Requirement
7. Choose one piece of research: space, ocean, recycling or prices
Required
Four routes, all of them desk research. None depends on a place or a person, so this is a genuine preference rather than a question of access.
Notes and warnings
Note. All four routes here are desk research and none of them depends on a place or a person, which makes this an unusually free choice for a merit badge. Choose on interest. If you pick 7(d), record the DATE you looked up each price: commodity figures move weekly and the five-year trend you draw is only meaningful with a date on it.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Mining in Society Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 7