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Requirements June 1972 until August 1982

1. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Make a collection of different ores, rock-forming minerals, and fossils. Give name and use (or age) of each. (minimum, 20 specimens.)
(b) Make a collection of different sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Name the important minerals found in each. Tell what use can be made of these rocks. (minimum, 10 specimens.)

2. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Visit a mine or quarry; oil or gas field; a gravel, clay, sand, or shell pit; or other like operation. Explain the deposit. Tell how the product is removed, transported, sold, and used. What safety precautions are used?
b) Visit your water system. Describe the source, quality, and amount of water needed for your town. Give its relation to your geology.

3.Get a topographic map of your home area. Study it. Explain the important geological features shown on it. (If you can't get a local map, study one of another place that you know. Air photos may be used instead of a topographic map.)

4. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Prepare a report including maps or drawings of the geological features on or below the surface of an area that you know.
(b) Describe how the soil was formed where you live, Tell the kinds of rock from which it came.
(c) Describe the earth materials used in your home or a public building. Tell where they came from. List those which you use every day. Tell where they came from.

ALTERNATIVE: In place of Nos. 4a or 4c, the counselor may make up a project of like merit. It must make use of some of the interesting geological features where you live.