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- Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain
what map symbols mean.
- Using a compass and a map you've drawn, take a 5-mile hike (or 10 miles
by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian.
- (If you are using a wheelchair or crutches, or if it is difficult
for you to get around, you may substitute "trip" for "hike" in this
requirement.)
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- Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol
activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included
camping overnight.
- On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of knife,
saw, and ax.
- Use the tools listed above to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a
cooking fire.
- Light the cooking fire. Assist with the meal preparation and cleanup.
- On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent
that you pitched.
- Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution,
chartered organization, community, or troop activity.
- Participate in an approved (minimum of 1 hour) service project.
- Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals (birds,
mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.
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- Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious
bleeding, and internal poisoning.
- Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
- Demonstrate first aid for the following:
- Object in the eye
- Bite of a suspected rabid animal
- Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fish hook
- Serious burns (second degree)
- Heat exhaustion
- Shock
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Heatstroke, Dehydration, Hypothermia, and Hyperventilation.
- Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. Demonstrate your
ability to swim 50 yards using two different strokes.
- (This requirement may be waived by the troop committee for medical
or safety reasons.)
- Participate in a school, community, or troop program on the dangers of
using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and other practices that could be harmful
to your health. Discuss your participation in the program with your family.
- Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law
in your everyday life.
- Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
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This page was last updated on 2/3/2003