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Build a collection over six months — coins, stamps, shells, postcards — and show what you have learned through it.

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  • Syllabus page 19

What you need to do

  1. Make a collection of objects over a period of 6 months. (The nature of the collection will be chosen by the Scout. Some suggestions are: coins, stamps, shells, labels of various products, insects, leaves, flowers, postcards etc.)
  2. Discuss with the examiner the reason for your choice, know something about the subject of your choice and show an intelligent interest in it. Through the collection, the Scout should be able to gain knowledge: for example, if you collect stamps, know something about the origin of stamps of your country, how they are marketed and the role of the philatelic bureau of the country, what a damaged stamp is, and, if you have collections from other countries, their capitals, currency, habitat etc.