The easiest merit badges are those that you’re already working on in your everyday life. For instance, if you already have a dog, the pets merit badge would be a no-brainer. The 3 simplest merit badges that any scout can earn are Art, Fingerprinting and Photography. These badges require few supplies and can be quickly completed in an afternoon. Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Adventures in Science. Complete the following requirements. An experiment is a “fair test” to compare possible explanations. Draw a picture of a fair test that shows what you need to do to test a fertilizer’s effects on plant growth.

Reader Cindy asked this question

I want to know… if my son has earned all of his Eagle Required Merit badges, but has not “Eagled up” ie has not completed his project or had his Eagle Board of review, do the additional merit badges that he has earned after the Eagle required mb’s count toward the Eagle Palm. I have been told various things.

Elective Merit Badges

Thank you

Cindy, the “extra” merit badges – those not used as one of the 21 merit badges (total of Eagle required and elective badges) to meet the requirements for Eagle – can be used for Eagle palms, regardless of when he earned them. There is no requirement that those be earned after attaining the rank of Eagle.

See requirement 4 in the Eagle palm requirements below (directly from Scouting.org). They specifically state that merit badges may be earned any time since becoming a Boy Scout.

Merit badges earned any time since joining Scouts BSA may be used to meet this requirement.

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