Engineering Merit Badge
Explore how engineers solve problems through design, systems thinking, experiments, ethics, and career exploration while preparing for counselor discussion.
What this badge covers
Scouts work through the course requirements in order, review key ideas, and prepare to explain what they learned with real examples during counselor review.
Badge summary
Engineering Merit Badge helps Scouts explore how engineers investigate problems, design solutions, test ideas, and improve the world through practical systems and technologies. Scouts examine real products, study engineering achievements, meet engineers, use the engineering design process, and connect engineering ethics and careers to everyday life.
What Scouts should be ready to do
- Learn how the badge topic affects everyday life and modern technology.
- Practice safe, responsible, and ethical use of digital tools and information.
- Work through guided activities in sequence and save your progress by course.
- Prepare to discuss your work with a merit badge counselor.
Ready to begin?
Start the guided merit badge path and work through each requirement in order.