8:00 - 10:00
Meet, load gear, drive to campsite
TENDERFOOT # 1.
Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.
Set up camp. Food.
TENDERFOOT # 2.
Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch.
Set up ax yard. Post Duty Roster. (pp. 232-39)
TOTIN'CHIP, FIRE BUILDING
10:00 - 12:00
SECOND CLASS #3.c.
Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used. (pp. 77-85)
SECOND CLASS #3.d
Use the tools listed in requirement 3c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. (pp. 248-55)
SECOND CLASS #3.e.
Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both. (pp. 248-55)
SECOND CLASS #3.f.
Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove. (pp. 249-55)
Fire building competition.
LUNCH
12:00-1:00
Foil Meals
TENDERFOOT #3.
Assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together. (pp. 265-81)
SECOND CLASS 3.g.
On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from the food pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected. (pp. 257-68)
AFTERNOON NATURE HIKE
1:00 – 3:30
Introduction to:
- Map & Compass
- Hiking & Orienteering
TENDERFOOT #5.
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. (pp. 38-41)
SECOND CLASS #1.a.
Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean. (pp. 67-72)
FIRST CLASS #1.
Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass. (pp. 114-117)
TENDERFOOT #11.
Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. (p. 59)
Short stop at Nature Center to review animals and watch birds.
SECOND CLASS #1.b.
Using a compass and a map together, take a 5-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian. (pp. 72-74)
SECOND CLASS #5.
Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community. (pp. 89-92)
FIRST CLASS #6.
Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found in your community. (pp. 131-136)
KNOTS & PIONEERING
3:30 – 5:00pm
TENDERFOOT 4a.
Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope. (p. 34)
TENDERFOOT 4.b.
Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch. (pp. 36-7)
TENDERFOOT 4.c.
Using the EDGE method teach another person how to tie the square knot.
FIRST CLASS 8.a.
Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used. (pp. 148-9)
FIRST CLASS #7.a.
Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. 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.
FIRST CLASS #7.b.
Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
DINNER
5:00 - 7:00
FIRST CLASS #4.e
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. (pp. 248-81)
EVENING
LEAVE NO TRACE
7:00 - 8:00
SECOND CLASS #2.
Discuss the principles of "Leave no Trace".
PRINCIPLES OF LEAVE NO TRACE
Plan Ahead and Prepare
Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
Dispose of Waste Properly (Pack It In, Pack It Out)
Leave What You Find
Minimize Campfire Impacts
Respect Wildlife
Be Considerate of Other Visitors
FREE TIME
LIGHTS OUT
SUNDAY MORNING
BREAKFAST
7:00 - 9:00
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9:00 - 10:00
MAKE ADVANCEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES COUNT
MEMORIAL DAY
TENDERFOOT #6.
Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag. (pp. 42-44
SECOND CLASS #3.
Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity. (p. 87)
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