This PowerPoint was created to cover several key areas of focus that must be completed in MA for the BoyScout Naturalist Badge.

1. Naturalist Badge

2. Poisonous Plants
• Has 3 leaves,
look like Oak
• Grows as a vine
or a shrub
• Has 7-13 leaves,
smooth edge
with pointed tip
• Grows as a vine
or a shrub
• Has 3 broad
leaves
• Grows as a vine
or a shrub

3. Venomous or Not?
Yes
No
Yes
no

4. Venomous Snakes in MA
Timber Rattlesnake
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Copperhead
Come in many colors
Have a rattle on their tail
They are endangered
It is illegal to kill them or
own one
• Grey or Brown body with
red or brown bands
• Dull orange head
• They are endangered
• It is illegal to kill them or
own one

5. Food Chains
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers

6. The Balance of Nature

7. What is native to MA?
Bullfrog
Eastern Garter
Hair Cap Moss
Common Muskrat
American Goldfinch

8. Name different types of
litter that you have seen
in your neighborhood.
How can these pieces of
litter harm animals and
the environment?