General Information
All requirements are completed within the workshop. When the class is over, the badge is complete!
- All supplies are provided at the workshop.
- All youth must be escorted to the classroom by an adult and signed in.
- Adults who wish to stay on site must purchase admission to tour the museum during the class
- Classes include a 30 minute lunch break. Scouts can bring their own lunch or purchase at our Minuti Cafe.
- Youth Members on an Aviator level membership or higher save on badge workshops! No discount code needed, just login to your member account to register. Become a member today!
Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge Workshops
Aviation Merit Badge
This workshop provides a hand-on learning experience including fundamentals of flight, aircraft design, and piloting. Scouts prepare a flight plan, map their flight, and conduct a pre-flight inspection in our Mooney Hangar with the Ovation small aircraft. Then fly the route in the flight simulators in real time over accurate landscape to land at Scholes Airport in Galveston. After a classroom preview, use the exhibits in the Flight Academy to demonstrate your knowledge of flight dynamics and tour the collection of air-worthy Warbirds.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1a-e, 2bd, 3b, 4c, and 5. Full completion of badge, no outside work required.
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Electronics Merit Badge
People skilled in electronics are vital to the aviation industry. Learn the nuts and bolts of electronic devices and how to build and repair them safely. Experiment with electronic components as you build circuits with different basic functions to see how they work, and learn how the same functions are done in microscopic chips in binary code.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1, 2ab, 3abc, 4bc, 5ab, 6. Full completion of badge, no outside work required.
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Engineering Merit Badge
Get your hands on engineering! After exploring multiple types of engineering, learn how the Wright Brothers were master engineers solving multiple problems to invent powered aircraft. Study the properties of materials by performing heat conductivity and energy transfer experiments, disassemble an engine down to the piston to see how the components make it work, and talk to an engineer to learn about the career opportunities for you.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1, 2, 3, 4a-e, 5a, 6de, 7, 8, 9. Full completion of badge, no outside work required.
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Space Exploration Merit Badge
This is a two-day class; both days are required for completion.
Use our growing collection of space artifacts – including an original Space Shuttle Trainer flight simulator, the Crew Compartment Trainer, a Mars rover prototype, and an exploratory Mars humanoid rover – to study past NASA missions, especially the Shuttle Transfer System, and astronauts. Design and build a model off-Earth planetary base, image how we can explore the unknown parts of our solar system, and build a model or a historic NASA rocket.
Price: $90 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1, 2, 3*, 4a-d, 5ac, 6a, 7a-d, 8. Because LSFM is in restricted air space, we cannot launch model rockets. To complete requirement 3, we will do the alternate of building a scale model of a NASA rocket system. Full completion of badge, no outside work required.
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Weather Merit Badge
For local recreational flyers to international commercial carrier pilots, the weather is a challenge, must be understood, and always respected. Learn how to be safe in severe weather, why weather patterns can affect flight dynamics, how different types of weather are formed and how it’s tracked to keep air travel moving. By knowing all the basics, you’ll be able to make your own forecast.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9b, 10, 11. Full completion of badge, no outside work required.
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American Heritage Merit Badge
Our collection of warbirds represents the heritage of the American people that fought to protect the rights outlined in the Constitution. Meet veterans that fought for those rights and hear their stories, discuss how history is depicted in music of wartime eras, learn about local historic places and the events that happened there, and investigate the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and its importance to you and your family.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: Completed in class: 1, 2ac, 3abc, 4ab, 5c, and 6. Requirement 3 will need some family discussion before the class. Instructions will be emailed.
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STAY TUNED - NEW BSA MERIT BADGE WORKSHOPS COMING THIS SUMMER
American Heritage Girls Patriot and Pioneer Badge Workshops
To request a workshop date for your troop to earn one of the badges listed below, please email the following to scouts@lonestarflight.org:
Requested Date
Troop Name
Leader Name, phone, and email
Number of American Heritage Girls
Aviation Badge
This interactive workshop provides the opportunity to explore various aspects of aviation including the science and mechanics of flight, the basic process for becoming a pilot, what it’s like to work in the aviation industry, and the process for preparing and planning for flight. A hands-on preflight walk-around and flight simulator experience, Q & A session with an aviation professional, as well as time in the museum exploring the exhibits give a unique hands-on experience to solidify the knowledge learned in the classroom.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1-7, 9, 10, & 12. Full completion of badge, no outside work required.
U.S. Military Heroes Badge
Learning how are military work to serve and protect the nation is an important part of being a good citizen of this country they defend. This workshop will educate participants on several topics including: the vital role that our military heroes play, how to prepare and apply for a military academy, and what the Selective Service act is. Girls will also participate in a Q & A session with a female military veteran, learn about strategy through game play, and participate in thanking our military with handmade cards.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1-4, 6, 7, & 10.
The following portion of requirement 5 will need to be done outside of the workshop: “Teach younger girls the importance of these days and join with them in serving veterans or participating in a Veterans Day tribute.”
Meteorology Badge
From planning what to wear to preparing for emergencies to learning how our habits can affect the environment around us, the science of weather plays an important role in our lives. This workshop is designed to give an overview of weather and climate, the effects of pollution, major weather events and how to navigate them, and how weather services keep us informed and safe. Hands on activities include building a thermometer and a barometer.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1-5, 7, 9, & 10. A prerequisite of monitoring weather forecasts for seven days is required in order to fully complete the badge.
Communications Technology Badge
Communication is an important aspect of our everyday lives, and the way that we achieve communication has evolved tremendously. In this badge workshop, participants will explore important functions of communication in our society, discover how technology has changed the way that we communicate, and gain a understanding of how some of that technology works through hands on activities like building a radio receiver.
Price: $65 for Non-Members. Members save $15!
Requirements fulfilled: 1-5, 8-10.
The reading portion of requirement 9 will need to be done as a prerequisite to the workshop to fully complete the badge.
Troop Workshops
If you have a group of more than 20 youth who are interested in a badge workshop together, send an email to scouts@lonestarflight.org to discuss options.
Book an Overnight!
A night at the museum…under the wings of history! Aviation exploration including plane tours, preflight inspection of a real plane, testing your pilot skills and the science of what it takes to fly.
Earn the Aviation badge during an Overnight for an additional $15 per youth.