Merit Badge Groupings

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Merit Badge Grouping

Animal Study (10 of 138, 0 required)

1. Animal Science

2. Bird Study

3. Dog Care

4. FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

5. HORSEMANSHIP

6. Insect Study

7. Mammal Study

8. PETS

9. Reptile and Amphibian Study

10. VETERINARY MEDICINE

If doing one of these, you might as well do all of them:

1. Dog Care 

2. Animal Science

3. Mammal Study

4. Pets

5. Veterinary Medicine

Outdoor Activity (34 of 138, 7 required)

1. ARCHERY

2. ATHLETICS

3. Backpacking

4. Camping (R)

5. Canoeing

6. Climbing

7. CYCLING (R)

8. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (R)

9. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (R)

10. EXPLORATION

11. FARM MECHANICS

12. Fishing

13. Fly-Fishing

14. Gardening

15. GEOCACHING

16. GOLF

17. Hiking (R)

18. Kayaking

19. LIFESAVING (R)

20. MOTORBOATING

21. ORIENTEERING

22. RIFLE SHOOTING

23. ROWING

24. Scuba Diving

25. SEARCH AND RESCUE

26. SHOTGUN SHOOTING

27. SKATING

28. SMALL-BOAT SAILING

29. SNOW SPORTS

30. SPORTS

31. SWIMMING (R)

32.  WATER SPORTS

33.  Whitewater

34.  Wilderness Survival

Earth Science (20 of 138, 1 required)

1. ARCHAEOLOGY

2. ASTRONOMY

3. CHEMISTRY

4. Energy

5. ENGINEERING

6. Forestry

7. Geology

8. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

9. MINING IN SOCIETY

10. Nature

11. NUCLEAR SCIENCE

12. Oceanography

13. PIONEERING

14. Plant Science

15. ROBOTICS

16. Soil and Water Conservation

17. SPACE EXPLORATION

18. SURVEYING

19. SUSTAINABILITY (R)

20. Weather

Health Care (11 of 138, 4 required)

1. COOKING (R)

2. DENTISTRY

3. DISABILITIES AWARENESS

4. FAMILY LIFE (R)

5. First Aid (R)

6. FIRE SAFETY

7. GENEALOGY

8. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

9. PERSONAL FITNESS (R)

10. PUBLIC HEALTH

11. SAFETY

Business Related (38 of 138, 6 required)

1. AMERICAN BUSINESS

2. AMERICAN CULTURES

3. AMERICAN HERITAGE

4. AMERICAN LABOR

5. AUTOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE

6. AVIATION

7. CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY (R)

8. CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION (R)

9. CITIZEN IN SOCIETY (R)

10. CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD (R)

11. COMMUNICATION (R)

12. COMPOSITE MATERIALS

13. CRIME PREVENTION

14. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

15. DRAFTING

16. ELECTRICITY

17. ELECTRONICS

18. ENTREPRENEURSHIP

19. FINGERPRINTING

20. HOME REPAIRS

21. INVENTING

22. JOURNALISM

23. LAW

24. MODEL DESIGN AND BUILDING

25. PERSONAL MANAGEMENT (R)

26. PLUMBING

27. PROGRAMMING

28. PUBLIC SPEAKING

29. RADIO

30. RAILROADING

31. READING

32. SALESMANSHIP

33. SCHOLARSHIP

34. SCOUTING HERITAGE

35. SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND CODES

36. TRAFFIC SAFETY

37. TRUCK TRANSPORTATION

38. WELDING

Artistic (25 of 138, 0 required)

1. ANIMATION

2. ARCHITECTURE

3. ART

4. BASKETRY

5. BUGLING

6. CHESS

7. COIN COLLECTING

8. COLLECTIONS

9. GAME DESIGN

10. GRAPHIC ARTS

11. INDIAN LORE

12. LEATHERWORK

13. METALWORK

14. MOVIEMAKING

15. MUSIC

16. PAINTING

17. PHOTOGRAPHY

18. POTTERY

19. PULP AND PAPER

20. SCULPTURE

21. STAMP COLLECTING

22. TEXTILE

23. THEATER

24. WOOD CARVING

25. WOODWORK