While earning the Environmental Science merit badge, Scouts will get a taste of what it is like to be an environmental scientist, making observations and carrying out experiments to investigate the natural world. 

REQUIREMENTS NOT COVERED: Requirement 2.   

Requirement 2 - Ecology. Do the following and email fshanar@thehealthmuseum.org with a summary to complete the final requirement. This can include summary, pictures and/or videos. 

(a) Choose an area approved by your counselor and observe (sight, sound, and smell) its ecosystem over a two-day period. 

(b) Make notes about living, nonliving (e.g. rocks) and formerly living components. Include information about interactions among the components, including the food chain, predators, native species, and invasive species) and identify how human activities have affected the ecosystem.