Investiture Achievement/Guide/Nature Study

	Guide/Nature Study

Requirement 1

Read the story of Jesus’ childhood in The Desire of Ages, ch. 7, and relate it to the place of nature study in His education and ministry by giving orally before an audience an original nature lesson (parable) drawn from your observations.

You can read The Desire of Ages chapter 7 online or find a hard copy of the book in any Adventist Church or School.

Requirement 2

Spiders/Rocks and Minerals Complete a spider web study project. OR Collect and identify 15 different kinds of rocks and minerals.

The spider web study meets several requirements in the Spiders Honor.

The rock and mineral collection meets Requirement 2 of the Rocks and Minerals Honor. Complete either of these Honors and meet the Frontier Guide requirement 5 as well.

Frontier Guide

Requirement 3

Complete Guide requirements

You must complete the requirements listed above this one on the current page.

Requirement 4

Ecology/Fungi List 10 ways in which you might actively work to improve the environment in which you live. Put four into practice. OR Photograph or draw 15 different fungi and correctly identify them.

Option 1 parallels requirement 8 of the Ecology Honor where you can find a long list of ideas.

Option 2 meets Requirement 2 of the Fungi Honor. For tips see the Honor page.

Requirement 5

Complete a nature honor, not previously earned. (Skill level 2 or 3)

These honors would be good choices:

Ecology

Fungi

Rocks & Minerals

Spiders

Here is a complete list of Nature honors at skill levels 2 and 3:

Honor	Patch	Category	Approval	Skill Level	Year
Alternative Fuels		Nature		2	2014
Animal Camouflage - Advanced		Nature		2	2015
Animal Tracking - Advanced		Nature		2	2001
Antelopes - Advanced		Nature		2	2001
Bats - Advanced		Nature		2	2004
Bogs & Fens		Nature		2	2014
Bubbles		Nature		2	2015
Cats - Advanced		Nature		2	2001
Cetaceans		Nature		2	2001
Climate Science		Nature		2	2019
Coral Reefs - Advanced		Nature		2	2018
Dog Care and Training		Nature		2	1976
Dunes		Nature		2	2013
Ecology		Nature		2	1972
Edible Wild Plants		Nature		2	1970
Endangered Species		Nature		2	2005
Environmental Conservation		Nature		2	1973
Ferns		Nature		2	1944
Fishes		Nature		2	1945
Flowers		Nature		2	1928
Fossils		Nature		2	1944
Fungi		Nature		2	1937
Geology - Advanced		Nature		2	1975
Glaciers		Nature		2	2024
House Plants		Nature		2	1976
Insects - Advanced		Nature		2	1949
Livestock		Nature		2	1945
Mammals - Advanced		Nature		2	1949
Marine Invertebrates		Nature		2	1956
Marine Mammals		Nature		2	1991
Marsupials		Nature		2	2001
Meteorites		Nature		2	2014
Microscopic Life		Nature		2	1994
Moths & Butterflies		Nature		2	1933
Oceans		Nature		2	2022
Odonates		Nature		2	2011
Odonates - Advanced		Nature		2	2011
Palm Trees		Nature		2	2001
Parrots and Cockatoos		Nature		2	2001
Poultry		Nature		2	1928
Predatory Plants		Nature		2	2022
Renewable Energy		Nature		2	2014
Rivers and Streams		Nature		2	2011
Rivers and Streams - Advanced		Nature		2	2012
Rocks & Minerals		Nature		2	1937
Seeds - Advanced		Nature		2	1961
Shells		Nature		2	1938
Small Mammal Pets		Nature		2	1997
Spiders		Nature		2	1928
Stars		Nature		2	1928
Taiga - Advanced		Nature		2	2014
Temperate Grasslands - Advanced		Nature		2	2023
Water Science - Advanced		Nature		2	2015
Weather - Advanced		Nature		2	1949
Worms - Advanced		Nature		2	2006

Honor	Patch	Category	Approval	Skill Level	Year
Alternative Fuels - Advanced		Nature		3	2014
Amphibians - Advanced		Nature		3	2001
Birds - Advanced		Nature		3	1949
Bogs & Fens - Advanced		Nature		3	2014
Cacti - Advanced		Nature		3	1999
Climate Science - Advanced		Nature		3	2019
Dunes - Advanced		Nature		3	2013
Ecology - Advanced		Nature		3	1972
Flowers - Advanced		Nature		3	1949
Grasses		Nature		3	1945
Lichens, Liverworts & Mosses		Nature		3	1961
Maple Sugar - Advanced		Nature		3	1989
Marine Algae		Nature		3	1961
Raptors - Advanced		Nature		3	2015
Reptiles - Advanced		Nature		3	2001
Rocks & Minerals - Advanced		Nature		3	1949
Shells - Advanced		Nature		3	1949
Stars - Advanced		Nature		3	1949
Trees - Advanced		Nature		3	1949