Anybody Else Seeing This Trend?

[Eagle94-A1]

The closest thing I ever did for a camporee to be a MB was a wilderness survival themed camporee. A lot of the events were based upon requirements for the merit badge. Personal favorite was shelter building. Build a shelter, and we placed newspaper inside of it, and dumped water on the roof to see how water proof it was.

[RememberSchiff]

Here a University Extension service, designed for vocational certification, was adapted for a whole day outdoor classroom merit badge experience.

"Each mentor brought the latest equipment they use in the field, and Scouts rotated between five stations where they learned mapping and drafting, surveying history and careers, leveling, creating boundaries, and 3-D laser scanning."

University of Florida School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences ,  Surveying Merit Badge

Great story which captures the intent of merit badge program - spark an interest,  enthusiasm, hands-on, minds engaged, adult association ( professionals and previous scouts}, career possibilities...

https://alachuachronicle.com/scouts-earn-surveying-badges-thanks-to-uf-geomatics-extension-program/

https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/surveying/

Scout Salute,