Tyler Akins is teaching a technology-based Nova award. If you want to explore the topic of programming and how it affects your life every day, now is a great time. Also included in this is the Programming merit badge class. What do you need to do? Write three programs, watch a few hours of carefully selected and somewhat entertaining videos. discuss your findings, and interview a person whose job depends on programming. Cost: $15
When: 6:30 PM on June 22, 24, 25. Each session will be 3 hours or less.
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Have free time? Want to learn a new hobby, get exposure to a possible profession, or just explore another topic? Right now there are merit badge courses, Nova awards, Supernova awards, and Duke of Edinburgh Awards that you can do online. Know of more options? Email the webmaster!
Merit Badges
Have free time? Want to learn a new hobby, get exposure to a possible profession, or just explore another topic? Right now there are merit badge courses, Nova awards, Supernova awards, and Duke of Edinburgh Awards that you can do online. Know of more options? Email the webmaster!
There are many merit badge classes online that the council is offering on their Scouting at Home page. The merit badge courses are listed below, and there are other activities and awards that can be earned online; check out the council's website for more information. Our troop has leaders that are willing to teach the following merit badges. They can be contacted for individual sessions. Some open group sessions are in the list below, and you could request a special class just for our troop. Bolded items are required for Eagle.
Don't see one that you want to do? Contact our advancement chair and ask if there's any merit badge counselors that are willing to teach the ones you want. We have a lot of leaders at our disposal, and bunches of other merit badge counselors nearby that could be called on.
Other Awards
Merit badges aren't your thing? How about wearing a medal at the next Court of Honor? The BSA's Nova and Supernova awards focus on learning STEM skills with experiments. The challenges that each Nova award poses are typically able to be met in an afternoon by watching videos, planning and conducting an experiment, then summarizing the results and discussing it with a counselor. After you earn three of the Nova awards, you can earn the Supernova medal. Very few of these are handed out and they are stunning awards. Tyler Akins is a Nova counselor and Supernova mentor and can get you started on the path.
Still would prefer something different? The Duke of Edinburgh award is an internationally recognized award that has just started handing out awards in the United States. It focuses on a project that has to be worked on an hour a week for several weeks, an expedition, and other surmountable challenges. You take it at your own pace and there's a team of people to help you along the way. I'm sure we can talk Vicki Jurek into hosting a session that would provide all of the information you need - contact Tyler Akins (a registered Award leader) if you'd like that informational session or if you'd want to start on your own Award.
Council's Virtual Classes and Events
This is just one section from their Scouting at Home page.
Northern Star Council just added a Scouting From Home page and it lists upcoming courses that merit badges across the state are providing for youth, along with other online opportunities. It's brand new, so give it a couple days and see how many classes get offered for the near future.
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