Scout Badges

Boy Scouts

Weeklong AC Camps

• Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12
• Aviation Merit Badge Requirements 1, 2d, 2e, 3, 4c, 5
• Orienteering Requirements 2, 3, 4
• Fire Safety Requirements 7a, 10b
• Weather Requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11

AC Family

• Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Requirements 2, 3, 4, 10, 12
• Aviation Merit Badge Requirements 1, 2d, 2e, 4c, 5

Weeklong Space Camp

Space Camp and Space Academy:

• Space Exploration Merit Badge Requirements: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3*, 4, 5a, 5c, 6a, 6b, 7, 8
• Astronomy Merit Badge Requirements: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d** 6, 7, 8a, 9

Advanced Space Academy:

• Space Exploration Merit Badge Requirements 1, 3*, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 8

   

  * Advanced Space Academy Trainees build a custom rocket with the goal of launching and retrieving a raw egg.

Weeklong Space Camp – Summer Only

Space Camp and Space Academy:

• Space Exploration Merit Badge Requirements: 1a-d, 2, 3 a-i, 4 a-d, 5a, 5c, 6a, 6b, 7a-d, 8
• Astronomy Merit Badge Requirements: 1 a-c, 2, 3 a-d, 4 a-d, 5 a-d, 6a-d, 7a-c, 8a, 9

Advanced Space Academy:

• Space Exploration Merit Badge Requirements 1, 3*, 4, 5a, 6a, 6b, 8

   

  * Advanced Space Academy Trainees build a custom rocket with the goal of launching and retrieving a raw egg.

   

Weeklong Space Camp Robotics and Space Academy Robotics

• Robotics Merit Badge Requirements: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6a, 6b, 7

Girl Scouts

Space Camp Weeklong

A sampling of Star Gazer requirements met by Space Camp and Space Academy Participants:

• Observe the stars in the night sky (or at a planetarium) and identify at least three constellations. Check out http://www.heavens-above.com/ for more information.

  Heavens-Above
  www.heavens-above.com

• Satellite predictions and other astronomical data customized for your location.
• Listen to or read a story or myth behind at least two constellations. Find the constellations in a book or in the sky. Check out http://www.heavens-above.com/ for more information.
• Identify and learn about two females who contributed to the field of astronomy. Check out www.nasa.gov/education/womenstem for more information.
• Different types of telescopes can show you different kinds of information. Learn about the different kinds of telescopes. You can visit the Cosmic Colors Viewer on NASA’s website to see how images taken of the same thing can change depending on what kinds of instruments were used.
• Name the planets in the solar system in order.
• Identify the star closest to earth and list five facts about it.

A sampling of "Out of this World" requirements met by Space Camp, Space Academy, and Advanced Space Academy participants:

• Identify a former Girl Scout who went on to become a NASA astronaut. Name five facts about her.
• Read astronaut Suni Williams’ answers to questions from Girl Scouts. Click here for more information.
• Visit the Women@NASA website and watch at least one of the videos to see how women at NASA are leading the way in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), and learn about the awe-inspiring projects they’re pursuing. Visit women.nasa.gov for more information. Visit http://women.nasa.gov for more information.
• Choose one mission from each of the following three space programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Name the crew, vehicle used, the purpose of the mission and one interesting fact about each mission.
• The International Space Station was not the first space station to orbit Earth. Identify at least two other space stations that came before the ISS. Identify when they were in orbit, what country they belonged to and at least one interesting fact about each of them.
• Build and launch a rocket. You are not limited to a particular type of rocket. It can be made of paper, use water or balloons to launch or be a model rocket.