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Requirement

4. Chemistry and camping, two of four

Required

After requirement 1. TWO of the four below, and two of the four need an adult present.

Notes and warnings

Warning. Two of these four need your counselor present, or a knowledgeable adult your counselor approved IN ADVANCE: 4(c), the flame tests, and 4(d), the nylon synthesis. Approval in advance means before the day, not on it. If that is hard to arrange, 4(a) and 4(b) are the pair that needs no special supervision.

What this is made of

Where this step comes from

  1. Chemistry Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-15), Requirement 4 · States its own dependency on requirement 1, and TWO of the following, which is what the first question resolves.