Online Merit Badge Classes
Looking to earn a merit badge or two this fall? Check out this selection of online and in-person courses.
Bushcraft Campout
Practice your wilderness survival skills! We’ll make primitive shelters, learn how to cook delicious food over an open fire, and source everything we need from the nature around us.
Turf & Surf Campout
One campout. Two choices. Campout at Half Moon Bay State Beach, then get a surf lesson or take a hike along the California Coastal Trail. Plus rank requirements, fun, and games.
Cyber Security Merit Badge
The Cybersecurity Merit Badge equips Scouts with essential knowledge and skills to navigate and protect the digital world—including online safety, ethics, cyber threats, personal security.
Family Life Merit Badge
Earn your Family Life merit badge independently with support from registered counselors through the Grand Canyon Council. This is a virtual merit badge course. You must do the work on your own and bring it to the virtual sessions for review.
Cyber Security Merit Badge
The Cybersecurity Merit Badge equips Scouts with essential knowledge and skills to navigate and protect the digital world—including online safety, ethics, cyber threats, personal security.
Artificial Intelligence Merit Badge
The Artificial Intelligence merit badge introduces Scouts to the fundamentals of AI and automation—including learning key terms, exploring how AI and automation are used in daily life, school, and work, and examining ethical concerns.
Citizenship in the World Merit Badge
Scouts who earn the Citizenship in the World merit badge discover that they are already a citizen of the world. How good a citizen each person is depends on thier willingness to understand and appreciate the values, traditions, and concerns of people in other countries.
American Heritage Merit Badge
The American Heritage merit badge is an easy and enjoyable option for Scouts. It combines simple research with engaging topics about U.S. history and culture, often building on school knowledge.
Family Life Merit Badge
Earn your Family Life merit badge independently with support from registered counselors through the Grand Canyon Council. This is a virtual merit badge course. You must do the work on your own and bring it to the virtual sessions for review.
Weather Merit Badge
Earn your Weather merit badge independently at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Scouts will also get to complete a challenging flight simulation in different meteorological conditions as part of the program
Rifle Merit Badge
Earn your Rifle Shooting Merit badge. This is a Council event. Scouts sign up directly. Troop 333 will not be sending adult leaders or providing transportation.
Weather Merit Badge
Earn your Weather merit badge independently at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Scouts will also get to complete a challenging flight simulation in different meteorological conditions as part of the program
Weather Merit Badge
Earn your Weather merit badge independently at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Scouts will also get to complete a challenging flight simulation in different meteorological conditions as part of the program
Shotgun Merit Badge
Learn shotgun safety and shooting with Golden Gate Area Council’s Shotgun Shooting Merit Badge Coordinator. This is a Council event. Scouts sign up directly. Troop 333 will not be sending adult leaders or providing transportation.
Shotgun Merit Badge
Learn shotgun safety and shooting with Golden Gate Area Council’s Shotgun Shooting Merit Badge Coordinator. This is a Council event. Scouts sign up directly. Troop 333 will not be sending adult leaders or providing transportation.
Holiday Merit Badge Classes
Want to earn a merit badge or two over the holidays? We’ve found more that 25 online and in-person opportunities for you to choose from.
Swimming Merit Badge
Compete your swimming merit badge partial or First Class or Second Class swimming requirements. This is not a swimming training session. It is an opportunity to demonstrate proficiency under the guidance of approved counselors.
Shotgun Merit Badge
Learn shotgun safety and shooting with Golden Gate Area Council’s Shotgun Shooting Merit Badge Coordinator. This is a Council event. Scouts sign up directly. Troop 333 will not be sending adult leaders or providing transportation.
Citizenship in the World Merit Badge
Scouts who earn the Citizenship in the World merit badge discover that they are already a citizen of the world. How good a citizen each person is depends on thier willingness to understand and appreciate the values, traditions, and concerns of people in other countries.
Jamboree on the Air
Jamboree-on-the-Air is the largest Scouting event in the world. Connect with Scouts around the world using amateur radio. Participate in a worldwide Minecraft challenge. Earn the Radio merit badge.
Nuclear Science Day
Spend the day at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Learn the ABCs of Nuclear Science. Tour the Advanced Light Source. Earn the Nuclear Science merit badge! This is a free event.
Radio & Electronics
Get your Ham Radio license in a day at Pacficon. Learn about amateur radio—what it is, how it works, types of equipment, and how to use it. Earn your Radio or Electronics merit badge.
Rifle Merit Badge
Earn your Rifle Shooting Merit badge. This is a Council event. Scouts sign up directly. Troop 333 will not be sending adult leaders or providing transportation.
Fishing Weekend
Spend the weekend fishing. With some advance work, Scouts should be able to complete most if not all requirements for Fishing, Fly Fishing, and Fish & Wildlife merit badges!