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BSA Updated Easier Requirements for 2016!!!

The number of requirements you need has changed, all the activities on this blog are still good, they just changed how many you need to do and some slight wording changes. but please check the new Requirements above to be sure you don't do unneeded work.


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Monday, May 14, 2018

Chess Merit Badge



I'm teaching chess merit badge in my sons boy scout troop

I've gathered some resources, thought I'd share them here for others who wind up teaching the badge.

Here is My Gathered notes, which has all the info needed to answer the questions posed in the merit badge.(ie all the answers)

Chess Mb Notes2

Here are the work sheets for week 1 and too that the boys fill out.

Week 1 worksheet (I was in a hurry it's not very polished, first two pages are lecture stuff, last 2 are worksheet problems)

 Week 2 worksheet, (much more organized)

Answers for Worksheet 2

 Some more useful info

How to play chess videos on Youtube
https://www.google.com/search?q=How+to+play+chess

Here is a link to the boy scout pamphlet for the merit badge that's been scanned by another troop, one he understands the basics of chess, he can
look through this, everything he needs is here.

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Finding the new 2016 rank requirements work sheet




I had a hard time finding the updated rank worksheets for the Boy scout ranks using the 2016 2017 requirements.

Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, Eagle

But here they are!

http://usscouts.org/advance/boyscout/list.asp

Monday, May 7, 2018

Guide to advancements BSA



Boy scout level guide to advancement, I'm posting this here so that I can find it later.

It answers just about all questions about the subject

https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf