https://kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/6c99083be75c01bdb7f527c814f31f3a.pdf 7211528a8a1290b5917d2fb2fb98a54c PDF Text Text Scout _ _ _ _ __ Troop _ KIA KIM A SCOUT RESER VATION 1 9 91 CAMPER 'S HANDBO OK CHICASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA $ 1. 00 �WHAT IS BULL VWUMPUS? �Table of Contents Page Subject 2-4 5-45 Rank Requirements oflered at Kia Kima Merit Badge Requirements Astronomy 5 Archery Camping 8 Basketry Communications 10 Canoeing Erner. Preparedness 12 Cooking First Aid 15 Environmental Science Forestry 17 Fishing Leatherwork 20 Indian Lore Metalwork 22 Lifesaving Nature 23 Motorboating Pioneering 28 Orienteering Rowing 30 Rifle Shooting Small Boat Sailing 32 Shotgun Shooting Space Exploration 36 Soil & Water Conser. Weather Swimming 39 Wood Carving 41 Wilderness Survival Map of Kia Kima Scout Reservation Outdoor Code Special Opportunities Snorkeling, BSA 44 BSA Lifeguard Mile Swim, BSA Totin' Chip 44 45 World Conser. Award Paul Bunyan W'dsm'n Notes 25-25 43 44-45 46-48 1 6 8 12 14 16 18 21 23 26 29 31 34 38 40 42 44 45 45 �Rank Requirements * Offered at Kia Kima Hiking Req Well Done Satls. Text Need Help T/4 Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost. - - - T/8 Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting. - - - S/1a Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean. - - - S/1b Using a compass and a map you've drawn, take a S·mile hike (or 1O miles by bike) approved by your parent or guardian. - - - F/ 1 Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass. - - - F/2 Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least 1 mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree. tower. canyon. ditch, etc.). - - - Tenderfoot requirement 5 and Second Class requirement 3 will be done during flag ceremonies in the skills area 2 �First Aid Req Well Done Satis. Text Need Help T/11a Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used. - - - T/11b Show first aid for the following : simple cuts and scratches, blisters on the hand and foot. minor burns or scalds (first degree). bites or stings of insects and ticks, poisonous snakebite, and nosebleed. - - - S/6a Show what you do for hurry cases of stopped breathing, severe bleeding, and internal poisoning. - - - S/6b Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike . - - - S/6c 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; and shock. - - - F/8a Demonstrate tying the bowline (rescue) knot and how it's used in rescues. - - - F/8b Demonstrate bandages for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and collarbone, and for a sprained ankle. - - - F/8c Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person. a person: from a smoke-filled room; with a broken leg, for at least 25 yards. - - - F/8d Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) . - - - 3 -- �Camp Craft/Nature Req Well Done Sat ls. Text Need Help T/3a Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope. - - - T/3b Demonstrate tying two half hitches and a tautline hitch by using these knots to pitch a tent. - - - T/10 Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. - - - S/2b On one campout , demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of knife, saw, and ax. - - - S/2c Use the tools listed above to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. - - - SIS Identity or show evidence of at least 1O kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles , fish , mollusks) found in your community. - - - F/6 Identify and show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community. - - - F/7a Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together. - - - F/7b Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. - - - • DON'T FORGET BULLYWUMPUS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON 4 �Archery Counselor:_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __/__ 1. Do the following: _ (a) Name and explain the archery safety rules. _ (b) Tell about the local and state laws on ownership, use, and registration of archery tackle. _ _!_ _ 2. Do the following : _ (a) Name and point out the parts of an arrow. _ (b) Name and point out the parts of a bow. _ (c) Describe and show how to use an arm guard, shooting glove, finger tab , and quiver. __/__ 3. Do the following: _ (a) Explain proper care of and how to store the bow, bowstring, arrows, and leather items. _ (b) Make a bowstring and use it. _ (c) Make one complete arrow from a bare shaft. _ (d) Explain the following items: cast, bow weight, string height (fistmele), aiming, spine , mechanical release, freestyle , and bare bow. _ (e) Describe the different types of arrows. _ (f) Show the nine basic steps of a good shooting method. _ (g) Locate and mark with dental floss, crimp on, or other · method the nocking point on a bow string. __/_ _ 4. Shoot with bow and arrows, using a finger release: _(a) One round from any of the following NFAA field rounds and indoor rounds: _ (1) A field round of 14 targets and make a score of 60 points _ (2) An indoor round and make a score of 50 points _ (3) A 900 round and make a score of 225 points• _ (4) An indoor FITA round I and make a score of 80 points.. OR _ (b) As a member of the NAA Junior Olympic Archery Development Club, qualify as a Yeoman, Junior Bowman, and Bowman. OR _ (c) As a member of the NFAA Junior Division, qualify as a Cub or Youth by earning 100-score Progression Patches 5 �_ _! _ 5. Explain the following : _ (a) T~e difference between field and target archery _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ •• (b) Field round, hunter round. and animal round (c) Scout field round (d) Indoor field rounds (e) 900, junior 900, Easton, and junior Easton rounds (f) Indoor FIT A rounds I and II (g) FITA and junior FITA rounds (h) Junior Olympic qualification rounds (i) The importance of obedience to a rangemaster or other person in charge of a range Intermediates 15-17 years old Juniors up to 14 years old Astronomy Counselor:_ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ /__ 1. Do the following : _ (a) Sketch the face of the moon, indicating on it the locations of at least five seas and five craters. _ (b) Within a single week sketch the position of the moon In the sky at the same hour on three different evenings. Explain the changes observed . _ (c) Tell what factors keep the moon in orbit around the earth. __/__ 2. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Photograph or locate on a map of the sky a planet at approximately weekly intervals at the same time of night for at least 4 weeks. Explain any changes noticed on the photographs or map. _ (b) Find out when each of the five visible planets will be observable in the evening sky during the next 12 months and compile this information in the form of a chart or table. __/_ _ 3. Do ONE of the following : _ (a) In a sketch show the position of Venus. Mars, or Jupiter in the sky at approximately weekly intervals at the same time for at least 4 weeks. _ (b) Using a compass, record the direction to the sun at sunset at approximately weekly intervals for at least 4 weeks in spring or fall (for 6 to 8 weeks in summer or winter) and relate this information to the seasons of the earth. 6 �_ (c) With the aid of diagrams explain the relative positions of sun, earth, and moon at the times of lunar and solar eclipses and at the times of New, First Quarter, Full, and Last Quarter phases of the moon. _ _!_ _ 4. Using the shadow of a vertical pole in sunshine , lay out a true north-south line (a meridian). Then, using the line and the pole on another day, measure the altitude of the noontime sun and determine your latitude. __/__ 5. Identify in the sky at least 10 constellations, four of which are in the Zodiac. Identify at least eight conspicuous stars, five of which are of first magnitude. Then do the following: _ (a) Show in a sketch the position of the Big Dipper and its relation to the North Star and the horizon early some evening and again 6 hours later the same night. Record the date and time of making each sketch . _ (b) Explain what we see when we look at the Milky Way. _ _! _ _ 6. With the aid of diagrams (or real telescopes if available) explain the difference between reflecting and refracting telescopes. Describe the basic purpose of a telescope, and list at least three other instruments used with telescopes. _ _·1_ _ 7. Do the following : _ (a) Describe the composition of the sun, its relationship to other stars, and some effects of its radiation on the Earth's weather. Define sunspots and describe some of the effects they may have on this radiation. _ (b) Identify at least one star that is red, one that is blue, and one that is yellow, and explain the meaning of these colors. _ _ /__ 8. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Visit a planetarium or observatory and submit a report to your counselor both on the activities occurring there and on the exhibits of instruments and other astronomical objects you observed. _ (b) Spend at least 3 hours. observing celestial objects through a telescope or field glass, and write a report for your counselor on what you observed. _ _!_ _ 9. Name different career opportunities in astronomy. Explain how to prepare for one of them. List the high school courses most useful in beginning such preparation. DON'T FORGET BULLYWU MPUS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON 7 �Basketry Counselor:._ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _!_ _ _ !_ _ 1. Plan and weave a large basket or tray. Use reed, raffia, or splints. _ 2. Weave a seat for a stool or chair. Use cane or rush. (~ Camping Counselor:._ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ /__ 1. Make a layout of a typical patrol campsite. Show cooking spots, dining fly, latrine, and at least three two-man tents. Explain how and why weather. season, and water supply are considered when choosing a site. Explain what care to take with regard to safe water, sanitary facilities , and emergencies. __/__ 2. Make a written plan for getting to and from a camping spot on foot or by vehicle. _ _!_ _ 3. Make a chart showing how a typical patrol is organized for an overnight campout. list assignments for each member. _ _! _ _ 4. Prepare a list of clothing you would need for an overnight campout in: _ (a) Summer _ (b) Winter Discuss the kinds of footwear for different kinds of weather. Explain care of the feet. __/ __ 5. Describe the four kinds of tents. Cite their good and bad points. __/__ 6. Prepare for an overnight campout with your patrol by doing the following :• _ (a) Make a checklist of personal and patrol gear that will be needed. _ (b) Prepare a camp menu that is right for the time of year. Give recipes . Make a food list for your patrol. list foods you can get from your grocery store . Supplies should be lightweight, though some canned foods may be used. Plan two breakfasts , three lunches. and two suppers. _ (c) Pack your own gear and your share of the patrol gear and food for proper carrying . Protect it against bad 8 �_ __/_ _ 7. _ _ _ _ _ __/__ 8. _ _ _ weather. Show that your pack is right for getting whal's needed firsl . and that it has been assembled properly for comfort , weight, balance , size, and neatness. Explain how lhe rest of the patrol gear and food is divided among members. (d) Show the right way to pack your full gear on a pack frame. Use a diamond hilch or other good hilch. Complete the following while on an overnight campout: (a) Present yourself with your pack for inspection. Be correctly clothed and equipped for an overnight camping trip. (b) Working with another Scout. pitch a two-man tent. Consider weather and terrain. On this campsite. where allowed. make a latrine for your patrol. (Where not allowed, as in state parks, etc., describe how to build it.) (c) Make a comfortable ground bed. Use it for 2 nights. Use ground cloth and padding of clothing, pack, grass, leaves, or straw. (d) Where it's allowed, build up a fireplace area of nonburnable soil. Show proper use of woods lools in getting and preparing fuel for a cooking fire. Show how you would get, prepare, and protect your wood on a rainy day. Show how you would prepare a meal properly when it's raining. (e) Build three kinds of top-of-the-ground fires. Use charcoal for one. Show how to put out a fire properly. (Where open fires cannot be used, show how lo build the fires, but don't light them.) (f) Show the right way to protect your camp, including food and gear. against animals, insects, and wet or bad weather. Discuss how you would protect yourself against all kinds of weather if caught oul on lhe trail with only a pocketknife. (g) Strike camp. Fold or roll your tenl for packing. Pack all gear. Leave a clean camp. Show the right way to get rid of garbage and rubbish. Show experience in camping by doing the following: (a) Camp out a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights. Sleep each night under the sky or under a tent you have pitched . (You may use a week of summer camp as a part of lhe 20 days and 20 nights.) (b) On one of these camping trips, hike 1-1/2 miles or more each way to and from your campsite. Pack your own gear plus your share ol patrol gear and food. (c) Serve as one of the cooks for your patrol for at least five meals prepared in camp. 9 �9. Discuss how the things you did lo earn this badge have taught you personal health and safely, survival. public health, conservation. and good citizenship. May be part of a troop trip. Canoeing __/ __ 1. Before doing other requirements. successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feet-first into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: side stroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl ; then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as possible. _ _!_ _ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Name and point out the major parts of a canoe and paddle. _ (b) Know canoeing terminology. _ (c) Explain and demonstrate canoe kneeling and sitting positions and the proper use for each position. _ (d) Review and discuss BSA Safety Afloat. and demonstrate the proper fit and use of personal floatation devices (PFDs). _ (e) Demonstrate how to load and secure equipment in a canoe. _ _!_ _ 3. With a companion and using a properly equipped canoe: _ (a) Properly carry. launch, and get into the bow of the canoe from dock or shore (both, if possible). _ (b) Paddle 100 yards on one side only in the bow position using a single-blade paddle. Turn underway and return to shore or dock showing proper form and use of the bow or power stroke, diagonal draw, and quarter sweep. Repeat while paddling on the other side. _ (c) While paddling on on~ side only in the bow position, demonstrate how to hold water and stop. Show proper form and use of the push away, pullover. reverse sweep, and backwater. Repeat while paddling on the other side . _ (d) Change places with your companion while canoe is afloat. 10 �_ (e) Paddle 100 yards on one side only in the stern position. Turn underway and return to shore or dock while maintaining course and giving proper signals to your companion. Show proper form and use of the stern power stroke (the J stroke) . Repeat while paddling on the other side . _ (f) While paddling on one side only in the stern position, demonstrate how to hold water and stop. Show proper form and use of the push away, pullover, reverse sweep, and backstroke. Repeat while paddling on the other side. _ (g) As bow paddler, make a proper landing and get out ol the canoe while following directions from your companion. Repeat in the stern position giving directions to your companion. _ (h) Store canoe properly. __/_ _ 4. While in deep water with a companion, fully dressed and wearinq proper PFD: _ (a) Jump safely out of the canoe . Get back in without capsizing. _ (b) Capsize the canoe. get back in. secure all loose gear, and paddle the swamped canoe 25 yards . Go overboard from the swamped canoe and swim, tow, or push the swamped canoe 50 feet. _ (c) Empty the swamped canoe in shallow water. _ _!_ _ 5. Demonstrate solo canoe handling: _ (a) Launch frorn shore or pier (both, if possible) _ (b) Using a single-blade paddle and paddling only on one side, demonstrate proper form and use of the forward stroke (J stroke), forward and reverse sweeps, backwater, stop, pullover, push away, inside and outside pivots, and sculling. Repeat while paddling on the other side. _ (c) While paddling on one side only, paddle a 50-yard course making at least one turn underway and one reverse of direction. Repeat while paddling on the other side. (d) Make proper landing at dock or shore (both, if possible) . Store canoe properly (with assistance , ii needed). __/__ 6. While alone in a canoe or on deep water and wearing PFD, jump safely out of th e canoe. Get back in without capsizing. _ _! _ _ 7.With a companion in your canoe and while giving instructions to persons who have capsized a canoe in deep water, empty the swamped canoe over your own canoe and assist the person in reboarding the emptied canoe. 11 �_ _!_ _ 8. _ _ _ Discuss: (a) General care and maintenance of canoeing equipment. (b) How to rig a canoe for sailing. (c) The differences between river (moving water) canoeing and lake (flatwater) canoeing. Communications li~l) Counselor:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _!_ _ 1. Develop a plan to teach a skill. Have it approved by your counselor. Then. create and make teaching aids. Carry out your plan. With the counselor, check to see if the learner has learned. _ _!_ _ 2. Pick an item or product. If may be real or imagined. Build a sales plan based on its good points. Try to ·sell" the counselor on buying it from you. Talk with him about how well you did in telling him about the item and the wisdom of buying it. __I _ _ 3. Show how you would make a telephone call inviting someone who is an expert fisherman to give a demonstration on fishing to your unit. __! __ 4. Do the following : _ (a) Write a 5-minute speech. Give it at a meeting of a group. _ (b) Show how to introduce a guest speaker. _ _!_ _ 5. Attend a town meeting where two or three points of view are being given. Record what you hear. Make a report from your notes. Tell your troop or patrol what you think you heard. _ _!_ _ 6. Plan a troop court of honor or campfire program. Give it to the patrol leaders' council for approval. Write the script. Prepare the program for reproduction. Act as master of ceremonies. __I _ _ 7. Prepa re an autobiographical resume that you would use in · applying for a job. _ _I _ _ 8. Check careers in the field of communications . Prepare a statement on the one you like . Talk it over with your counselor. @ Cooking Counselor:_ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 12 �_ _/ _ _ 1. Plan menus for 3 straight days (nine meals) of camping Include the following : (a) A camp dinner with soup: meat, fish, or chicken: twc fresh vegetables; drink: and dessert. All are to be cooked. _ (b) A one-pol diner. Use foods other than canned. _ (c) A breakfast, lunch, and dinner good for a trail 01 backpacking trip where light weight is important. UsE as much dehydrated or dry frozen foods as you can. Get them from local food stores (not specialty stores) . You should be able to store all foods used for severa days without refrigeration. The lunch planned shoulc not need cooking at the time of serving. The dinne1 must include hot soup or a salad; meal, fish, or chicken: vegetable and starch food or a second vegetable; baked biscuits; and drink. (The menus fo1 the other two breakfasts and two lunches shall be the kind you can prepare in camp or on the trail.) __/__ 2. Do the following : _ .(a) Make a food list, showing cost and amount needed 10 feed three or more boys using the menus planned in requirement 1. _ (b) Lisi the utensils needed to cook and serve these meals _ (c) Figure the weight of the foods in requirement 1c. _ _! _ _ 3. Using the menus planned in requirement 1 : _ (a) Prepare and serve for yourself and two others, the three dinners, the lunch, and the breakfast planned in requirement 1. nme your cooking so that each course will be ready to serve at the proper time.* _ (b) For the meals prepared in requirement 3a , for which a fire is needed, pick a good spot for your fire. Build a fireplace. Include a support for your cooking utensils from rocks, logs, or like material. (Where local laws do not allow you to do this, the counselor may change the requirement to meet the law.) The same fireplace may be used for more than one meal. Use charcoal as fuel in cooking at least one meal. _ (c) For each meal prepared in requiremenl 3a, use safe food-handling practices. Use the correct way to get rid of garbage , cans, foil, paper, and other rubbish by burning and using a tote-li11er bag. After each meal, clean up the site thoroughly. _ The meals in requirement 3a may be prepared for diflerent trips. They need not be prepared consecu'tively. Scouts earning this badge in summer camp should plan around food they can get at the camp commissary. 13 �Emergency Preparedness Counselor:_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __/__ 1. Earn First Aid Merit Badge. __/__ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Tell what you would do to prevent injury and possible loss of life to yourself and others in each of the following emergencies: fire or explosion at home and in a public building, car stalled in blizzard or desert, motor vehicle accident, mountain accident , food poisoning, boating accident, search for lost person, lost or marooned group, gas leak, earthquake, flood, tornado or hurricane, atomic emergency, and avalanche (snow or rock) . _ (b) Show that you know what to do in at least TWO of the above . _ _!_ _ 3. Show how you could safely save a person from the following: _ (a) Touching a live electric wire _ (b) A room with carbon monoxide or other fumes or smoke _ (c) Clothes on fire _ (d) Drowning using nonswimming rescues (including ice accidents) . _ _! _ _ 4. Tell the things a group of Scouts should be prepared to do, the training needed, and the safety precautions to be taken for the following emergency service : _ (a) Crowd and traffic control _ (b) Messenger service and communication _ (c) Collection and distribution services _ (d) Group feeding, shelter, and sanitation. __/__ 5. Take part in an emergency service project, either real or a practice drill. _ _! _ _ 6. Show three ways of attracting and communicating with rescue planes. _ _! _ _ 7. With another person, show a good way to move an injured person out of a remote and rugged area, conserving the energy of the rescuers. _ _! _ _ 8. Do the following : _ (a) Prepare a written plan for mobilizing your troop when needed to do emergency service . If there is a plan , explain it. Tell your part in making it work. 14 �_ (b) Take part in at least one troop mobilization. Describe your part. _ (c) Show the personal "emergency pack" which you have prepared to be ready for a mobilization call. Show a family kit (suitcase or box) for use by your family in case an emergency evacuation is needed. Explain the need. _ _ /__ 9. Show proper use of ropes and lines for rescue work by doing the following: _ (a) Tie knots for joining lines. Tie knots for shortening or adjusting lines. Tie knots for lashings. _ (b) Lower a person from a height sufficient to show how. _ (c) Coil and accurately throw light and heavy 50-foot heaving lines. Environmental Science Counselor:_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __/__ 1. Explain the meaning of the following: ecology, biosphere. ecosystem, plant succession, limiting factor. Give an example of each. __/__ 2. With the help of your counselor, pick an area of 10 acres· for study. __/__ 3. Visit the area four times for 2 hours each time. Do this at different limes on one day a week for a month, or if at camp, on four different days of the week at different times of the day. _ (a) Record the temperature, rain, and wind. _ (b) List the animals you saw. Tell what they were doing. _ (c) List the plants you saw. _ (d) Name the kinds of rocks and soil. __/__ 4. Write about your study in 500 words or more showing: _ (a) How the climate, topography, and geology have influenced the number and kinds of plants and animals. _ (b) How the living and nonliving elements are interrelated. _ (c) Why it is important that people understand this . _ _! _ _ 5. With your counselor, plan and carry out a project in ONE of the following : _ (a) The effect of water-holding capacity of soil on plant lite. The relation of plant cover to runoff. How both are related to the water and oxygen cycles. 15 .......................................___...____ ~~~~~---~~ �_ (b) The influence of land plant life on temperature, light intensity, wind velocity, and humidity. The influence of water plant life on the water environment. How both land and water plants affect animal life. _ _ !_ _ 6. Make a report, in the form of a short talk to a Scout group on what you did in requirement 5. _ _ /_ _ 7 Show you understand the following: _ (a) The causes of water pollution. Tell what it does to rivers and lakes. _ (b) The causes of land pollution. Tell what it does to the environment. _ (c) The causes of air pollution. Tell what it does to the environment. _ (d) How some chemicals get into the tissues of animals miles from where they were used. _ _!_ _ 8. Describe what you and others can do to help solve a local problem of air pollution, water pollution, or litter. _ _! _ _ 9. Describe the duties of three positions in environmental science . City Scouts may pick an area in a large park if a better place is not available. First Aid Counselor:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __/_ _ 1. Satisfy your counselor that you have current knowledge of all first aid requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks. _ _ !_ _ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Explain how you would obtain emergency medical assistance from your home, on a wilderness camping trip, and during an activity on open water. _ (b) Prepare a first aid kit for your home. Display and discuss its contents with your counselor. __/_ _ 3. Do the following : _ (a) Explain what action you should take for someone who shows signs of a heart.attack. _ (b) Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR on a person. _ (c) Demonstrate proper technique in performing CPR on an adult mannikin for 3 minutes. _ (d) Show the steps that need to be taken for someone suffering from a severe laceration on the leg and on the wrist. Tell the dangers in the use of a tourniquet 16 �and the conditions under which its use is justified. _ (e) Explain when a bee sting could be life threatening and what action should be taken for prevention and for first aid. _ (f) Explain the symptoms of heat stroke and what action needs to be taken for first aid and for prevention. __/__ 4. Do the following : _ (a) Describe the signs of a broken bone. Show first aid procedures for handling fractures, including open (compound) fractures of the forearm, wrist, upper leg, and lower leg using improvised materials. _ (b) Describe the symptoms and possible complications and demonstrate proper procedures for treating suspected injuries to the back , neck, and head. Explain what measures can be taken to reduce the possibility of further complicating these injuries. _ _!_ _ 5. Describe the symptoms, proper first aid procedures, and possible prevention measures for the following conditions: _ (a) Hypothermia _ (b) Convulsions _ (c) Frostbite _ (d) Bruises, strains, sprains _ (e) Burns _ (f) Abdominal pain _ (g) Broken, chipped, or loosened tooth _ (h) Knocked out tooth _ (i) Muscle cramps __/__ 6. Do the following : _ (a) II a sick or injured person must be moved, tell how you would determine the best method. _ (b) With helpers under your supervision, improvise a stretcher and move a presumably unconscious person. _ _!_ _ 7. Teach another Scout a first aid skill selected by your counselor. Fishing Counselor :._ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ __/__ 1. Point out and identify the parts of a saltwater reel, a baitcasting reel, a spinning reel , and a fly reel. Point out and identify the main parts of a fishing rod. Tell how you would care for this equipment. 17 �_ _!_ _ 2. Demonstrate the use of two of the three types of fishing equipment (bait-casting, spinning, and fly) and explain how each of the three is used. __/__ 3. Demonstrate and explain the use of the following knots: clinch, palomar, turle , blood loop (barrel knot). and surgeon's loop. _ _!_ _ 4. Name and explain five safety practices you should always follow while fishing. __I _ _ 5. Name and identify five basic artificial lures and five natural baits and explain how to fish with them. Explain why bait fish are not released alive. _ _!_ _ 6. Give the regulations affecting game fishing where you live. Explain why they were adopted and what you accomplish by following these regulations. __/__ 7. Catch two different kinds of fish by any legal, sportsmanlike method and identify them. Demonstrate how you released at least one of them unharmed. Tell how you cleaned and cooked another fish. __I _ _ 8. Explain what good outdoor sportsmanlike behavior Is and how it relates to fishermen. Tell how the Outdoor Code of the Boy Scouts of America relates to a fishing sportsman, including the aspects of littering, trespassing, courteous behavior. and obeying fishing regulations. Forestry Counselor:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _!_ _ 1. Prepare a field notebook, make a collection, and identify 15 species of trees or wild shrubs in a local forested area. Include a written description of : _ (a) Identifying characteristics of leaf, twig , and fruit samples _ (b) The habitat in which these trees or shrubs are found _ (c) Chief ways each tree or shrub is used by humans or wildlife _ (d) The forest's successional stage, what its history has been, and what its future is. __/__ 2. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Collect and identify wood samples of 1O species of trees. List several ways each species of wood can be used. _ (b) Find and examine several stumps or logs that show variations in growth rate in their ring patterns. Prepare 18 �a field notebook describing their location and discuss possible reasons for the variations. _ _! _ _ 3. Be able to do the following: _ (a) Describe contributions forests make to : • Our economy in the form of products. • Our social well-being. ·Soil protection and increased fertility. • Clean water. ·Clean air. •Wildlife. • Recreation. _ (b) Tell which watershed or other source your community relies on for its water supply. __/ __ 4.Be able to describe what forest management means, including: _ (a) Multiple-use management _ (b) Even-aged and uneven-aged management and the silviculturat systems associated with each type. _ (c) Intermediate cuttings. _ (d) How prescribed burning and related forest management practices are used. _ _! _ _ 5. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Visit a managed public or private forest area with its manager or someone familiar with it. Write a brief report describing: • The type of forest. • The management objectives. • The forestry techniques used to achieve the objectives. (b) Take a trip to a logging operation or wood-using industrial plant and write a brief report describing: • The species and size of trees being harvested for used. • Where the trees are going to or coming from. • What products are made from the trees or at the plant. ·How the products are made. • How the products are used. • How waste materials trom the logging operation or plant are disposed of or utilized. _ _! _ _ 6. Be able to do the following: _ (a) Describe the damages to forests that result from: ·Wildfire ·Insects • Tree disease • Overgrazing • Improper harvest 19 �_ (b) Tell what can be done to reduce these damages. _ (c) Tell what you should do if you discover a forest fire and how to control it. __! _ _ 7. Do ONE of the following : _ (a) Assist in carrying out a project that meets one or more of these objectives : timber stand improvement, watershed improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, recreation area improvement. or range improvement. _ (b) Take part in a forest fire prevention campaign in cooperation with your local fire warden, forester, or counselor. _ (c) Visit with one or more local foresters and write a brief report including education, qualifications, career opportunities, and objectives relating to forestry. Indian Lore Counselor:_ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ /__ 1. Give the history of one Indian tribe, group, or nation. This should be one that lives or has fived near your home. Visit, if possible. Tell about the following : dwellings, food preparation, dress, religious beliefs, kind of life. language, war, means of getting around, where the members, if any, now live and how they now live. __/__ 2. Do TWO of the following: _ (a) Make a full Indian costume. _ (b) Make and decorate three Indian articles approved by your counselor. _ (c) Make an authentic model of an Indian dwelling used by any Indian tribe, group, or nation. _ (d) Visit a museum to see Indian artifacts. Talk about them with your counselor. Identify at least 1O artifacts by shap-J, size, and use. _ _! _ _ 3. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Learn three Indian games. Teach and lead one game with a Scout group. _ (b) Learn and show Indian-style cooking . Cook three things. _ (c) Show the Indian way of hunting, fishing, or trapping. __! _ _ 4. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Take part in an Indian show in which dances and songs, based on authentic Indian themes, are used. _ (b) Sing two Indian songs in Indian dialect. Explain their meaning. 20 �_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (c) Plan and take part in an Indian campfire ceremony based on an Indian theme. (d) Learn in Indian dialect at least 25 common terms and their meaning. (e) Show 25 signs in Indian sign language. Include those that will help you ask for water, food, and where the path or road leads. (f) Learn in English an Indian story of at least 300 words, or any number of shorter ones adding up to 300 words. Tell the story at a Scout meeting or campfire. (g) Write or tell about eight things adopted by others from the Indian. (h) Learn 25 Indian place names. Tell their origin and meaning. (i) Name five well-known Indian chiefs. Give their tribes. Describe their relationship to history. Leatherwork Counselor:._ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _! _ _ 1. Collect samples of five different kinds of leather. Learn the chief characteristics and best uses of each. __/__ 2. Make an article of leather which uses at least four of the following: _(a) Transfer of a cutting panern or tooling design _ (b).Cutting leather _ (c) Decoration of the leather by tooling or stamping _ (d) Applying dye and.or finish to the project · _ (e) Punching holes _ (f) Lacing or stitching _ _ !_ _ 3. Recondition or show that you can take proper care of leather shoes or other leather articles such as hiking boots or a baseball glove. _ _ ! _ _ 4. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Learn how to tan, cure , and finish leather. _ (b) Tan or cure the skin of a small animal. _ (c) Plait or braid an article of leather. Make a terminal Turk's head. _ (d) Visit a leather shop, tannery, saddle shop, or a leather goods manufacturer. Find out how they use leather and report what you learned . 21 �Lifesaving Counselor:. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ __ __ __ __/__ 1. _ _ __/__ 2. _ _ _ _ I__ 3. Before doing the following requirements: (a) Earn Swimming merit badge. (b) Swim 400 meters (440 yards) . Explain: (a) The Safe Swim Defense. (b) The order of methods in water rescue. Show reaching rescues using such things as arms. legs, branches, sticks. towels, shirts, paddles. and poles. _ _!_ _ 4. Show rescues using items that can be thrown. such as lines. ring buoys. and free-floating supports. __/__ 5. Show or explain the use of rowboats. canoes, and other small craft in making rescues. __/__ 6. With a helper and a subject. show a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. Use a 15-meter (50-foot) length of line. If available, demonstrate the use of a torpedo buoy and rescue tube. _ _! _ _ 7. Show twice that you can remove street clothes· on shore (except underwear or swim trunks) in 20 seconds or less. Explain the importance of disrobing before a swimming rescue . __/ __ 8. Explain the importance of avoiding contact with a subject; explain "lead" and ·wait" tactics; and explain why equipment should be used in a swimming rescue. _ _! _ _ 9. Swim 9 meters (30 feet) and make the correct approach to a tired swimmer. Move him 9 meters (30 feet) to safety using: (a) underarm swim-along. (b) two-man assist, (c) tired swimmer carry. _ _! _ 10. Keeping the practice victim in sight al all times . make a leaping entry , swim 9 meters (30 feet) with a strong approach stroke, and low the subject back to pier or poolside using: _ (a) a shirt or other equipment _ (b) the rear approach and cross chest tow _ (c) the front approach and wrist tow. Remove the practice victim from the water and place in position for resuscitalioh. _ _ ! _ 11 . Show in deep water your defense against grasps by blocking, and escaping . Free yourself from both front and rear holds. _ _!_ 12. Make four surface dives in 2.4 meters (8 feel) of water. Retrieve an object three times. Bring up a 10-pound object once . 22 �l __/_ _ _I _ 13. Show search techniques : _ (a) As a part of a lost swimmer drill, _ (b) As a diver using mask, fins, and a snorkel (not scuba) . 14. Explain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and show evidence of having completed a minimum of 3 hours instruction (not certification) in CPR skills:• • "Street clothes# means low shoes, socks, underwear (or swim trunks), pants, belt, and long-sleeve shirt. A jacket or sweater or sweatshirt also may be • • Resources for CPR instruction include local chapters of the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association, rescue squads, fire departments, hospitals, medical societies, BSA aquatic instructors, YMCA aquatic instructors, or any person having completed the CPR basic life support course. @ Metalwork I 1. Use tin cans to make two useful things that need cutting, - - -bending, and edging. _ _ /_ _ 2. Make two (or more) useful things from metal which is 20 gauge or thicker. In making these. use each of the following methods: _ (a) Etch a design. _ (b) Hollow or otherwise shape a part. _ (c) Join two pieces of metal with solder or rivets _ (d) Stamp a pattern with stamps you have made yourself. Motorboating Counselor:_ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ 1. Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl, then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as possible. 23 �COPE _J - A Al CAMP 1 2 3 4 5 B BC c c CHEROKEE<---~--- , GHOST DRUM BIG FOOT WHIPPOORWILL FLINTSTONE ARROWHEAD 6 7 8 9 10 HOOT OWL ROCKY TOP DRY BONES LONG KNIFE BLACK JACK -1 ~ ~~ '\ N N ~ I I I I I CHAPEL I CAMP OSAGE , , 2 3 4 i- - - --1 /'r f' 1 BOBWHITE , COPPERHEAD I WHITE HORSE BROKEN BOW r( 5 WHISPERING RAPIDS \ I 6 TURKEY RUN 1 '1 FOX FIRE .! , 1 8 CEDAR ROCK // 19 RUNNING DEER :{ 1 10 CRAZY WOLF 11 TALKING TURTLE ; .· 12 YELLOW DOG /.I, j I 24 Ii:,) • / I �I• '' '' I' '' ' ' \. '' LOWER MEADOW HARDY, ARKANSAS 72542 25 I �_ _!_ _ 2. _ _ _ Show you know safety laws for motorboating: (a) Have a permit to run a motorboat, if needed. (b) Explain laws affecting pleasure boating in your state. (c) Discuss with your counselor how the hazards of weather and heavy water conditions can aftecl both safety and performance in motorboating _ (d) Pronise that you will live up to the Scout Boating Code . Explain the meaning of each point. _ (e) Discuss with your counselor the nautical ru les or the road and describe the national and your state aids to navigation. _ (f) Explain and show the correct use of equipment required by both state and federal regulations to be carried aboard a motorboat. _ (g) Explain the requirement on federal and state ventilation rules and state why this is needed. _ _ !_ _ 3. Show you know how to run a motorboat by doing the following the right way: _ (a) Get in a boat. _ (b) Fuel and check motor before starting. _ (c) Start motor and get under way from a dock or beach. _ (d) Run a straight course for a quarter mile. Make right angle turns to left or right. Make a U-turn _ (e) Stop boat. Drop anchor. Raise it. Get under way . _ (f) Come alongside a dock. Tie up or beach. _ _! _ _ 4. Show how to: _ (a) Tie up or take boat from water. _ (b) Store gear. _ (c) Prepare motor for the winter. Nature _ _! _ _ 1. Name three ways in which plants are important to animals _ _/_ _ 2. Name three ways in which animals are important to plants I 3. Examine the term Hfood chain.H Give an example of a four ---step land food chain and a four-step water food chain. _ _/_ _ 4. Do all the requirements in FIVE of the following fields: Birds _ (a) In the field, identify eight species of birds. _ (b) Make and set out a birdhouse; OR a feeding stalion OR a birdbath List what birds used it dunng 1 monlh . 26 �Mammals _ (a) In the field, identify three species of wild mammals. _ (b) Make plaster casts of the tracks of a wild mammal. Reptiles or Amphibians _ (a) Show that you can recognize the poisonous snakes ir your area . Identify in the field three species of reptile~ or amphibians. _ (b) Recognize one species of toad or frog by voice ; OR identify one reptile or amphibian by eggs, den. burrow, or other signs. _ _ Insects or Spiders (a) Collect, mount, and label 10 species of insects or spiders. (b) Hatch an insect from the pupa or cocoon: OR hatct adults from nymphs; OR keep larvae until they forrr pupae or cocoons: OR keep a colony of ants or bees through one season. Fish _(a) Catch and identify two species of fish. _ (b) Collect four kinds of animal food eaten by fish in the wild . Mollusks and Crustaceans _ (a) Identify five species of mollusks and crustaceans. _ (b) Collect, mount , and label six shells. Plants _ (a) In the field, identify 15 species of wild plants . _ (b) Collect and label seeds of six plants; OR the leaves of 12 plants . Soils and"Rocks _ (a) Collect and identify soils found in different layers of a soil profile. _ (b) Collect and identify five different types of rocks from your area. _ _! _ _ 5. Do ON E of the following : _ (a) Raise tadpoles from eggs ; OR raise adults from tadpoles; OR keep an adult reptile or amphibian so it stays healthy for 1 month. _ (b) Develop a simple aquarium with fish and plant life. Keep it so they stay healthy for 1 month. (c) Develop an aquarium. Keep in it two species of mollusks or crustaceans so they stay healthy for 1 month. 27 �_ (d) Build a terrarium with three species ot plants. Keep it so the plants stay healthy for 1 month. _ (e) Grow seeds tor 1 month in two kinds of soil Describe difference in rate ot growth. NOTE : Under the Endangered Species Act ol 1973, some plants and animals are or may be protected by federal law. The same ones or others may be protected by state law. Be sure that you do not collect protected species. Orienteering Counselor:_ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ __/__ 1. Explain what orienteering is. _ _ /__ 2. Do the following : _ (a) Point out and name five major terrain features on a map and in the field. _ (b) Point out and name 1O symbols often found on a topographic map. __/__ 3. Do the following : _ (a) Explain how a compass works. Describe the features of an orienteering compass and their uses. _ (b) In the field, show how to take a compass bearing and how to follow one. __/__ 4. Do the following: _ (a) Explain the meaning of declination. Tell why declination must be taken into consideration when using map and compass together. _ (b) Provide a topographic map of your area with magnetic north-south lines. _ (c) Show how to transfer a direction on a map to your compass. __/__ 5. Do the following: _ (a) Show how to measure distance, using a scale on an orienteering compass. _ (b) Set up a 300m pace course. Figure out your running pace for 100 meters. _ _ /__ 6. Do the following : _ (a) Explain a descriptive clue. Tell how it is used in orienteering. _ (b) Explain how to use an attack point. Describe the offset technique. Tell what is meant by collecting features. __/__ 7. Do the following: _ (a) Take part in three orienteering events . One of these must be a cross-country course. 28 �_ (b) After each course. write a report with (1) a copy of the master map and descriptive clues, (2) a copy of the route you took on the course, (3) a discussion of how you could improve your time between points, and (4) list of your major weaknesses on this course. Describe what you could do to improve. _ _! _ _ 8. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Set up a cross-country course at least 2,000m long with five control markers. Prepare the master map. Mark the descriptive clues. _ (b) Set up a score-orienteering course with 12 points and a time Hmit of 60 minutes. Prepare the master map. Set the descriptive clues and point value for each control on this course . _ _!_ _ 9. Act as an official during an orienteering event. (This may be during the running of the course you set up for requirement 8.) _ _ ! _ 10. Teach orienteering techniques to your patrol, troop , or post. Pioneering Counselor:._ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ _ __/__ 1. _ _ /_ _ 2. _ _ _ __! _ _ 3. Hand coil a length of rope. Describe the following: (a) Kinds of rope (b) Care of rope (c) Weakening effects of knots Tie 1O knots and hitches. Explain how to use them in pioneering. __/__ 4. Make a short, end, and eye spfice. _ _!_ _ 5. Build a machine to make rope. Using twine or cord, make a 6-foot rope 1/2 inch or more in diameter. Whip the ends. __/__ 6. Make and show one device for moving heavy logs or rocks. Use rope and natural materials. OR use rope to build a conveyor cable system for hauling materials over a ravine or up a steep hillside. __/__ 7. Build ONE of the following: log bridge, signal tower, monkey bridge, shelter, or ran: Take down after use and inspection. Follow an approved design. Use square, diagonal, and shear lashings. • This may be done in a camp pioneering area using camp poles. Live trees should never be cut without permission of the property owner. Help from another Scout may be used. 29 �Rifle Shooting Counselor:_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 1_ _ 1. Do the following: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I _ _ 2. (a) Explain why BB and pellet air guns must always be treated with the same respect as firearms. (b) Describe how you would react if a friend visiting your home asked to see your or your family's firearm(s) . (c) Explain the need, use. and types of eye and ear protection . (d) Give the main points of the laws for owning and using guns in your community and state. (e) Explain how hunting is related to the wise use of renewable wildlife resources. (I) Explain the main points of hunting laws in your state and give any special laws on the use ol guns or ammunition. (g) list the kinds ol wildlife that can be legally hunted in your stale. (h) Identify and explain the rifle sports shot in the Olympic Games. ldent1ly places in your community where you could shoot these sports. (i) List the sources lhat you could contact for information on firearms and their use. Don ONE ot the following : Option A- Rifle Shooting • (Modern Cartridge Type) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (a) Identify the principal parts of a rifle , achon types, and how they function. (b) Identify and demonstrate the three rules for handling a rifle safely. (c) Identity rifle ammunition parts and their function. (d) Identify seven different calibers of nlle ammunition Explain which one you would use and why (e) Identify and demonstrate the live fundamen tals ol shooting a rifle. (f) Identity and explain each rule for shooting a nfle safely (g)Demon strate the knowledg e, skill , and at11tude necessary to safely shoot a target fro m the bench rest position, using the five fundamentals ol nlle shoo1ing (h) Identity the materials needed to clean a rifle (1) Demonstrate how to clean a nfle safely 30 �_ (j) Demonstrate the standing, kneeling, prone, and sitting positions . _ (k) Discuss what points you would consider in selecting a rifle. _ (I) Using a 22-caliber rimfire rifle and shooting from a bench rest (supported) position at 50 feet , fire five groups (three shots per group) that can be covered by a quarter. Adjust sights to center the group on the target and fire live groups (five shots per group). According to the target used, each shot in the group must meet the following minimum score: ( 1) A-32 targets- 9, (2) A-17 or TQ- 1 targets-8 , (3) A-36 targets- 6. •Option B, Air Rifle Shooting, and Option C, Muzzle-loading Rifle Shooting, are not available at Kia Kima. Rowing Counselor:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ / __ 1. Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes : sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl, then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp tum. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as possible. __/__ 2. Review and discuss Safety· Afloat and demonstrate the proper fit and use of personal floatation devices (PFDs) . _ _! _ _ 3. Do the following correctly in either a fixed seat or sliding seat rowboat: _ (a) Launch and land from and to shore. _ (b) Row in a straight line for a quarter mile. Stop, make a pivot tum, and return to the starting point. _ (c) Backwater in a straight line for 50 yards. Make a turn under way still backing water. Return to the starting point. _ (d) Properly moor or rack your craft. Demonstrate your ability to tie the following mooring knots : clove hitch, round turn and two half hitches. bowline, and hitching tie or moorinQ hitch. 31 �_ _ _ _ _ _ _ !_ _ 4. In a fixed seat rowboat, do the following: _ (a) Come alongside a dock and help a passenger into the boat. Row 50 feet, stop, pivot, and come back to the dock. Help the passenger from the boat _ (b) Show sculling in good form over the stern for 25 yards. Tum under way , and return to starting point. _ !_ _ 5. Alone, or with one other person who is a swimmer, tip over a rowboat Turn it right side up, get in, and row or paddle 25 yards with hands or oars . Tell why you should stay with a swamped boat.· !_ _ 6. Alone in a rowboat push off from shore or dock. Row 25 yards to a swimmer . While giving instructio ns to the swimmer, tum the boat so that the swimmer may hold onto the stem. Tow him to shore. _ !_ _ 7. Show and explain the proper use of anchors for rowboats. _ ! _ _ 8. Describe the following: _ (a) Types of craft used in commercial, competitive, and recreational rowing. _ (b) Four common boatbuilding materials. Give some good and bad points of each. _ (c) Types of oarlocks used in commercial, competitive, and recreational rowing. _ ! _ _ 9. Discuss the following : _ (a) The advantage of feathering oars while rowing. _ (b) How to handle a rowboat in a storm. _ (c) How to properly fit out and maintain a boat in season. How to prepare and store a boat for winter. _ (d) How to calculate the weight a boat may carry under normal conditions . _ (e) The difference s between fixed seat and sliding seat rowing. _ (f) The different meaning of the term ·scumng· in fixed and sliding seat rowing. _ (g) The health benefits from rowing for exercise. • This requirement can be met in shallow water. Shotgun Shooting~ Counselor:_ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _/ _ _ 1. Do the following : _ (a) Explain why BB and pellet air guns must always be treated with the same respect as firearms. 32 �_ (b) Describe how you would react if a friend visiting your home asked to see your or your family's firearm(s) . _ (c) Explain the need, use, and types of eye and ear protection. _ (d) Give the main points of the laws for owning and using guns in your community and state. _ (e) Explain how hunting is related to the wise use of renewable wildlife resources. _ (f) Explain the main points of hunting laws in your state and give any special laws on the use of guns or ammunition. _ (g) List the kinds of wildlife that can be legally hunted in your state. _ (h) Identify and explain the rifle sports shot in the Olympic Games. Identify places in your community where you could shoot these sports. _ (i) List the sources that you could contact for information on firearms and their use. __/__ 2. Don ONE of the following: Option A-Shotgun Shooting• (Modern Cartridge Type) _ (a) Identify the principal parts of a shotgun , action types, and how they function. _ (b) Identify the rules for safe gun handling. _ (c) Demonstrate how to handle shotguns in a safe manner. _ (d) Identify the parts of a shotgun shell and their functions. _ (e) Identify the various gauges of shotguns. Explain which one you would pick for use and why. _ (f) Identify and demonstrate the five fundamentals of shooting a shotgun. _ (g) Identify and explain each rule for shooting a shotgun . safely. _ (h) Demonstrate the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to safely shoot moving targets, using the fundamentals of shotgun shooting. _ (i) Identify the materials needed to clean a shotgun. _ U) Demonstrate how to clean a shotgun safely. _ (k) Discuss what points you would consider in selecting a shotgun. _ (I) Shooting score required - Hit at least 24 (48 percent) out of 50 targets (two 25-target rounds) . The two rounds do not need to be shot in consecutive order. Shooting skill rules : • Targets must be thrown by a hand trap, manual mechanical, or on any trap or skeet field. Note: 33 �If using a hand trap or manual mechanical trap, the trap operator should be at least 5 feet to the right and 3 feet to the rear of the shooter. If throwing left-handed with a hand trap this should be reversed. • All targets should be thrown at a reasonable sped and in the same direction. • Targets should be generally thrown so as to climb in the air after leaving the trap. • Scores may be fired at any time, either in formal competition or in practice. · Any gauge shotgun not exceeding 12 gauge may be used. • Standard clay targets customarily used for trap and skeet are to be used. • Any ammunition, either factory or handloaded, may be used. • Shooters must shoot in rounds of 25. Rounds need not be shot continuously or on the same day (the term "round" refers to a single series of 25 shots) . Option B - Muzzle-loading Shotgun Shooting, is not available at Kia Kima. Small Boat Sailing ® Counselor:_ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _! _ _ 1. Before doing other requirements , successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes : sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl, then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke . The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as possible. __/ __ 2.Describe the boat you will be using for the sailing requirement, naming all of the major parts and the function of those parts." Tell the difference between keel, centerboard , dagger board , bilgeboard , and leeboard . Explain the purpose ot each . · _ _! __ 3. Before going afloat , do the following: _ (a) Discuss the nine points ol the BSA Safety Afloat plan. 34 �(b) Discuss the rules of the road in general and any specific rules or laws that apply lo your area or state. _ (c) Discuss with your counselor how the hazards of weather and heavy water conditions can affect both safety and performance in sailing. _ (d) Prepare a typical float plan. __/__ 4. With the help of a buddy, show you can sail a boat properly by doing the following: _ (a) Prepare the boat for sailing: include a salety inspection. _ (b) Get under way from a dock, mooring, or beach. _ (c) Properly set sails for a course that will include running, beating, and reaching-the basic points of sailing. _ (d) Change tack by coming about; by jibing. _ (e) Anchor properly. _ (f) Demonstrate the rescue of a man overboard and capsize procedures:· _ (g) Demonstrate the procedure to use in the following: helping others, bad weather, running aground. (h) Upon returning to your dock, mooring, or beach, properly secure all equipment. furl or stow sails, and prepare the craft for unattended docking, mooring, or beaching for overnight or longer. _ _!_ _ 5. Have a working knowledge of marlinspike seamanship and do the following: _ (a) Show how to lie the square or reef knot , clove hitch, two half-hitches. bowline, figure-eight knot. and mooring hitch. Demonstrate the use of each. _ (b) Show how to heave a line. coil a line, fake down a line. _ (c) Whip the end of a line: tell why whippings are used. _ (d) Discuss the kinds of lines used on sailboats and the types of fibers used in their manufacture . Tell the advantages and disadvantages of each. __/__ 6. Describe how you would care for and maintain a sailboat and its gear throughout the year. _ _!_ _ 7. With the counselor, review sailing terminology: include points of sailing . Discuss various types of sailboats in use today; tell their differences. _ _1_ _ a.Give a short history of sailing in the United States. including its importance in the growth of our nation. Discuss commercial and recreational sailing, including racing and the America's Cup. This requirement may be completed in written or oral form. _ The skills may be demonstrated on any boat available to the Scout. While no specific sail plan is recomm ended, it is suggested that craft be under 20 feet. The boat must have the capability of sailing to windward. 35 �Capsize procedures should be conducted under the close supervision of the counselor. A rescue boat should be standing by to assist, if necessary, and to tow the capsized craft to shore. Sell-bailing boats are acceptable for this requirement. Extreme care should be taken to avoid personal injury and damage to !he boat or its equipment. Soil and Water Conservation __/__ 1. Do the following : _(a) Tell what soil is. Tell how it is formed. _ (b) Describe three kinds of soil. Tell how they are different. _ (c) Name the three main plant nutrients in fertile soil. Tell how they can be put back when used up. __/ __ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Define soil erosion. _ (b) Tell why it is important. Tell how it affects you . _ (c) Name three kinds of soil erosion. Describe each. _ (d) Take pictures or draw two kinds of soil erosion. __/__ 3. Do the following: _(a) Tell what is meant by conservation practices. _ (b) Describe the effect of three kinds of erosion-control practices. _ (c) Take pictures or draw three kinds of erosion-control practices. _ (d) Explain how land use and land conservation work together. _ _I _ _ 4. Do the following : _(a) Explain what a watershed is. _ (b) Outline the smallest watershed that you can find on a contour map. _ (c) Then outline on your map, as far as possible, the next larger watershed which also has the smallest in it. _ (d) Explain what a river basin is. Tell why all people living in it should be concerned about land and water use in ii. _ _! _ _ 5. Do the following : _ (a) Make a drawing to show the water cycle . _ (b) Show by demonstration at least two of the following actions of water in relation to soil: percolation, capillary action. precipitation, evaporation. transportation. 36 �_ (c) Explain how removal of vegetation will affect the way water runs off a watershed. _ (d) Tell how uses of forest, range, and farm land affect usable water supply. _ (e) Explain how industrial communities, and individuals can conserve water. _ (f) Tell how farmers, industry, communities. and individuals can conserve water. __! _ _ 6. Do the following : _ (a) Tell what is meant by water pollution. (b) Describe common sources of water pollution and explain the effects. _ (c) Tell what is meant by "primary water treatment," "secondary waste . treatment ," and "biochemical oxygen demand." _ (d) Make a drawing showing the principles of complete waste treatment. _ _!_ _ 7. Do TWO of the following: _ (a) Make a trip to two of the following places. Write a report of more than 500 words about the soil and water and energy conservation practices you saw. (1) An agricultural experiment. (2) A managed forest or woodlot, range, or pasture. (3) A wildlife refuge or a fish or game menagement area. (4) A conservationmanaged farm or ranch. (5) A managed watershed. (6) A waste-treatment plant. (7) A public drinking water treatment plant. (8) Industry water use installation. (9) Desalinization plant. _ (b) Plant 100 trees bushes, and/or vines for a good purpose. _ (c). Seed an area of at least 115 acre for some worthwhile conservation purpose, using suitable grasses or legumes alone or in a mixture. _ (d) Study a soil survey report..Describe the things in it. On tracing paper over any of the soil maps, outline an area with three or more different kinds of soil. List each kind of soil by full name and map symbol. _ (e) Make a list of places in your neighborhood, camps, school ground, or park having erosion. sedimentation, or pollution problems. Describe how these could be corrected through individual or group action. _ (f) Carry out any other soil and water conservation project approved in advance. 37 �Space Exploration • Counselor:._ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ __ _ _! _ _ 1.Tell the purpose of space exploration, including (a) historical reason, (b) immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge , (c) benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products. __/__ 2. Tell about main steps in humanity's movement into space and tell the contributions of these individuals: Jules Verne, K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, Hermann Oberth, and Wernher von Braun. __/_ _ 3. Build, launch, and recover a model rocket.• Make a second launch to accomplish a specific objective. (Rocket roost be built to meet the safety code of the National Association of Rocketry.) Identify and explain the following rocket parts: _ (a) Body tube _ (b) Engine mount _ (c) Fins _ (d) Igniter _ (e) Launch lug _ (f) Nose cone _ (g) Payload _ (h) Recovery system _ (i) Rocket engine __/__ 4. Discuss and demonstrate each of the following: _ (a) The law of action-reaction _ (b) How rocket engines work _ (c) How satellites stay in orbit _ (d) How satellite pictures of the Earth and pictures of other planets are made and transmitted _ _ / _ _ 5. Discuss what has been learned about the Moon and planets by manned and unmanned spacecraft exploration and the possible benefits of new knowledge. Do TWO of the following: _ (a) Construct a data table of recent information about the planets. For each planet, give important facts, including distance from the sun, period of revolution , rotation, number of moons, etc. _ (b) Make a scrapbook of magazine photographs and news clippings about planetary research. _ (c) Design a spacecraft that will be sent on a mission to another planet to take samples of its surface and return them to Earth. Name the planet your spacecraft will visit, and, in your design, show how the spacecraft will work and cope with the environment of that planet. 38 �_ _I _ _ 6. Describe lhe purpose and operation of the space shuttle. _ _ _ /__ 7. _ _ _ _ _ _! _ _ a. Discuss the following : (a) Main components (b) Typical mission profile (c) Payloads Design an Earth-orbiting space station. Make drawings or a model ol your station . Within your design, consider and plan for the following: (a) Source ol energy (b) How it will be constructed (c) Lile-support systems (d) Purpose and function . Discuss with your counselor two possible careers m space exploration. If local laws prohibit launching model rockets, do the following activity : make a model of a NASA rocket. Explain the functions of the parts. Give the history of the rocket. Swimming Counselor:._ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ /_ _ 1. Explain how swimming should be conducted safely for a group (Safe Swim Defense plan). _ _! _ _ 2. Swim continuously for 150 met ers or yards using the following strokes in good form: sidestroke for 50 meters or yards, elementary backstroke for 50 meters or yards, and any of the following strokes for the last 50 meters or yards: trudgen, crawl, back crawl, or breast. _ _ !_ _ 3. Surface dive headfirst into water over your head but not to exceed 8 feet and bring up .an object from the bottom. Repeat using the feet-first method of water entry. _ _ /_ _ 4. Show a plain front dive from a low board, if available. Show a headfirst dive from a dock. Show a racing start. _ _ ! _ _ 5. Enter waler over your head wearing clothes . (Clothes means shoes, socks, underwear or trunks, long pants, bell and long·sleeve shirt.) Remove shoes and socks. Inflate shirt and show thal you can float using the shirt for support . Remove the pants and use them for support while floating. Swim 50 meters or yards using inflated clothing for support. _ _ !_ _ 6. Do the following : _ (a) Float lace up in a resting position, as nearly motionless as possible . for 1 minute. 39 �_ (b) Float face down in a related position using minimum movement of arms and legs to raise head for breathing and keep body afloat for 1O minutes or longer I _ _ 7. Do the following : _ (a) Demonstrate rescuing a person from water by reaching with arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object and by throwing lines and floating ob1ects. (b) Explain why swimmin g rescues shou ld not be attempted when a reaching or throwing assist or boat rescue can be done. Explain why and how a person making a swimming rescue should avoid contact with the victim Weather Counselor:._ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _/ _ _ 1 Define meteoro logy. Explain how the weather affects farmers, sailors, aviators. and the outdoors construction industry. Tell why weather forecasts are important to each of these groups. _ _/_ _ 2 Name five dangerous weather-related conditions. Give the safety rules for each when outdoors and explain the difference between a severe weather watch and warning. Discuss the safety rules with your family. _ _I _ _ 3. Draw cross sections of a cold front and a warm front showing the location and movements of the cold and warm air, the frontal slope, the location and types of clouds associated with the front, and the location of rain. Tell the differences between a cold front and a warm front. -'- - 4 Tell what causes wind, why it rains, and how lightning and hail are formed Explain the difference between high and low pressure systems in the atmosphere and tell which is related to good and poor weather. _ _I _ _ 5 Identify and describe clouds in the low, middle , and upper levels or the atmosphere. Relate these to specific types of weather. _ 1_ _ 6 Draw a diagram of the water cycle and label its major processes. Explain the water cycle to your counselo r. _ _1_ _ 7. Deline acid rain Identify which human activities pollute the atmosphere as well as the ellects such pollution can have on people. 1_ _ 8 Do ONE of the following · 40 �(a) Make one or th e following instruments· wind vane . anemometer. rain gauge, hygrometer. Keep a daily weather log for 1 week using information lrom this Instrument as well as from other sources such as local radio and television stations or NOAA Weather Radio The followi ng information should be recorded at the same time every day: wind directi on and speed. temperature, precipitation , and types of clouds. Be sure to make a note of any morning dew or frost. In the log, also list the weather forecasts lrom radio or television at the same time each day and show how the weather really turned out. _ (b) Visit a National Weather Service office or talk with a local r adio or televis ion weath erca ster, private meteorologist, local agricultural Extension Service office, or university meteorology instructor. Find out what types of weather is most dangerous or damaging to your community. Determine how severe weathe r and flood warnin gs reach the homes in your community. __/__ 9 Do ONE of the following: (a) Give a talk of more than 5 minute s to your unit explaining the camping safety rules in the event of lightning, flash floods, and tornadoes. Before your talk, show your outline to your counselor for approval. (b) Read severa l articles about acid rain and give a prepared talk of more than 5 ninute s about the articles to your unit. Before your talk, show your outline to your counselor for approval. Wilderness Survival _ _ ! _ _ 1. From memory, describe the priorities for surviva l in a backcountry or wilderness location. _ _! _ _ 2. Describe ways to (a) avoid panic and (b) mainta in a high level of morale when lost. _ _! _ _ 3 Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses likely to occur In backcountry outings, including hypothermia. hyperthermia. heat stroke, heat exhaus tion. frostbite. 4 1 �dehydration, sunburn, stings, ticks, snakebite, bliste rs, and hyperventilation. __/__ 4.Tell what you would do to survi ve in the following environments· _ (a) Cold and snowy _ (b) Wei (forest) _ (c) Hot and dry (desert) _ (d) Windy (mountains or plains) _ (e) Water (ocean or lake) __/__ 5. Make up a small survival kit and be able to explain how each item in 11 is useful __/__ 6 Show that you can start fires using three methods other than matches. __/__ 7 Do the following : _ (a) Tell five d11feren1ways of attracting attention when lost. _ (b} Show how to use a signal mirror to attrac t attention when lost. _ (c) From memory, describe five international ground-to-air signals and tell what they mean. _ _ /__ 8. Show that you can find and impro vise a natural shelter minimizing the damage to the environment\ _ _ /__ 9. Spend a night in your shelter. _ _/_ 1O Explain how to protect yourself against insects, reptiles, rodents, and bears . _ _I _ 11 Show three ways to punfy water _ _/_ 12. Show that you know the proper clothing to be worn in your area on an overnight in extremely hot weat her and extremely cold weather. _ _I _ 13 Explain why it usually is not wise to eat edible wild plants or wildlife in a wilderness survival situation W oo d Carving _ _/_ _ 1. Give the qualities of wood that are useful for carving. Tell why you chose the wood used in requirements 4 and 5 __/__ 2. Do the following : _ (a) Describe five wood-carving tools . Tell their uses . _ (b) Describe several kinds of sharpening stone s. Tell how they are used . _ (c) Show how to sharpen a pockelknife and other tools used in woodcarving Use a sharpening stone and a 42 �·slipstick" that you have made. _ _! _ _ 3. Show the safety principles for using a pocketknife and _ _!_ _ 4. Plan and carve in the round a simple object. Prepare it for _I_ finish. 5. Plan and carve in low relie f a design on some simple object. Prepare it for finish. woodcarving tools. OUTDOOR CODE As an American, I will do my best to- BE CLEAN IN MY oumooR MANNERS I wlll treat the outdoors as a heritage. I wlll try to Improve It for myself and others. I will keep my trash and garbage out of America's waters, fields, woods, and roadways. BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE I will prevent wlldflre. I will bulld my fire In a safe place and be sure It Is out before I leave. BE CONSIDERATE IN THE OUTDOORS I wlll treat public and private property with respect. I will remember that use of the outdoors is a right that I can lose by abuse. BE CONSERVATION-MINDED I will learn how to practice good conservation of soil, waters, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife, and energy. I will urge others to do the same. 43 �BSA Utegum1r Explain and demo nstra te (whe n appli cable ) the following requi reme nts· 1. Aqua tics skill. (a) Swim 800 mete rs ('h mile) (b) Dem onstr ate skill and know ledge in current requi reme nts of the following merit badge subje cts (I) Swim ming (2) Lifes aving (3) Rowi ng (4) Cano eing (5) First Aid (c) Thro w line for a ccura cy JO mete rs three times in I minu te 2. Safe Swim Defe nse 3 Safet y Afloat 4. First aid. 5. Emer ge ncy a ctio n. ·s... ~.,- .... ISi. Ultr-d Aq'Vtff1' 1'("nta "" 40~ lc>t 6-uoltd Snorkeling, BSAt I. Pus Swim mer test. 2 Expla in budd y syste m. 3. Defin e snork eling. 4. Dem onstr ate use of ma.sk and snork el. 5. Dem onstr ate use o l swim fins. 6. Perfo rm deep wate r demo nstra tions . 1. Reco ver objects. 8. Expla in snork eling prepa ratio n and preca ution s. 9. Disc uss subm erge d -rela ted facto rs 10. Discuss subm ersio n effec ts; CPR 11 . Expl ain hype rvent ilatio n 12. Expl ain hypo therm ia. 13. Dem onstr ate diver s· signs and signaJs. Mile Swim, BSA (SWIM -TRUNKS EMBLEM ONLY) R1qulr1men11: I . Expla in how regul ar exerc ise con- tribu tes to good hea..lth and why swim ming is one of the best form s o f exerc ise. 2. Tell what preca ution s and procedures a swim mer and escor t must follow for dista nce swim ming over open wate r. 3. Unde r the super visio n of a currentl y quaii fied certif ied aqua tics Instru ctor, BS'., or equiv alent , participa te in 4 houn of traini ng and prepa ration lor dista nce IWimmlng (1 hour a day maxi mum ), 4. Swim 1 mile (1,fJOO meter s) over an approved. meas ured course. 44 �m"•anp !---~------~ -: ~~::;-~ =-~ ~ -- ·~- - -·[ --·-:..... -- J' Totin' Chip I. Read and understand woods lools use and safety tools from the Boy Scout Handbook. 2. De monstrate proper handling. care. and use of the Scout knife. ax, and saw. 3. Use knife, ax, and saw ;u tools. not playthings. 4. Respect all safety rules to protect others. 5. Respect property and not cut living trees. fi. I will subscribe to the Outdoor Code. I realize that my "Totin' Rights" can be taken from me if I fail in my responsibility. World Conservation Award You c an earn this award by earning the following merit badges: I. En v iro nmental Science merit badge. 2. Either Soil and Water Conservatio n or Fish and Wildlife Managemen t merit badge. :l. Citizenship in the Wo rld merit bad Re. Paul Bunyan Woodsman (TRAIL PACI OR llANIET EMIWI) Study chapter 6 in the Fieldbook and <kmonstrate to your Scoutmaster ol other qualified person designated by him the following: l . Show that you have earned the T~ tin' Chip. 2. Help a Scout or patrol to eam the Totin' Chip and <kmonstrate to him (them) the value of proper woods loots use on a troop camping trip. 3. Using a saw or 3A ax and a wood or plastic wedge and mallet cut a log 6-8 feet long and 4 or more inches in diameter into 2-foot lengths. Splil these 2-fool lengths into quarters. 4. With official approvaJ and supervision do ONE of the following: (a) Clear trails of fire lanes for 2 hours. (b) Demonstrate how to fell a standing tree 4 inches or more at the butt. Lop branches.. Make a brush pile. Cut tree into 2-foot lengths and stack. (c) 1\im a downed tree. cut into 4-foot lengths and stack; make a brush with branches. (d) Build a natural retaining wall or irrigation way to aid in a planned conservation effort . (e) Participate in an approved "SOAR for the Better Lile" or conservation effort project in your council. 45 �NOT ES 46 �NOTES 47 �NOTES 48 �ICIA ICIMA • SPIA.IT • llA llHA AUtA HATEl . ~ICM AIOVE THE SOUTH -FOll WAtias lEAlED AGAINST THE SlY , raouDLY STANDS oua DEA• OLD CAHP AS THE YEAlS lOLL IY . 0 NWA•D !VU IE oua VATCHWOltD COteQUEa AND ratVAIL , HElE'S TO THEE OLD llA llHA I. S. A. ALL RAIL . Vllttl• At llA ll"A SUMMU or I tu . llACIC TO CAMP ME �CAMPER'S SCHEDULE SUNDAY ~<.J NDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY BREAKFAST 9AM CHECK OUT BY 10 A.M. 10 AM 11 AM LUNCH 2 PM 3 PM 4PM CHECK JN GO TO SITE MEDICAL CK CAMP TOUR SWIM CHECK DRAW EQUIP BULLY WUMPUS SUPPER Twilight Activity 7 PM 8 :30 10 PM Campfire Scoutmasters Roundtable Vespers TAPS/LIGHTS OUT Twllight Act ivity CPR Training OA Brotherhood & Fellowship Campfi re � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kia Kima Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous papers and publications by Kia Kima including promotional flyers, Camper Handbooks, staff materials, and program materials. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Scout ______ Troop _ KIA KIMA SCOUT RESERVATION 1 9 91 CAMPER'S HANDBOOK CHICASAW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA $ 1. 00 WHAT IS BULL VWUMPUS? Table of Contents Page Subject 2-4 Rank Requirements oflered at Kia Kima 5-45 Merit Badge Requirements Archery 5 Astronomy 6 Basketry 8 Camping 8 Canoeing 10 Communications 12 Cooking 12 Erner. Preparedness 14 Environmental Science 15 First Aid 16 Fishing 17 Forestry 18 Indian Lore 20 Leatherwork 21 Lifesaving 22 Metalwork 23 Motorboating 23 Nature 26 Orienteering 28 Pioneering 29 Rifle Shooting 30 Rowing 31 Shotgun Shooting 32 Small Boat Sailing 34 Soil & Water Conser . 36 Space Exploration 38 Swimming 39 Weather 40 Wilderness Survival 41 Wood Carving 42 25 -25 Map of Kia Kima Scout Reservation 43 Outdoor Code 44 -45 Special Opportunities BSA Lifeguard 44 Snorkeling, BSA 44 Mile Swim, BSA 44 Totin' Chip 45 World Conser. Award 45 Paul Bunyan W'dsm'n 45 46-48 Notes 1 Req T/ 4 T/8 S/1a S/ 1b F/ 1 F/ 2 Rank Requirements * Offered at Kia Kima Hiking Well Text Done Satls. Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on - - the highway and cross country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost. Explain why we use the buddy system - - in Scouting. 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 S·mile hike (or 1 O miles by bike) approved by your parent or guardian. Demonstrate how to find directions - - during the day and at night without using a compass. Using a compass, complete an - - orienteering course that covers at least 1 mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree. tower. canyon. ditch, etc.) . Need Help - - - - - - Tenderfoot requirement 5 and Second Class requirement 3 will be done during flag ceremonies in the skills area 2 First Aid Well Need Req Text Done Sa tis. Help T/11a Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver - - - and tell when it is used. T/11b Show first aid for the following: simple - - - cuts and scratches, blisters on the hand and foot. minor burns or scalds (first degree). bites or stings of insects and ticks, poisonous snakebite, and nosebleed. S/6a Show what you do for hurry cases of - - - stopped breathing, severe bleeding, and internal poisoning. S/6b Prepare a personal first aid kit to take - - - with you on a hike. S/6c 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; and shock. F/8a Demonstrate tying the bowline (rescue) - - - knot and how it's used in rescues. F/8b Demonstrate bandages for injuries on - - - the head, the upper arm, and collarbone, and for a sprained ankle. F/8c Show how to transport by yourself, and - - - with one other person. a person: from a smoke-filled room; with a broken leg, for at least 25 yards. -- F/8d Tell the five most common signs of a - - - heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) . 3 Camp Craft/Nature Well Need Req Text Done Sat ls. Help T/3a Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the - - - ends of a rope. T/3b Demonstrate tying two half hitches and - - - a tautline hitch by using these knots to pitch a tent. T/10 Identify local poisonous plants; tell how - - - to treat for exposure to them. S/2b On one campout, demonstrate proper - - - care, sharpening, and use of knife, saw, and ax. S/2c Use the tools listed above to prepare - - - tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. • SIS Identity or show evidence of at least 1 O - - - kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community. F/6 Identify and show evidence of at least - - - 10 kinds of native plants found in your community. F/7a Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and - - - clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together. F/7b Use lashing to make a useful camp - - - gadget. DON'T FORGET BULLYWUMPUS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON 4 Archery Counselor: _____________________ _ __ / _ 1. Do the following: _ (a) Name and explain the archery safety rules. _ (b) Tell about the local and state laws on ownership, use, and registration of archery tackle. __ ! _ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Name and point out the parts of an arrow. _ (b) Name and point out the parts of a bow. _ (c) Describe and show how to use an arm guard, shooting glove, finger tab, and quiver. __ / _ 3. Do the following: _ (a) Explain proper care of and how to store the bow, bowstring, arrows, and leather items. _ (b) Make a bowstring and use it. _ (c) Make one complete arrow from a bare shaft. _ (d) Explain the following items: cast, bow weight, string height (fistmele), aiming, spine, mechanical release, freestyle, and bare bow. _ (e) Describe the different types of arrows. _ (f) Show the nine basic steps of a good shooting method. _ (g) Locate and mark with dental floss, crimp on, or other · method the nocking point on a bow string. __ / _ 4. Shoot with bow and arrows, using a finger release: _(a) One round from any of the following NFAA field rounds and indoor rounds: _ (1) A field round of 14 targets and make a score of 60 points _ (2) An indoor round and make a score of 50 points _ (3) A 900 round and make a score of 225 points• _ (4) An indoor FITA round I and make a score of 80 points .. OR _ (b) As a member of the NAA Junior Olympic Archery Development Club, qualify as a Yeoman, Junior Bowman, and Bowman. OR _ (c) As a member of the NFAA Junior Division, qualify as a Cub or Youth by earning 100-score Progression Patches 5 __ !_ 5. Explain the following: _ (a) T~e difference between field and target arch ery _ (b) Field round , hunter round . and animal round _ (c) Scout field round _ (d) Indoor field rounds _ (e) 900, junior 900, Easton, and junior Ea ston rounds _ (f) Indoor FIT A rounds I and II _ (g) FITA and junior FITA rounds _ (h) Junior Olympic qualification rounds _ (i) The importance of obedience to a rangemaster or other person in charge of a range Intermediates 15-17 years old •• Juniors up to 14 years old Astronomy Counselor: ___ _ ___ ______________ _ _ _ / _ 1. Do the following : _ (a) Sketch the face of the moon, indicating on it the locations of at least fi ve seas and five craters . _ (b) Within a single week ske tch the position of the moon In the sky at the same hour on three different evenings. Explain the changes observed . _ (c) Tell what factors keep the moon in orbit around the earth. __ / _ 2. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Photograph or locate on a map of the sky a planet at approximately weekly intervals at the same time of night for at least 4 weeks. Explain any changes noticed on the photographs or map. _ (b) Find out when each of the five visible planets will be observable in the evening sky during the next 12 months and compile this information in the form of a chart or tabl e . __ / _ 3. Do ONE of the following : _ (a) In a sketch show the position of Venus. Mars, or Jupiter in the sky at approximately weekly interva ls at th e same time for at least 4 weeks. _ (b) Using a compass, record the direction to the sun at sunset at approximately weekly intervals for at least 4 weeks in spring or fall (for 6 to 8 weeks in summer or winter) and relate this information to the seasons of the earth . 6 _ (c) With the aid of diagrams explain the relative po sitions of sun, earth , and moon at the times of lunar and solar eclipses and at the times of New, First Quarter, Full , and Last Quarter phases of the moon . __ ! _ 4. Using the shadow of a vertical pol e in sunshine , lay out a true north-south line (a meridian). Then, using th e line and the pole on another day, measure the altitude of the noontime sun and determine your latitude . __ / _ 5. Identify in the sky at least 10 constellations, four of which are in th e Zodiac. Identify at least eight conspicuous stars, five of which are of first magnitude. Then do the following: _ (a) Show in a sketch the position of the Big Dipper and its relation to the North Star and the horizon early some evening and again 6 hours later the same night. Record the date and time of making each sketch . _ (b) Explain what we see when we look at the Milky Way . __ ! __ 6. With the aid of diagrams (or real telescopes if available) explain the difference between reflecting and refracting telescopes. Describe the basic purpose of a telescope, and list at least three other instruments used with telescopes . __ ·1 _ _ 7 . Do the following : _ (a) Describe the composition of the sun, its relationship to other stars, and some effects of its radiation on the Earth 's weather. Define sunspots and describe some of the effects they may have on this radiation. _ (b) Identify at least one star that is red, one that is blue, and one that is yellow, and explain the meaning of these colors. _ _ / _ 8. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Visit a planetarium or observatory and submit a report to your counselor both on the activities occurring there and on the exhibits of instruments and other ast ronomica l objects you observed . _ (b) Spend at least 3 hours. observing celestial objects through a telescope or field glass, and write a report for your counselor on what you observed. __ ! _ 9. Name different career opportunities in astronomy . Explain how to prepare for one of them . List the high school courses most useful in beginning such preparation . DON'T FORGET BULLYWUMPUS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON 7 Basketry Counselor:. _________________ ___ _ __ ! _ _ 1. Plan and weave a large basket or tray. Use reed, raffia, or splints. _ _ ! _ 2. Weave a seat for a stool or chair. Use cane or rush. Camping (~ Counselor:. ____________________ _ _ _ / _ 1. Make a layout of a typical patrol campsite. Show cooking spots, dining fly, latrine, and at least three two-man tents. Explain how and why weather. season, and water supply are considered when choosing a site. Explain what care to take with regard to safe water, sanitary facilities, and emergencies. __ / _ 2. Make a written plan for getting to and from a camping spot on foot or by vehicle. __ ! __ 3. Make a chart showing how a typical patrol is organized for an overnight campout. list assignments for each member. __ ! _ 4. Prepare a list of clothing you would need for an overnight campout in: _ (a) Summer _ (b) Winter Discuss the kinds of footwear for different kinds of weather. Explain care of the feet. __ / __ 5. Describe the four kinds of tents. Cite their good and bad points. __ / _ 6. Prepare for an overnight campout with your patrol by doing the following :• _ (a) Make a checklist of personal and patrol gear that will be needed. _ (b) Prepare a camp menu that is right for the time of year. Give recipes. Make a food list for your patrol. list foods you can get from your grocery store. Supplies should be lightweight, though some canned foods may be used. Plan two breakfasts, three lunches. and two suppers. _ (c) Pack your own gear and your share of the patrol gear and food for proper carrying. Protect it against bad 8 weather. Show that your pack is right for getting whal's needed firsl . and that it has been assembled properly for comfort , weight, balance , size, and neatness. Explain how lhe rest of the patrol gear and food is divided among members. _ (d) Show the right way to pack your full gear on a pack frame . Use a diamond hilch or other good hilch. __ / _ 7 . Complete the following while on an overnight campout: _ (a) Present yourself with your pack for inspection . Be correctly clothed and equipped for an overnight camping trip. _ (b) Working with another Scout. pitch a two-man tent. Consider weather and terrain. On this campsite. where allowed . make a latrine for your patrol. (Where not allowed, as in state parks, etc., describe how to build it.) _ (c) Make a comfortable ground bed. Use it for 2 nights. Use ground cloth and padding of clothing, pack, grass, leaves, or straw. (d) Where it's allowed, build up a fireplace area of nonburnable soil. Show proper use of woods lools in getting and preparing fuel for a cooking fire . Show how you would get, prepare , and protect your wood on a rainy day. Show how you would prepare a meal properly when it's raining. (e) Build three kinds of top-of-the-ground fires. Use charcoal for one. Show how to put out a fire properly. (Where open fires cannot be used, show how lo build the fires, but don't light them .) _ (f) Show the right way to protect your camp, including food and gear. against animals, insects, and wet or bad weather. Discuss how you would protect yourself against all kinds of weather if caught oul on lhe trail with only a pocketknife. _ (g) Strike camp. Fold or roll your tenl for packing. Pack all gear. Leave a clean camp. Show the right way to get rid of garbage and rubbish. __ / _ 8. Show experience in camping by doing the following : _ (a) Camp out a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights. Sleep each night under the sky or under a tent you have pitched . (You may use a week of summer camp as a part of lhe 20 days and 20 nights.) _ (b) On one of the se camping trips, hike 1-1/2 miles or more each way to and from your campsite. Pack your own gear plus your share ol patrol gear and food . _ (c) Serve as one of the cooks for your patrol for at least five meals prepared in camp. 9 9 . Discuss how th e thing s you did l o earn thi s badge have taught you person al hea lth and sa f e ly , survival. public health , conservation . and good citizenship. May be part of a troop tr ip. Canoeing __ / __ 1. Before doing other requirements. successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feet-first into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: side stroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl ; then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn . After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as possible . __ ! _ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Name and point out the major parts of a canoe and paddle. _ (b) Know canoeing terminology . _ (c) Explain and demonstrate canoe kneeling and sitting positions and the proper use for each position. _ (d) Review and discuss BSA Sa fety Afloat. and demonstrate the proper fit and use of personal floatation devices (PFDs). _ (e) Demonstrate how to load and secure equipment in a canoe . __ ! _ 3 . With a companion and using a properly equipped canoe: _ (a) Properly ca rry . launch, and get into the bow of the canoe from dock or shore (both , if pos sible). _ (b) Paddle 100 yards on one side only in the bow position using a single-blade paddle. Turn underway and return to sho re or dock showing proper form and use of the bow or power stroke, diagonal draw, and quarter sweep. Repeat while paddling on the other side. _ (c) While paddling on on~ side only in the bow position, demonstrate how to hold water and stop. Show proper form and use of the push away , pullover. reverse sweep, and backwater. Repeat while paddling on the other side . _ (d) Change places with your companion while canoe is afloat. 10 _ (e) Paddle 100 yards on one side only in the stern position. Turn underway and return to shore or dock while maintaining course and giving proper signals to your companion. Show proper form and use of the stern power stroke (the J stroke). Repeat while paddling on the other side. _ (f) While paddling on one side only in the stern position, demonstrate how to hold water and stop. Show proper form and use of the push away, pullover, reverse sweep, and backstroke. Repeat while paddling on the other side. _ (g) As bow paddler, make a proper landing and get out ol the canoe while following directions from your companion. Repeat in the stern position giving directions to your companion. _ (h) Store canoe properly. __ / _ 4. While in deep water with a companion, fully dressed and wearinq proper PFD: _ (a) Jump safely out of the canoe. Get back in without capsizing. _ (b) Capsize the canoe. get back in. secure all loose gear, and paddle the swamped canoe 25 yards. Go overboard from the swamped canoe and swim, tow, or push the swamped canoe 50 feet. _ (c) Empty the swamped canoe in shallow water. __ ! __ 5. Demonstrate solo canoe handling: _ (a) Launch frorn shore or pier (both, if possible) _ (b) Using a single-blade paddle and paddling only on one side, demonstrate proper form and use of the forward stroke (J stroke), forward and reverse sweeps, backwater, stop, pullover, push away, inside and outside pivots, and sculling. Repeat while paddling on the other side. _ (c) While paddling on one side only, paddle a 50-yard course making at least one turn underway and one reverse of direction. Repeat while paddling on the other side. (d) Make proper landing at dock or shore (both, if possible). Store canoe properly (with assistance, ii needed). __ / _ 6. While alone in a canoe or on deep water and wearing PFD, jump safely out of the canoe. Get back in without capsizing. __ ! __ 7.With a companion in your canoe and while giving instructions to persons who have capsized a canoe in deep water, empty the swamped canoe over your own canoe and assist the person in reboarding the emptied canoe. 1 1 __ ! _ 8 . Discuss: _ (a) General care and ma intenance of canoeing equipment. _ (b) How to rig a canoe fo r sailing . _ (c) The differences between river (moving water) canoei ng and lake (flatwater) ca noei ng. Communications li ~ l) Counselor: _____________________ _ __ ! _ 1. Develop a plan to teach a skill . Have it approved by your counselor. Then. create and make teaching aids. Carry out your plan. With the counselor, check to see if th e learner has learned. __ ! __ 2. Pick an item or product. If may be real or imagined. Build a sales plan based on its good points. Try to ·sell" the counselor on buying it from you . Talk with him about how well you did in telling him about the item and the wisdom of buying it. __ I __ 3. Show how you would make a telephone call inviting someone who is an expert fisherman to give a demonstration on fi shing to your unit. __ ! __ 4 . Do the following : _ ( a) Write a 5-minute speech. Give it at a meeting of a group. _ (b) Show how to introduce a guest speaker . __ ! __ 5. Attend a town meeting where two or three points of view are being given. Record what you hear. Make a report from your notes . Tell your troop or patrol what you think you heard. __ ! __ 6. Plan a troop court of honor or campfire prog ram. Give it to the patrol leaders' council for approval. Write the script. Prepare the program for reproduction . Act as mas t er of ceremo nies. __ I __ 7. Prepa re an autobiographical re sume th at you would use in applying for a job. · __ I __ 8 . Check careers in the fi eld of communications . Prepare a statement on th e one you like . Talk it over with your counselor. @ Counselor: ___ __________________ _ Cooking 1 2 __ / _ 1. Plan menus for 3 straight days (nine meals) of camping Include the following: _ (a) A camp dinner with soup: meat, fish, or chicken: twc fresh vegetables; drink: and dessert. All are to be cooked. _ (b) A one-pol diner. Use foods other than canned. _ (c) A breakfast, lunch, and dinner good for a trail 01 backpacking trip where light weight is important. UsE as much dehydrated or dry frozen foods as you can. Get them from local food stores (not specialty stores). You should be able to store all foods used for severa days without refrigeration. The lunch planned shoulc not need cooking at the time of serving. The dinne1 must include hot soup or a salad; meal, fish, or chicken: vegetable and starch food or a second vegetable; baked biscuits; and drink. (The menus fo1 the other two breakfasts and two lunches shall be the kind you can prepare in camp or on the trail.) __ / _ 2. Do the following: _ .(a) Make a food list, showing cost and amount needed 10 feed three or more boys using the menus planned in requirement 1. _ (b) Lisi the utensils needed to cook and serve these meals _ (c) Figure the weight of the foods in requirement 1 c. __ ! __ 3. Using the menus planned in requirement 1 : _ (a) Prepare and serve for yourself and two others, the three dinners, the lunch, and the breakfast planned in requirement 1. nme your cooking so that each course will be ready to serve at the proper time.* _ (b) For the meals prepared in requirement 3a, for which a fire is needed, pick a good spot for your fire. Build a fireplace. Include a support for your cooking utensils from rocks, logs, or like material. (Where local laws do not allow you to do this, the counselor may change the requirement to meet the law.) The same fireplace may be used for more than one meal. Use charcoal as fuel in cooking at least one meal. _ (c) For each meal prepared in requiremenl 3a, use safe food-handling practices. Use the correct way to get rid of garbage, cans, foil, paper, and other rubbish by burning and using a tote-li11er bag. After each meal, clean up the site thoroughly. The meals in requirement 3a may be prepared for diflerent trips. They need not be prepared consecu'tively. Scouts earning this badge in summer camp should plan around food they can get at the camp commissary. 1 3 Emergency Preparedness Counselor : _ _ ___________ ________ _ __ / _ 1. Earn First Aid Merit Badge . __ / _ 2 . Do the following : _ (a) Tell what you would do to prevent injury and possible loss of life to yourself and others in each of the following emergencies: fire or explosion at home and in a public building, car stalled in blizzard or desert, motor vehicle accident, mountain accident , food poisoning, boating accident, search for lost person, lost or marooned group, gas leak, earthquake, flood, tornado or hurricane, atomic emergency, and avalanche (snow or rock) . _ (b) Show that you know what to do in at least TWO of the above . __ ! _ 3 . Show how you could safely save a person from the following : _ (a) Touching a live electric wire _ (b) A room with carbon monoxide or other fumes or smoke _ (c) Clothes on fire _ (d) Drowning using nonswimming rescues (including ice accidents) . __ ! __ 4 . Tell the things a group of Scouts should be prepared to do, the training needed, and the safety precautions to be taken for the following emergency service : _ (a) Crowd and traffic control _ (b) Messenger service and communication _ (c) Collection and distribution services _ (d) Group fe eding , shelter, and sanitation . __ / _ 5. Take part in an emergency service proje ct, ei ther real or a practi ce drill . __ ! __ 6. Show three ways of attracting and communicating with rescue planes . __ ! __ 7. With another person, show a good way to move an injured person out of a remote and rugged area, conserving the energy of the re scuers. __ ! __ 8 . Do the following : _ (a) Prepare a writt en plan for mobilizing yo ur troop when need ed to do emerg enc y service . If th ere is a plan , explain it. Tell your p art i n maki ng it work . 1 4 _ (b) Take part in at least one troop mobilization. Describe your part. _ (c) Show the personal "emergency pack" which you have prepared to be ready for a mobilization call. Show a family kit (suitcase or box) for use by your family in case an emergency evacuation is needed. Explain the need. _ _ / _ 9. Show proper use of ropes and lines for rescue work by doing the following: _ (a) Tie knots for joining lines. Tie knots for shortening or adjusting lines. Tie knots for lashings. _ (b) Lower a person from a height sufficient to show how. _ (c) Coil and accurately throw light and heavy 50-foot heaving lines. Environmental Science Counselor: _____________________ _ __ / _ 1. Explain the meaning of the following: ecology, biosphere. ecosystem, plant succession, limiting factor. Give an example of each. __ / _ 2. With the help of your counselor, pick an area of 10 acres· for study. __ / _ 3. Visit the area four times for 2 hours each time. Do this at different limes on one day a week for a month, or if at camp, on four different days of the week at different times of the day. _ (a) Record the temperature, rain, and wind. _ (b) List the animals you saw. Tell what they were doing. _ (c) List the plants you saw. _ (d) Name the kinds of rocks and soil. __ / _ 4. Write about your study in 500 words or more showing: _ (a) How the climate, topography, and geology have influenced the number and kinds of plants and animals. _ (b) How the living and nonliving elements are interrelated. _ (c) Why it is important that people understand this. __ ! _ 5. With your counselor, plan and carry out a project in ONE of the following: _ (a) The effect of water-holding capacity of soil on plant lite. The relation of plant cover to runoff. How both are related to the water and oxygen cycles. 1 5 ....................................... __ _... ____ ~~~~~---~~ _ (b) The influence of land plant life on temperature, light intensity, wind velocity, and humidity. The influence of water plant life on the water environment. How both land and water plants affect animal life. _ _ ! _ 6. Make a report, in the form of a short talk to a Scout group on what you did in requirement 5. _ _ / _ 7 Show you understand the following: _ (a) The causes of water pollution. Tell what it does to rivers and lakes. _ (b) The causes of land pollution. Tell what it does to the environment. _ (c) The causes of air pollution. Tell what it does to the environment. _ (d) How some chemicals get into the tissues of animals miles from where they were used. __ ! _ 8. Describe what you and others can do to help solve a local problem of air pollution, water pollution, or litter. __ ! __ 9. Describe the duties of three positions in environmental science. City Scouts may pick an area in a large park if a better place is not available. First Aid Counselor: ____________________ _ _ __ / _ 1 . Satisfy your counselor that you have current knowledge of all first aid requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks. _ _ ! _ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Explain how you would obtain emergency medical assistance from your home, on a wilderness camping trip, and during an activity on open water. _ (b) Prepare a first aid kit for your home. Display and discuss its contents with your counselor. __ / _ 3. Do the following: _ (a) Explain what action you should take for someone who shows signs of a heart.attack. _ (b) Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR on a person. _ (c) Demonstrate proper technique in performing CPR on an adult mannikin for 3 minutes. _ (d) Show the steps that need to be taken for someone suffering from a severe laceration on the leg and on the wrist. Tell the dangers in the use of a tourniquet 1 6 and the conditio ns under whi ch its use is justified. _ (e) Explain when a bee sting could be life threatening and what action should be taken for prevention and for first aid. _ (f) Explain the symptoms of heat stroke and what action needs to be taken for first aid and for prevention. __ / _ 4 . Do the following : _ (a) Describe the signs of a broken bone . Show first aid procedures for handling fractures, inc luding open (compound) fra cture s of the forearm , wrist, upper leg, and lower leg using improvised materials. _ (b) Describe the symptoms and possible compli ca tion s and demonstrate proper procedures for treating suspected injuries to the back , neck , and head . Explain what measures can be taken to reduce the possibility of further complicating these injuries . __ ! _ 5. Describe the symptoms , proper first aid procedures , and possible prevention measures for the following conditions: _ (a) Hypothermia _ (b) Convulsions _ (c) Frostbite _ (d) Bruises , strains, sprains _ (e) Burns _ (f) Abdominal pain _ (g) Broken, chipped , or loosened tooth _ (h) Knocked out tooth _ (i) Muscle cramps __ / _ 6. Do the following : _ (a) II a sick or injured person must be moved, tell how you would determine the best method. _ (b) With helpers under your supervision, improvise a stretcher and move a presumably unconscious person . __ ! _ 7. Teach another Scout a first aid skill selected by your counselor. Fishing Counselor :. _______________ ______ _ __ / _ 1. Point out and identify th e parts of a saltwater ree l, a baitcasti ng reel, a spinning reel , and a fly ree l. Point out and identify the main parts of a fishing rod . Tell how you would ca re for this equipment. 1 7 __ ! _ 2. Demonstrate the use of two of t he three typ es of fishing equipment (bait -casting, spinning, and fly) and explain how each of the three is used . __ / _ 3 . Demonstrate and explain the use of the following knots: clinch, palomar, turle, blood loop (barrel knot). and surgeon's loop. __ ! _ 4. Name and explain five safety practices you should always follow while fishing. __ I _ 5. Name and identify five basic artificial lures and five natural baits and explain how to fish with them. Explain why bait fish are not released alive. __ ! __ 6 . Give the regulations affecting game fishing where you live . Explain why they were adopted and what you accomplish by following these regulations. __ / _ 7. Catch two different kinds of fish by any legal, sportsmanlike method and identify them. Demonstrate how you released at least one of them unharmed . Tell how you clea ned and cooked another fish. __ I __ 8. Explain what good ou tdoor sportsmanlike behavior Is and how it relates to fishermen. Tell how the Outdoor Code of the Boy Scouts of America relates to a fishing sportsman, including the aspects of littering, trespassing, courteous behavior . and obeying fishing regulations. Forestry Counselor: _____________________ _ __ ! _ 1. Prepare a field notebook, make a collection, and identify 15 species of trees or wild shru bs in a local forested area. Include a written description of : _ (a) Identifying characteri stics of leaf, twig , and fruit samples _ (b) The habitat in which these trees or shrubs are found _ (c) Chief ways each tree or shrub is used by humans or wildlife _ (d) The forest's successional stage, what its history has been, and what its future is. __ / _ 2 . Do ONE of the following : _ (a) Collect and identify wood samples of 1 O species of trees . List several ways each species of wood can be used. _ (b) Find and examine several stumps or logs that show variations in growth rate in their ring patterns. Prepare 1 8 a field notebook describing their location and discuss possible reasons for the variations . __ ! __ 3 . Be able to do the following : _ (a) Describe contributions forests make to : • Our economy in the form of products . • Our social well -being. ·Soil protection and increased fertility . • Clean water . ·Clean air. •Wildlife. • Recreation. _ (b) Tell which watershed or other source your community relies on for its water supply. __ / __ 4.Be able to describe what forest management means, including: _ (a) Multiple-use management _ (b) Even-aged and uneven-aged management and the silviculturat systems associated with each type . _ (c) Intermediate cuttings. _ (d) How prescribed burning and related forest management practices are used. __ ! __ 5 . Do ONE of the following : _ (a) Visit a managed public or private forest area with its manager or someone familiar with it. Write a brief report describing : • The type of forest. • The management objectives. • The forestry techniques used to achieve the objectives. (b) Take a trip to a logging operation or wood -using industrial plant and write a brief report describing : • The species and size of trees being harvested for used . • Where the trees are going to or coming from . • What products are made from the trees or at the plant. ·How the products are made. • How the products are used . • How waste materials trom the logging operation or plant are disposed of or utilized. __ ! __ 6. Be able to do the following : _ (a) Describe the damages to forests that result from: ·Wildfire ·Insects • Tree disease • Overgrazing • Improper harvest 1 9 _ (b) Tell what can be done to reduce these damages . _ (c) Tell wh at you shou ld do if you d iscover a fores t fire and how to control it. __ ! __ 7. Do ONE of th e following : _ (a) Assist in carrying out a project that meets one or more of the se objectives : timber stand improvement , watershed improvement , wildlife habitat improvement, recreation area improvement. or range improvement. _ (b) Take part in a forest fire prevention campaign in cooperation with your local fire warden , forester , or counselor. _ (c) Visit with one or more local forest ers and write a brief report including education, qualifications , career opportunities, and objectives relating to forestry. Indian Lore Counselo r: _____________________ _ _ _ / _ 1. Give the history of one Indian tribe , group, or nation. This should be one that lives or has fived near your home . Visit , if possible. Tell about the following : dwellings, food preparation, dress, religious beliefs, kind of life. language, war, means of getting around, where the members, if any , now live and how they now live. __ / _ 2. Do TWO of the following : _ (a) Make a full Indian costume. _ (b) Make and decorate three Indian articles approved by your counselor. _ (c) Make an authentic model of an Indian dwelling used by any Indian tribe, group, or nation. _ (d) Visit a muse um to see Indian artifacts . Talk about them with your counselor. Identi fy at leas t 1 O artifacts by shap-J, size, and u se . __ ! __ 3. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Learn three Indian games . Tea ch and lead one game with a Scout group. _ (b) Learn and s how Indian -style cooking . Co ok three thing s. _ (c) Show the Indian way of hunting , fi shing , or trapping. __ ! __ 4. Do ONE of the following : _ (a) Take part in an Indian show in which dances and song s, ba sed on auth ent ic Indian themes , are u sed . _ (b) Sing two Indian songs in Indian d ia l ect. Explain their meaning . 20 - _ (c) Plan and take part in an Indian campfire ceremony based on an Indian theme. _ (d) Learn in Indian dialect at least 25 common terms and their meaning. _ (e) Show 25 signs in Indian sign language. Include those that will help you ask for water, food, and where the path or road leads. _ (f) Learn in English an Indian story of at least 300 words, or any number of shorter ones adding up to 300 words. Tell the story at a Scout meeting or campfire. _ (g) Write or tell about eight things adopted by others from the Indian. _ (h) Learn 25 Indian place names. Tell their origin and meaning. _ (i) Name five well-known Indian chiefs. Give their tribes. Describe their relationship to history. Leatherwork Counselor:. __ __________________ _ __ ! _ 1. Collect samples of five different kinds of leather. Learn the chief characteristics and best uses of each. __ / _ 2. Make an article of leather which uses at least four of the following: _(a) Transfer of a cutting panern or tooling design _ (b).Cutting leather _ (c) Decoration of the leather by tooling or stamping _ (d) Applying dye and.or finish to the project _ (e) Punching holes · _ (f) Lacing or stitching _ _ ! _ 3. Recondition or show that you can take proper care of leather shoes or other leather articles such as hiking boots or a baseball glove. _ _ ! _ _ 4. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Learn how to tan, cure, and finish leather. _ (b) Tan or cure the skin of a small animal. _ (c) Plait or braid an article of leather. Make a terminal Turk's head. _ (d) Visit a leather shop, tannery, saddle shop, or a leather goods manufacturer. Find out how they use leather and report what you learned. 2 1 Lifesaving Counselor:. _ ____________________ _ __ / _ 1. Before doing the following requirements: _ (a) Earn Swimming merit badge. _ (b) Swim 400 meters (440 yards). __ / _ 2. Explain: _ (a) The Safe Swim Defense. _ (b) The order of methods in water rescue. _ _ I _ 3. Show reaching rescues using such things as arms. legs, branches, sticks. towels, shirts, paddles. and poles. __ ! _ 4. Show rescues using items that can be thrown. such as lines. ring buoys. and free-floating supports. __ / _ 5. Show or explain the use of rowboats. canoes, and other small craft in making rescues. __ / _ 6. With a helper and a subject. show a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. Use a 15-meter (50-foot) length of line. If available, demonstrate the use of a torpedo buoy and rescue tube. __ ! __ 7. Show twice that you can remove street clothes· on shore (except underwear or swim trunks) in 20 seconds or less. Explain the importance of disrobing before a swimming rescue. __ / __ 8. Explain the importance of avoiding contact with a subject; explain "lead" and ·wait" tactics; and explain why equipment should be used in a swimming rescue. __ ! __ 9. Swim 9 meters (30 feet) and make the correct approach to a tired swimmer. Move him 9 meters (30 feet) to safety using: (a) underarm swim-along. (b) two-man assist, (c) tired swimmer carry. __ !_ 10. Keeping the practice victim in sight al all times. make a leaping entry, swim 9 meters (30 feet) with a strong approach stroke, and low the subject back to pier or poolside using: _ (a) a shirt or other equipment _ (b) the rear approach and cross chest tow _ (c) the front approach and wrist tow. Remove the practice victim from the water and place in position for resuscitalioh. _ _ !_ 11 . Show in deep water your defense against grasps by blocking, and escaping. Free yourself from both front and rear holds. __ !_ 12. Make four surface dives in 2.4 meters (8 feel) of water. Retrieve an object three times. Bring up a 10-pound object once. 22 __ /_ 13. Show search techniques: _ (a) As a part of a lost swimmer drill, _ (b) As a diver using mask, fins, and a snorkel (not scuba). __ I_ 14. Explain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and show evidence of having completed a minimum of 3 hours instruction (not certification) in CPR skills:• • "Street clothes# means low shoes, socks, underwear (or swim trunks), pants, belt, and long-sleeve shirt. A jacket or sweater or sweatshirt also may be • • Resources for CPR instruction include local chapters of the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association, rescue squads, fire departments, hospitals, medical societies, BSA aquatic instructors, YMCA aquatic instructors, or any person having completed the CPR basic life support course. Metalwork @ I 1. Use tin cans to make two useful things that need cutting, - - - - bending, and edging. _ _ / _ 2. Make two (or more) useful things from metal which is 20 gauge or thicker. In making these. use each of the following methods: _ (a) Etch a design. _ (b) Hollow or otherwise shape a part. _ (c) Join two pieces of metal with solder or rivets _ (d) Stamp a pattern with stamps you have made yourself. Motorboating Counselor: ___ _ _ _ ___ ___ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ 1. Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl, then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn. 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Show you know safety laws for motorboating : _ (a) Have a permit to run a motorboat, if n eeded. _ (b) Explain laws affecting pleasure boating in your state . _ (c) Discuss with your counselor how the hazards of weather and heavy wat er condi tions can aftecl both safety and performance in motorboating _ (d) Pronise that you will live up to the Scout Boating Code . Explain the meaning of each point. _ (e) Discuss with your counselor the nautical ru les or the road and describe the national and your state aids to navigation. _ (f) Explain and show the correct use of equipment required by both state and federal regulations to be carried aboard a motorboat. _ (g) Explain the requirement on federal and state ventilation rules and state why this is needed . _ _ ! _ 3. Show you know how to run a motorboat by doing the following the right way: _ (a) Get in a boat. _ (b) Fuel and check motor before starting. _ (c) Start motor and get under way from a dock or beach. _ (d) Run a straight course for a quarter mile . Make right angl e turns to left or right. Make a U-turn _ (e) Stop boat. Drop anchor. Raise it. Get under way . _ (f) Come alongside a dock. Tie up or beach . __ ! __ 4. Show how to: _ (a) Tie up or take boat from water. _ (b) Store gear. _ (c) Prepare motor for the winter. Nature __ ! __ 1 . Name three ways in which plants are important to animals __ / _ 2 . Name three ways in which anima ls are important to plants I 3 . Examine the term Hfood chain.H Give an example of a four -- -- step land food chain and a four-step water food chain. __ / _ 4 . Do all t he requirements in FIVE of the following fi elds: Birds _ (a) In the field, identify eight species of birds . _ (b) Make and se t ou t a birdhouse; OR a feeding stal ion OR a birdbath List what birds used it dunng 1 monlh . 26 Mammals _ (a) In the field, identify three species of wild mammals. _ (b) Make plaster casts of the tracks of a wild mammal. Reptiles or Amphibians _ (a) Show that you can recognize the poisonous snakes ir your area. Identify in the field three species of reptile~ or amphibians. _ (b) Recognize one species of toad or frog by voice; OR identify one reptile or amphibian by eggs, den. burrow, or other signs. Insects or Spiders _ (a) Collect, mount, and label 10 species of insects or spiders. _ (b) Hatch an insect from the pupa or cocoon: OR hatct adults from nymphs; OR keep larvae until they forrr pupae or cocoons: OR keep a colony of ants or bees through one season. Fish _(a) Catch and identify two species of fish. _ (b) Collect four kinds of animal food eaten by fish in the wild. Mollusks and Crustaceans _ (a) Identify five species of mollusks and crustaceans. _ (b) Collect, mount, and label six shells. Plants _ (a) In the field, identify 15 species of wild plants. _ (b) Collect and label seeds of six plants; OR the leaves of 12 plants. Soils and"Rocks _ (a) Collect and identify soils found in different layers of a soil profile. _ (b) Collect and identify five different types of rocks from your area. __ ! __ 5. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Raise tadpoles from eggs; OR raise adults from tadpoles; OR keep an adult reptile or amphibian so it stays healthy for 1 month. _ (b) Develop a simple aquarium with fish and plant life. Keep it so they stay healthy for 1 month. (c) Develop an aquarium. Keep in it two species of mollusks or crustaceans so they stay healthy for 1 month. 27 _ (d) Build a terrarium with t hree species o t plants. Ke ep it so the plants stay healthy for 1 month . _ (e) Grow seeds tor 1 month in two kinds of so il Describe difference in rate ot growth . NOTE : Under the Endangered Species Act ol 1973, some plants and ani mals are or may be protected by federal law. The same ones or others may be protected by state law . Be sure that you do not collect protected species. Orienteering Counselor: _______________ _ _____ _ __ / _ 1. Explain what orienteering is. _ _ / _ 2. Do the following : _ (a) Point out and name five major terrain feature s on a map and in the field. _ (b) Point out and name 1 O symbols often found on a topographic map. __ / _ 3 . Do the following : _ (a) Explain how a compass works . Describe the features of an orienteering compass and their uses. _ (b) In the field, show how to take a compass bearing and how to follow one. __ / _ 4. Do the following : _ (a) Explain the meaning of declination. Tell why declination must be taken into consideration when using map and compass together. _ (b) Provide a topographi c map of your area with magnetic north -south line s. _ (c) Show how to transfer a direction on a map to your compass . __ / _ 5 . Do the following : _ (a) Show how to measure distance, using a sca le on an orienteering compass. _ (b) Set up a 300m pace course. Figure out your running pace for 100 met ers . _ _ / _ 6. Do the following : _ (a) Explain a descriptive clue. Tell how it is u sed in orienteering. _ (b) Explain how to use an attack point. Describe th e offset technique . Tell what is mean t by collecting f eatures . __ / _ 7. Do the following : _ (a) Take part in three orienteering events . One of th ese must be a c ross-country course . 28 _ (b) After each course. write a report with (1) a copy of the master map and descriptive clues, (2) a copy of the route you took on the course, (3) a discussion of how you could improve your time between points, and (4) list of your major weaknesses on this course. Describe what you could do to improve. __ ! __ 8. Do ONE of the following: _ (a) Set up a cross-country course at least 2,000m long with five control markers. Prepare the master map. Mark the descriptive clues. _ (b) Set up a score-orienteering course with 12 points and a time Hmit of 60 minutes. Prepare the master map. Set the descriptive clues and point value for each control on this course. __ ! _ 9. Act as an official during an orienteering event. (This may be during the running of the course you set up for requirement 8.) _ _ !_ 10. Teach orienteering techniques to your patrol, troop, or post. Pioneering Counselor:. ___________________ _ _ __ / _ 1. Hand coil a length of rope. _ _ / _ 2. Describe the following: _ (a) Kinds of rope _ (b) Care of rope _ (c) Weakening effects of knots __ ! _ _ 3. Tie 1 O knots and hitches. Explain how to use them in pioneering. __ / _ 4. Make a short, end, and eye spfice. __ ! _ _ 5. Build a machine to make rope. Using twine or cord, make a 6-foot rope 1 /2 inch or more in diameter. Whip the ends. __ / _ 6. Make and show one device for moving heavy logs or rocks. Use rope and natural materials. OR use rope to build a conveyor cable system for hauling materials over a ravine or up a steep hillside. __ / _ 7. Build ONE of the following: log bridge, signal tower, monkey bridge, shelter, or ran: Take down after use and inspection. Follow an approved design. Use square, diagonal, and shear lashings. • This may be done in a camp pioneering area using camp poles. Live trees should never be cut without permission of the property owner. Help from another Scout may be used. 2 9 Rifle Shooting Counselor: _______ _____________ _ _ _ 1 __ 1. Do the following: _ (a) Explain why BB and pellet air guns must always be treated with th e same re spect as firearms. _ (b) Describe how you would react if a friend visiting your home asked to see your or your family' s firearm(s) . _ (c) Explain th e need, use. and types of eye and ear protection . _ (d) Give the main points of the laws for owning and using guns in your community and state. _ (e) Explain how hunting is related to th e wise use of renewable wildlife resources. _ (I) Explain the main points of hunting laws in your state and give any special laws on the use o l guns or ammunition. _ (g) list the kinds ol wildlife that can be legally hunted in your stale. _ (h) Identify and explain th e rifle sports shot in the Olympic Games. ldent1ly places in your community where you could shoot these sports . _ (i) List the sources lhat you could contact for information on firearms and their use. __ I __ 2 . Don ONE ot the following : Option A- Rifle Shooting• (Modern Cartridge Type) _ (a) Identify the principal parts of a rifle , achon types, and how they fun ctio n. _ (b) Identify and demonstrate the three rules for handling a rifle safely. _ (c) Identity rifle ammunition parts and th eir function . _ (d) Identify seven different calibers of nlle ammunition Explain which one you would use and why (e) Identify and demonstrate the live fundamental s ol shoo ting a rifle. _ ( f) Identity and explain eac h rul e for shooting a nfle saf ely _ (g )Demonstrate the knowledge, skill, and at1 1tude necessary to saf e ly shoot a targ et fro m th e bench re st position, using the fiv e fundamentals ol nlle shoo1ing _ (h) Identity th e mat erials need ed to clean a rifl e _ (1) Demonstra te how to clean a nfle s afely 30 _ (j) Demonstrate the standing, kneeling, prone, and sitting positions. _ (k) Discuss what points you would consider in selecting a rifle. _ (I) Using a 22-caliber rimfire rifle and shooting from a bench rest (supported) position at 50 feet, fire five groups (three shots per group) that can be covered by a quarter. Adjust sights to center the group on the target and fire live groups (five shots per group). According to the target used, each shot in the group must meet the following minimum score: ( 1) A-32 targets- 9, (2) A-17 or TQ-1 targets-8, (3) A-36 targets- 6. •Option B, Air Rifle Shooting, and Option C, Muzzle-loading Rifle Shooting, are not available at Kia Kima. Rowing Counselor: _____________________ _ _ _ / __ 1. Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl, then swim 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp tum. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as possible. __ / _ 2. Review and discuss Safety· Afloat and demonstrate the proper fit and use of personal floatation devices (PFDs). __ ! __ 3. Do the following correctly in either a fixed seat or sliding seat rowboat: _ (a) Launch and land from and to shore. _ (b) Row in a straight line for a quarter mile. Stop, make a pivot tum, and return to the starting point. _ (c) Backwater in a straight line for 50 yards. Make a turn under way still backing water. Return to the starting point. _ (d) Properly moor or rack your craft. Demonstrate your ability to tie the following mooring knots: clove hitch, round turn and two half hitches. bowline, and hitching tie or moorinQ hitch. 31 _ _ ! _ _ 4 . In a fixed seat rowboa t , do the following : _ (a) Come alongside a dock and help a passenger into the boat. Row 50 fe et, stop, pivot, and come back to th e dock. Help the passenger from th e boat _ (b) Show sculling in good form over the stern for 25 yards . Tum under way , and return to starting point. _ _ ! _ 5. Alone, or with one other person who is a swimmer, tip over a rowboat Turn it right side up, get in, and row or paddle 25 yards with hands or oars . Tell why you shou ld stay with a swamped boat.· _ ! _ 6. Alone in a rowboat push off from shore or dock. Row 25 yards to a swimmer. Wh ile giving instructions to the swimmer, tum the boat so that th e swimmer may hold onto the stem. Tow him to sho re . _ _ ! _ 7. Show and explain the proper u se of anchors for rowboats. _ _ ! _ _ 8. Describe the following : _ (a) Types of craft used in commercial, competitive, and recreational rowing . _ (b) Four common boatbuilding materials. Give some good and bad points of each . _ (c) Types of oarlocks used in commercial, competitive, and recreationa l rowing . _ _ ! _ _ 9. Discuss the following : _ (a) The advantage of feathering oars while rowing. _ (b) How to handle a rowboat in a storm . _ (c) How to properly fit out and maintain a boat in season. How to prepare and store a boat for winter. _ (d) How to calculate the weight a boat may carry under normal conditions. _ (e) The diff erences between fixed seat and sliding seat rowing . _ (f) The different meaning of the term ·scumng· in fixed and sliding seat rowing. _ (g) The health benefits from rowing for exercise. • Th is requirement can be met in shallow wate r. Shotgun Shooting~ Counselor: _ _______________ ___ _ _ __ / __ 1. Do th e following : _ (a) Explain wh y BB and pellet air guns must always be treated with the same respect as firearms. 32 _ (b) Describe how you would react if a friend visiting your home asked to see your or your family's firearm(s) . _ (c) Explain the need , use, and types of eye and ear protection. _ (d) Give the main points of the laws for owning and using guns in your community and state . _ (e) Explain how hunting is related to the wise use of renewable wildlife resources. _ (f) Explain the main points of hunting laws in your state and give any special laws on the use of guns or ammunition. _ (g) List the kinds of wildlife that can be legally hunted in your state. _ (h) Identify and explain the rifle sports shot in the Olympic Games . Identify places in your community where you could shoot these sports . _ (i) List the sources that you could contact for information on firearms and their use. __ / _ 2. Don ONE of the following: Option A-Shotgun Shooting• (Modern Cartridge Type) _ (a) Identify the principal parts of a shotgun , action types, and how they function . _ (b) Identify the rules for safe gun handling . _ (c) Demonstrate how to handle shotguns in a safe manner. _ (d) Identify the parts of a shotgun shell and their functions. _ (e) Identify the various gauges of shotguns . Explain which one you would pick for use and why. _ (f) Identify and demonstrate the five fundamentals of shooting a shotgun. _ (g) Identify and explain each rule for shooting a shotgun safely. . _ (h) Demonstrate the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to safely shoot moving targets, using the fundamentals of shotgun shooting. _ (i) Identify the materials needed to clean a shotgun . _ U) Demonstrate how to clean a shotgun safely . _ (k) Discuss what points you would consider in selecting a shotgun . _ (I) Shooting score required - Hit at least 24 (48 percent) out of 50 targets (two 25-target rounds) . The two rounds do not need to be shot in consecutive order . Shooting skill rules : • Targets must be thrown by a hand trap, manual mec hanical , or on any trap or skeet field. Note: 33 If using a hand trap or manual mec han ical trap, the trap operator should be at least 5 fee t to the right and 3 feet to the rear of the shooter. If throwing left- handed with a hand trap this should be reversed . • All targets should be thrown at a reasonable sped and in the same direction. • Targets should be generally thrown so as to climb in the air after leaving the trap. • Scores may be fired at any time , either in formal competition or in practice. · Any gauge shotgun not exceeding 12 gauge may be used . • Standard clay targets customarily used for trap and skeet are to be used. • Any ammunition, either factory or handloaded, may be used . • Shooters must shoot in rounds of 25 . Rounds need not be shot continuously or on the same day (the term "round" refers to a single series of 25 shots) . Option B - Muzzle-loading Shotgun Shooting , is not avai lable at Kia Kima. Small Boat Sailing ® Couns elor: ___ ___ ________ _ _____ _ _ __ ! __ 1. Before doing other requirements , successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, swim 75 yards or 75 meters in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes : sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl, then sw im 25 yards or 25 meters using an easy, resting backstroke . The 100 yards or 100 meters must be swum continuously and include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating as motionless as possible. __ / __ 2.Describe the boat you will be using for the sailing requirement, naming all of the major parts and the function of those parts." Tell the difference between keel, c enterboard, dagge r board, bilgeboard , and l eeboard . Ex plain the pu rpo se ot each . · __ ! __ 3. Before going afloat , do th e following : _ (a) Di sc uss th e nine poi nts ol the BS A Safety Afl oat plan . 34 _ (b) Discus s the rules of the road in general and any specific rules or laws that apply lo your area or state . _ (c) Discuss with your co unselor how th e ha za rd s of weather and heavy water co nditions can aff ect both safety and performance in sa ili ng. _ (d) Prepare a typical float plan . __ / _ 4. With the help of a buddy, show you can sail a boat properly by doing the following: _ (a) Prepare the boat for sailing: include a salety inspection . _ (b) Get under way from a dock, mooring, or beach . _ (c) Properly set sai ls for a course that will incl ude running, beating, and reaching-the basic points of sailing. _ (d) Change tack by coming about; by jibing. _ (e) Anchor properly. _ (f) Demonstrate the rescue of a man overboard and capsize procedures:· _ (g) Demonstrate the procedure to use in the following : helping others, bad weather, running aground. (h) Upon returning to your dock, mooring, or beach, properly secure all equipment. furl or stow sai ls , and prepare the craft for unattended docking, mooring, or beaching for overnight or longer. __ ! _ 5. Have a working knowledge of marlinspike seamanship and do the following: _ (a) Show how to lie the square or reef knot , clove hitch , two half- hitches. bowline, figure - eight knot. and mooring hitch. Demonstrate the use of each. _ (b) Show how to heave a line. coil a line, fake down a line. _ (c) Whip the end of a line : tell why whipping s are used . _ (d) Discuss the kinds of lines used on sailboats and the types of fibers used in their manufacture . Tell the advantages and disadvantages of each . __ / _ 6. Describe how you would care for and maintain a sailboat and its gear throughout the year. __ ! _ 7. With the counselor, review sailing terminology : include points of sailing . Discuss various types of sailboa ts in use today; tell their differences . __ 1 __ a. Give a short history of sailing in the United States. including its importance in the growth of our nation . Discuss commercial and recreational sailing, including racing and the America's Cup. This requirement may be comple ted in written or oral form. The skills may be demon st rated on any boat available to the Scout. While no specific sail plan is recommended , it is suggested that craft be under 20 feet. The boat must have the capability of sailing to windward . 3 5 Capsize procedures should be conducted under the close supervision of the counselor. A rescue boat should be standing by to assist, if necessary, and to tow the capsized craft to shore. Sell-bailing boats are acceptable for this requirement. Extreme care should be taken to avoid personal injury and damage to !he boat or its equipment. Soil and Water Conservation __ / _ 1. Do the following: _(a) Tell what soil is. Tell how it is formed. _ (b) Describe three kinds of soil. Tell how they are different. _ (c) Name the three main plant nutrients in fertile soil. Tell how they can be put back when used up. __ / __ 2. Do the following: _ (a) Define soil erosion. _ (b) Tell why it is important. Tell how it affects you. _ (c) Name three kinds of soil erosion. Describe each. _ (d) Take pictures or draw two kinds of soil erosion. __ / _ 3. Do the following: _(a) Tell what is meant by conservation practices. _ (b) Describe the effect of three kinds of erosion-control practices. _ (c) Take pictures or draw three kinds of erosion-control practices. _ (d) Explain how land use and land conservation work together. __ I __ 4. Do the following: _(a) Explain what a watershed is. _ (b) Outline the smallest watershed that you can find on a contour map. _ (c) Then outline on your map, as far as possible, the next larger watershed which also has the smallest in it. _ (d) Explain what a river basin is. Tell why all people living in it should be concerned about land and water use in ii. __ ! _ 5. Do the following: _ (a) Make a drawing to show the water cycle. _ (b) Show by demonstration at least two of the following actions of water in relation to soil: percolation, capillary action. precipitation, evaporation. transportation. 36 _ (c) Explain how removal of vegetation will affect the way water runs off a watershed. _ (d) Tell how uses of forest, range, and farm land affect usable water supply. _ (e) Explain how industrial communities, and individuals can conserve water. _ (f) Tell how farmers, industry, communities. and individuals can conserve water. __ ! _ 6. Do the following: _ (a) Tell what is meant by water pollution. (b) Describe common sources of water pollution and explain the effects. _ (c) Tell what is meant by "primary water treatment," "secondary waste. treatment ," and "biochemical oxygen demand." _ (d) Make a drawing showing the principles of complete waste treatment. __ ! _ 7. Do TWO of the following: _ (a) Make a trip to two of the following places. Write a report of more than 500 words about the soil and water and energy conservation practices you saw. (1) An agricultural experiment. (2) A managed forest or woodlot, range, or pasture. (3) A wildlife refuge or a fish or game menagement area. (4) A conservationmanaged farm or ranch. (5) A managed watershed. (6) A waste-treatment plant. (7) A public drinking water treatment plant. (8) Industry water use installation. (9) Desalinization plant. _ (b) Plant 100 trees bushes, and/or vines for a good purpose. _ (c). Seed an area of at least 115 acre for some worthwhile conservation purpose, using suitable grasses or legumes alone or in a mixture. _ (d) Study a soil survey report..Describe the things in it. On tracing paper over any of the soil maps, outline an area with three or more different kinds of soil. List each kind of soil by full name and map symbol. _ (e) Make a list of places in your neighborhood, camps, school ground, or park having erosion. sedimentation, or pollution problems. Describe how these could be corrected through individual or group action. _ (f) Carry out any other soil and water conservation project approved in advance. 37 Space Exploration • Counselor:. _ ____________________ _ __ ! __ 1.Tell the purpose of space exploration, including (a) historical reason, (b) immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge, (c) benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products. __ / _ 2. Tell about main steps in humanity's movement into space and tell the contributions of these individuals: Jules Verne, K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, Hermann Oberth, and Wernher von Braun. __ / _ 3. Build, launch, and recover a model rocket.• Make a second launch to accomplish a specific objective. (Rocket roost be built to meet the safety code of the National Association of Rocketry.) Identify and explain the following rocket parts: _ (a) Body tube _ (b) Engine mount _ (c) Fins _ (d) Igniter _ (e) Launch lug _ (f) Nose cone _ (g) Payload _ (h) Recovery system _ (i) Rocket engine __ / _ 4. Discuss and demonstrate each of the following: _ (a) The law of action-reaction _ (b) How rocket engines work _ (c) How satellites stay in orbit _ (d) How satellite pictures of the Earth and pictures of other planets are made and transmitted _ _ / _ _ 5. Discuss what has been learned about the Moon and planets by manned and unmanned spacecraft exploration and the possible benefits of new knowledge. Do TWO of the following: _ (a) Construct a data table of recent information about the planets. For each planet, give important facts, including distance from the sun, period of revolution, rotation, number of moons, etc. _ (b) Make a scrapbook of magazine photographs and news clippings about planetary research. _ (c) Design a spacecraft that will be sent on a mission to another planet to take samples of its surface and return them to Earth. Name the planet your spacecraft will visit, and, in your design, show how the spacecraft will work and cope with the environment of that planet. 38 __ I _ _ 6. Describe lhe purpose and operation of the space shuttle. Discuss the following: _ (a) Main components _ (b) Typical mission profile _ (c) Payloads / _ 7. Design an Earth-orbiting space station. Make drawings or a model ol your station. Within your design, consider and plan for the following: _ (a) Source ol energy _ (b) How it will be constructed _ (c) Lile-support systems _ (d) Purpose and function . __ ! _ _ a. Discuss with your counselor two possible careers m space exploration. If local laws prohibit launching model rockets, do the following activity: make a model of a NASA rocket. Explain the functions of the parts. Give the history of the rocket. Swimming Counselor:. ________ ____ _________ _ _ _ / _ 1. Explain how swimming should be conducted safely for a group (Safe Swim Defense plan). __ ! _ 2. Swim continuously for 150 meters or yards using the following strokes in good form: sidestroke for 50 meters or yards, elementary backstroke for 50 meters or yards, and any of the fo llowing strokes for the last 50 meters or yards: trudgen, crawl, back crawl, or breast. _ _ ! _ 3. Surface dive headfirst into water over your head but not to exceed 8 feet and bring up .an object from the bottom. Repeat using the feet-first method of water entry. _ _ / _ 4. Show a plain front dive from a low board, if available. Show a headfirst dive from a dock. Show a racing start. __ ! __ 5. Enter waler over your head wearing clothes. (Clothes means shoes, socks, underwear or trunks, long pants, bell and long·sleeve shirt.) Remove shoes and socks. Inflate shirt and show thal you can float using the shirt for support. Remove the pants and use them for support while floating. Swim 50 meters or yards using inflated clothing for support. _ _ ! __ 6. Do the following: _ (a) Float lace up in a resting position, as nearly motionless as possible. for 1 minute. 39 _ (b) Float face down in a related position using minimum movement of arms and legs to rai se head for breathing and keep body afloat for 1 O minutes or longer I __ 7. Do the following : _ (a) Demonstrate rescuing a person from wat er by reaching with arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object and by throwing lines and floating ob1ects. (b) Explain why swimming rescues shou ld not be attempted when a reaching or throwing assist or boat rescue can be done. Explain why and how a person making a swimming rescue should avoid cont act with the victim Weather Counselor:. ___ _ ___ _ _________ ___ _ _ __ / _ _ 1 Define meteorology. Explain how the weather affects farmers, sailors, aviators. and the outdoors construction industry. Tell why weather forecasts are important to each of these groups. _ _/ _ _ 2 Name five dangerous weather-related conditions. Give the safety rules for each when outdoors and explain the difference between a severe weather watch and warning. Discuss the safety rules with your family. __ I __ 3. Draw cross sections of a cold front and a warm front showing the location and movements of the cold and warm air, the frontal slope, the location and types of clouds associated with the front, and the location of rain. Tell the differences between a co ld front and a warm front. - -'--4 Tell what causes wind, why it rains, and how lightning and hail are formed Explain the difference between high and low pressure systems in the atmosphere and tell which is related to good and poor weather. __ I __ 5 Identify and describe clouds in the low, middle, and upper levels or the atmosphere. Relate these to specific types of weather. _ 1 _ _ 6 Draw a diagram of the water cycl e and label its major processes. Explain the water cycle to your counselor. _ _1 __ 7. Deline acid rain Identify which human activities pollute the atmosphere as well as the ellects such pollution can have on people. 1 __ 8 Do ONE of the following · 40 (a) Make one or th e following instruments · wind vane . anemometer. rain gauge, hygrometer . Keep a daily wea ther log for 1 w eek using information lrom thi s Instrument as well as from o ther sources such as local radio and television sta tions or NOAA Weather Radio The followi n g information should be reco rded at th e sa me time every day: wind direction and speed. temperature, precipitation, and types o f clouds. Be sure to make a note of any morning dew or frost. In th e log, also li st the weather forecasts lrom radio or television at th e same time each day a nd show how the weather really turn ed out. _ (b) Visit a Nati onal Weather Service office or talk with a local r adio or television weatherca s ter, private meteorologist, local agricultural Extension Service office, o r university meteorology instructor. Find out what types o f weather is most d ang erous or damaging to your community. De termine how severe w eath er and flood warnings reach the homes in your communi ty. __ / _ 9 Do ONE of the following : (a) Give a talk of more than 5 minutes to your unit explaining the camping safety rul es in the event of lightning , flash floods, and tornadoes. Before your talk, show your outline to your counselor for approval . (b) Read several articles abou t acid rain and give a prepared talk of more than 5 ninutes about the articles to your unit. Before your talk, show your ou t line to you r counselor for approval. Wilderness Survival __ ! __ 1. From memory, describe the priorities for surviv al in a backcountry or wilderness location. __ ! _ _ 2 . Describe w ays to (a) avoid panic and (b) maintain a high level of morale when lost. __ ! _ _ 3 Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses likely to occur In backcountry outings, including hypothermia. hyperthermia. heat stroke, heat exhaustion. fros tbit e. 4 1 dehydration, sunburn, stings, ticks, snakebite, blisters, and hyperventilation. __ / _ 4.Tell what you would do to survive in the following environments· _ (a) Cold and snowy _ (b) Wei (forest) _ (c) Hot and dry (desert) _ (d) Windy (mountains or plains) _ (e) Water (ocean or lake) __ / _ 5. Make up a small survival kit and be able to explain how each item in 11 is useful __ / _ 6 Show that you can start fires using three methods other than matches. __ / _ 7 Do the following : _ (a) Tell five d11feren1 ways of attracting attention when lost. _ (b} Show how to use a signal mirror to attract attention when lost. _ (c) From memory, describe five international ground -to-air signals and tell what they mean. _ _ / _ 8. Show that you can find and improvise a natural shelter minimizing th e damage to the environment\ _ _ / _ 9. Spend a night in your shelter. __ / _ 1 O Explain how to protect yourself against insects, reptiles, rodents, and bears. __ I _ 11 Show three ways to punfy water __ /_ 12. Show that you know the proper clothing to be worn in your area on an overnight in extremely hot weather and extremely cold weather. __ I_ 13 Explain why it usually is not wise to eat edible wild plants or wildlife in a wilderness survival situation Wood Carving __ / _ 1. Give the qualities of wood that are use ful for carving. Tell why you chose the wood used in requirements 4 and 5 __ / _ 2. Do the following : _ (a) Describe five wood-carving tools . Tell their uses. _ (b) Describe several kinds of sharpening stones. Tell how they are used. _ (c) Show how to sharpen a pockelknife and other tools used in woodcarving Use a sharpening stone and a 42 ·slipstick" that you have made. __ ! _ _ 3. Show the safety princi ples for using a pocketknife and woodcarving tools. __ ! _ 4. Plan and carve in the round a simple object. Prepare it for finish. _I_ 5. Plan and carve in low relief a design on some simple object. Prepare it for finish. OUTDOOR CODE As an American, I will do my best to- BE CLEAN IN MY oumooR MANNERS I wlll treat the outdoors as a heritage. I wlll try to Improve It for myself and others. I will keep my trash and garbage out of America's waters, fields, woods, and roadways. BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE I will prevent wlldflre. I will bulld my fire In a safe place and be sure It Is out before I leave. BE CONSIDERATE IN THE OUTDOORS I wlll treat public and private property with respect. I will remember that use of the outdoors is a right that I can lose by abuse. BE CONSERVATION-MINDED I will learn how to practice good conservation of soil, waters, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife, and energy. I will urge others to do the same. 43 BSA Utegum1r Explain and demonstrate (when applicable) the following requirements· 1. Aquatics skill. (a) Swim 800 meters ('h mile) (b) Demonstrate skill and knowledge in current requirements of the following merit badge subjects (I) Swimming (2) Lifesaving (3) Rowing (4) Canoeing (5) First Aid (c) Throw lin e for a ccuracy JO met ers three times in I minute 2. Safe Swim Defense 3 Safety Afloat 4. First aid. 5. Emerge ncy a ctio n. ·s... ~.,- .... ISi. Ultr-d "" 40~ lc>t 6-uoltd Aq'Vtff1'1'("nta Snorkeling, BSAt I. Pus Swimmer test. 2 Explain buddy system. 3. Define snorkeling. 4. Demonstrate use of ma.sk and snorkel. 44 5. Demonstrate use o l swim fins. 6. Perform deepwater demonstrations. 1. Recover objects. 8. Explain snorkeling preparation and precautions. 9 . Disc uss submerged-related fact o rs 10 . Discuss submersion effects; CPR 11 . Explain hyperventilation 12. Explain hypothermia. 13. Demonstrate divers· signs and signaJs. Mile Swim, BSA (SWIM -TRUNKS EMBLEM ONLY) R1qulr1men11 : I . Explain how regular exercise contributes to good hea..lth and why swimming is one of the best forms o f exercise. 2. Tell what precautions and procedures a swimmer and escort must follow for distance swimming over open water. 3. Under the supervisio n of a currently quaiified certified aquatics Instructor, BS'., or equivalent, participate in 4 houn of training and preparation lor distance IWimmlng (1 hour a day maximum), 4. Swim 1 mile (1,fJOO meters) over an approved. measured course. m"•anp ! ~--- - --~ -- - -- ·~- - - [: ~~::;-~=-~ ~ - - - ·- - ·-:..... - - J' Totin' Chip I . Read and understand woods lools use and safety tools from the Boy Scout Ha ndbook. 2. De mons trate proper handling. care. and use of the Scout knife. ax, and saw. 3 . Use knife, ax, and saw ;u tools. not playthings. 4. Respect all safety rules to protect others. 5. Respect property and not cut living trees. fi. I will s ubscribe to the Outdoor Code. I realize that my "Totin' Rights" can be taken from me if I fail in my responsibility. World Conservation Award You c an earn this award by earning the foll owing merit badges: I. En v iro nmental Science merit badge. 2. Either Soil and Water Conservatio n or Fish and Wildlife Management merit badge. :l. Citizenship in the Wo rld merit bad Re . 45 Paul Bunyan Woodsman (TRAIL PACI OR llANIET EMIWI) Study chapter 6 in the Fieldbook and <kmonstrate to your Scoutmaster ol other qualified person designated by him the following: l . Show that you have earned the T~ tin' Chip. 2 . Help a Scout or patrol to eam the Totin' Chip and <kmonstrate to him (them) the value of proper woods loots use on a troop camping trip. 3. Using a saw or 3A ax and a wood or plastic wedge and mallet cut a log 6-8 feet long and 4 or more inches in diameter into 2-foot lengths. Splil these 2-fool lengths into quarters. 4 . With official approvaJ and supervision do ONE of the following: (a) Clear trails of fire lanes for 2 hours. (b) Demonstrate how to fell a standing tree 4 inches or more at the butt. Lop branches.. Make a brush pile. Cut tree into 2-foot lengths and stack. (c) 1\im a downed tree. cut into 4-foot lengths and stack; make a brush with branches. (d) Build a natural retaining wall or irrigation way to aid in a planned conservation effort . (e) Participate in an approved "SOAR for the Better Lile" or conservation effort project in your council. NOTES 46 NOTES 47 NOTES 48 ICIA ICIMA • SPIA.IT • llA llHA AUtA HATEl . ~ICM AIOVE THE SOUTH - FOll WAtias lEAlED AGAINST THE SlY , raouDLY STANDS oua DEA• OLD CAHP AS THE YEAlS lOLL IY . 0 NWA•D !VU IE oua VATCHWOltD COteQUEa AND ratVAIL , HElE'S TO THEE OLD llA llHA I . S . A. ALL RAIL . llACIC Vllttl• At llA ll"A SUMMU or I tu . TO CAMP ME CAMPER'S SCHEDULE SUNDAY ~<.J NDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY BREAKFAST 9AM CHECK OUT 10 AM BY 10 A.M. 11 AM LUNCH 2 PM CHECK JN GO TO SITE MEDICAL CK BULLY 3 PM CAMP TOUR WUMPUS SWIM CHECK 4PM DRAW EQUIP SUPPER 7 PM Twilight Scoutmasters Twllight OA Activity Roundtable Act ivity Brotherhood CPR Training & Fellowship 8:30 Campfire Vespers Campfire 10 PM TAPS/LIGHTS OUT Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991 Title A name given to the resource 1991 Kia Kima Campers Handbook Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Chuck Schadrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chuck Schadrack 75th Anniversary Bullywumpus Camper Handbook