Requirements:

source: Boy Scout Requirements, 2011 Edition

1. Be active in your troop and patrol for at least six months as a Star Scout.

2. Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your everyday life.

3. Earn five more merit badges (so that you have 11 in all), including any three more from the required list for Eagle. *

4. While a Star Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least six hours of work.  These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster.

5. While a Star Scout, serve actively for six months in one or more of the positions of responsibility listed in requirement 5 for Star Scout (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop):

   the following is taken from Requirement 5 for Star Scout:

   Boy Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, senior patrol leader, Venture Patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, bugler, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor, troop webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.*

   Varsity Scout team. Captain, cocaptain, program manager, squad leader, team secretary, Order of the Arrow troop (team) representative, librarian, historian, quartermaster, chaplain aide, instructor, den chief, team webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.

   Venturing crew/ship. President, vice president, secretary, treasurer, den chief, quartermaster, historian, guide, boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper, crew / ship webmaster, or Leave No Trace trainer.

6. While a Star Scout, use the Edge method to teach another Scout (preferably younger than you) the skill from ONE of the following seven choices, so that he is prepared to pass those requirements to his unit leader's satisfaction.

   1. Second Class - 7a and 7c (first aid)

   2. Second Class - 1a (outdoor skills)

   3. Second Class - 3c, 3d, 3e, and 3f (cooking / camping)

   4. First Class - 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d (first aid)

   5. First Class - 1, 7a, and 7b (outdoor skills)

   6. First Class - 4a, 4b, and 4d (cooking / camping)

   7. Three requirements from one of the Eagle-required merit badges, as approved by your unit leader.

7. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference

8. Complete your board of review