Conservation
Eagle Required
Environmental Science Merit Badge
Learn about ecology, air pollution, water quality, soil conservation, and environmental protection through hands-on projects to earn this Eagle-required merit badge
What you'll do
- Defining Environmental Science Describe the meaning of environmental science in your own words.
- 2. Ecology Choose an area approved by your counselor and observe (sight, sound, and smell) its ecosystem over a two-day period.
- Air Pollution Learn what Particulate Matter (PM) is, how PM gets into the air, what the harmful effects of PM are, and what is being …
- Water Pollution Identify where your community sources water, how it is treated, and disposed.
At a glance
- Requirements
- 11
- Category
- Conservation
- Eagle Required
- Yes
- Updated
- December 26, 2025