For this badge, Scouts will learn Morse code, and several styles of flag signaling. Signaling is one such historical badge featured at the UH event. Thirty-four different merit badges will be offered, including four Historical Merit Badges brought out of retirement as part of the year-long celebration of the Boy Scouts' 100th anniversary.

Some of the classes offered this Saturday include geocaching, surveying, carpentry, environmental science, landscape architecture and space exploration. 'In the case of other merit badges, such as photography, Scouts may learn an activity they enjoy so much it becomes a life-long hobby.' 'Merit badge classes introduce Scouts to a particular subject such as engineering, giving them a basic understanding of the topic and helping them see potential career opportunities,' said event director Karen Cohen from UH's College of Technology. Middle-school and high-school Scouts from the Houston area and as far away as Dallas and Abilene are signed up to work on their merit badges at the event. More than 1,000 Boy Scouts of America are expected to attend the inaugural UH Merit Badge University, a one-day event where Scouts take classes on a wide variety of subjects to earn merit badges and gain some insight into potential careers. 18) at the University of Houston for Boy Scouts seeking to earn merit badges. Learning Morse code, hunting for treasure boxes with handheld GPS devices and building household items are just a few of the activities on tap this Saturday (Sept.

Landscape architecture merit badge