1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without
using a compass.
2. Using a map and compass, complete an orienteering course that covers
at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of
designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.).
3. Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol activities
(other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping
overnight. Demonstrate the principles of Leave No Trace on these outings.
4a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one
breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner, and that requires cooking at least
two of the meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food
pyramid and meets nutritional needs.
4b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost
and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the
ingredients.
4c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and
serve these meals.
4d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of
fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food
products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic
containers, and other rubbish.
4e. On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise your assistant
(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch,
and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at
the meals and supervise cleanup.
5. Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader
(elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher) your
constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. Citizen.
6. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in
your community.
7a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Then
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.
7b. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
8a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be
used.
8b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the
head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
8c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person
8d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps
(procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
9a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
9b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
9c. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender
and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from
shore in deep water.)
10. Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an inactive Boy
Scout, about your troop's activities. Invite him to a troop outing, activity,
service project, or meeting. Tell him how to join, or encourage the inactive
Boy Scout to become active.
11. Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to the use of
the Internet. Describe a cyberbully and how you should respond to one.
12. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific examples (different from
those used for Tenderfoot requirement 13 and Second Class requirement
11) of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life.
13. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
14. Complete your board of review.
Notes
using a compass.
2. Using a map and compass, complete an orienteering course that covers
at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of
designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.).
3. Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol activities
(other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping
overnight. Demonstrate the principles of Leave No Trace on these outings.
4a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one
breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner, and that requires cooking at least
two of the meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food
pyramid and meets nutritional needs.
4b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost
and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the
ingredients.
4c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and
serve these meals.
4d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of
fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food
products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic
containers, and other rubbish.
4e. On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise your assistant
(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch,
and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at
the meals and supervise cleanup.
5. Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader
(elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher) your
constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. Citizen.
6. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in
your community.
7a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Then
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.
7b. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
8a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be
used.
8b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the
head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
8c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person
- From a smoke-filled room
- With a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards
8d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps
(procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
9a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
9b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
9c. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender
and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from
shore in deep water.)
10. Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an inactive Boy
Scout, about your troop's activities. Invite him to a troop outing, activity,
service project, or meeting. Tell him how to join, or encourage the inactive
Boy Scout to become active.
11. Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to the use of
the Internet. Describe a cyberbully and how you should respond to one.
12. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific examples (different from
those used for Tenderfoot requirement 13 and Second Class requirement
11) of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life.
13. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
14. Complete your board of review.
Notes
- Alternate requirements for the First Class rank are available for
Scouts with physical or mental disabilities - click here to learn more.
- The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class
ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must
be earned in sequence.
- Requirement 14 - (Complete your Board of Review) MAY be done
AFTER the Scout has reached age 18. All other requirements must
be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.
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