Requirement
7. Practical application: a project or a lesson, and either needs approval FIRST
Required Often forgotten
The badge states the choice. Both routes open "With your counselor's approval", so the approval comes before the work rather than after it.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THE APPROVAL COMES BEFORE THE WORK. Both routes open with the same four words: "With your counselor's approval". A Scout who builds the project first and presents it afterwards has not met requirement 7 as written, however good the project is. Raise it at the same meeting as the two games.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Artificial Intelligence Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 7 · States "Do ONE of the following". Both routes begin "With your counselor's approval".