I don't see why anyone would want to be involved with Boy Scouts apart from them inviting sodomites. We visited a troop once years ago. It was full of disrespectful kids, a (male) teacher who had no control over the class, and the topic of the night was about DRUGS! Talk about cigs, pot, and drugs...
I think their manuals have some good ideas like rope tying, and the BSA store sells fun little science kits that boys would find fun but it's not something I would ever bring my son back to. You can buy kits like that from Rainbow Resource.