Engineering Merit Badge
Nine requirements, with the home investigation (counselor approval first), the five parts of the visit with an engineer, the systems engineering design, and requirement 6 (two of seven projects) drawn as a question.
10 steps (12 parts inside them). 7 parts depend on questions you have not answered yet. · Version 1, published 8 October 2026 · About Engineering Merit Badge
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The steps
Stage 1 of 10
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1. Investigate a manufactured item in your home Often forgotten Requirement
Such as a toy or an appliance: how and why it works, and the engineering activities needed to create it. Under adult supervision and with your counselor's approval. Discuss what you learned and how you got the information.
The investigation is done "under adult supervision and with the approval of your counselor". Get the approval for the item before taking it apart.
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2. An engineering achievement with a major impact on society Requirement
The engineers who made it possible, the obstacles they overcame, and how it has influenced the world today. Internet research with your parent or guardian's permission. Tell your counselor what you learned.
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3. The work of six types of engineers Requirement
Pick two of the six and explain how their work is related to engineering.
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4. Visit with an engineer Requirement
Who may be your counselor, parent or guardian. Five parts, the last a discussion with your counselor.
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4(d). Ask to see the engineer's reports on the project Often forgotten
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4(e). What you learned about engineering from the visit Often forgotten
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5. Design something with the systems engineering approach Requirement
An original piece of patrol equipment, a toy, or a useful device for the home, office or garage.
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6. Engineering projects. Do TWO Requirement
The badge states the choice: two of seven.
7 parts, 2 ticked
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7. Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) Requirement
What it means to be one, and the types of engineering work for which registration is most important.
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8. The Engineer's Code of Ethics Requirement
Study it, and explain how it is like the Scout Oath and Law.
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9. Explore careers in engineering, one researched Requirement
Training and education, costs, job prospects, salary, job duties and career advancement. Research may include, with your parent or guardian's permission, an internet or library search, an interview or a visit. Discuss your findings with your counselor, and what might make it an interesting career.
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Counselor signs it off Milestone
The completion date is the date you met the requirements, not the date of the signature.
Usually comes after 1. Investigate a manufactured item in your home, 2. An engineering achievement with a major impact on society and 7 others.
Merit badge requirements are republished annually. A Scout beginning work uses the requirements as they stand then; a Scout already working may finish under the ones they started with. Guide to Advancement 7.0.4.3 governs which applies. This page records the date its copy was read. Check it against the official page before relying on it.
This plan is a planning aid: the current Boy Scouts of America publication is always the authority, and the sources used here are listed in full. Each step names its own.