beef Pot Roast	Black Forest Cobbler
Breakfast Casserole	Breakfast in a Bag
Breakfast Sausage Balls	Burrito Ranchero
Cajun Gumbo	Candied Apples
Chicken and Dumplings	Chicken Cacciateri
Chicken Creole	Chicken Foil Dinner
Chicken Gumbo	Chili Chicken and Dumplings
Chili Mac	Chili Rellano
Chocolate Chip Cookies	Chuck Wagon Casserole
Clam Chowder	Coca-cola Chicken
Coffee Can Stew	Cooked Apples
Cornbread	Cornmeal Chili
Cow Sludge on Rice	Cowboy Stew
Creamy Chicken Rice	Creole Beans and Rice
Curry Beef Rice	Doughnuts
Dutch Kielbasa	Dutch Oven Beef Stew
Dutch Oven Burgers, Beans, & Biscuits	Dutch Oven Chicken
Dutch Oven Chicken Breast Dinner	Dutch Oven Hot Chili
Dutch Oven Meat Loaf	Dutch Oven Pineapple Chicken
Dutch Oven Pizza	Easy Barbeque Chicken Bits
Easy Brisket	Egg In an Orange
Fancy Chicken Breasts	Fancy Franks and Beans
Fast Teriyaki Flank Steak	Fish Chowder
Fizzy Fruit Cobbler	French Roast Beef
Garlic Potatoes	HamDogs and Beans
Hawaiian Steak Strips	Hearty Potatoes
Hobo Dinner	Hopping Black-eyed Peas
Hot-n-Spicey BBQ Beef	Hudson Bay Bread
Hungarian Goulash	Irish Soda Bread
Layered Taco Pie	Mexican Macaroni
Mexican Stew	Mint Pork Chops
Monkey Bread	Mumbo Jumbo Breakfast
Mushroom Round Steak	No Bean Hot Chili
Old Style Green Beans	Peach Cobbler
PECS Breakfast	Pie Iron Pizzas
Pig On a Stick	Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Pizza Casserole	Pizza for Breakfast
Pom-Pom French Toast	Pork Chops and Veggies
Raisin Bread Pudding	Scramble
Simple Chili	Simple Dutch Oven Pizzas
Sonic's Chili Dogs	Spiced Rhubarb
Spud - egg	Sugar Cookies
Super Easy Spaghetti	Swiss Steak
Trail Beef, Potatos, and Gravy	Train Wreck
Tri Tip Teriyaki	Tuna Tortillas
Venison Stew	White Chicken Chili
Yams, Apples, Potatoes	Zip-loc Omelette

boyscout tests-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Webelos Rank Test
Arrow of Light Test
Boy Scout Oath and Law Test

More Tests---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boy Scout First Aid Test 1
Boy Scout First Aid Test 2
Boy Scout First Aid Test 3
Boy Scout First Aid Test 4
Boy Scout First Aid Test 5
Boy Scout First Aid Test 6
Boy Scout US Flag Test
Boy Scout Knots Test 1
Boy Scout Knots Test 2
Boy Scout Map Symbols Test
Boy Scout Trivia Test
Scouting Crossword
Knots Crossword


troop and scout rank tracker software------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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download these to keep track of all the thing you do as a scout such as campouts, order of the arrow, troop meeting attendance, campouts and more