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Monthly Theme-
Wilderness Survival

  

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Troop Meeting Ideas

Meeting 1

Hand out worksheets, Go over requirements

Req. 2- Survival Priorities
Req. 3- Avoiding Panic
Req. 4- How to survive in different environments
Req. 5- Survival kits- have example (hand out list of items to include)

Meeting 2 Req. 6- Starting fires without matches
Have items for starting fires- steel wool & battery, magnesium stick, magnifying glass
also have tinder, etc,
Meeting 3 Req. 11- Purifying water
Req. 7- Signalling
Req. 8- shelter building
Meeting 4 Req. 10- protection from animals
Req. 12- clothing
Req. 13- edible wild plants
Test on req 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13
On Campout

Req. 11- Purifying water
Req. 6- Starting fires without matches
Req. 8 & 9- Make a shelter & sleep in it

 

Things to do when working on this merit badge:

  • Get a "blue card" from Danny Stewart, fill in your name, etc, then get the card signed by Clyde Carter (or his substitute).
  • Contact the merit badge counselor
  • Use worksheets to help prepare for Wilderness Survival Merit Badge.  When the requirement says to "explain" something, you will need to be able to make the explanation to your counselor, even if you have already written the information down.  Bring the worksheets to all the meetings this month, or get the Wilderness Survival Merit Badge book and work on it at home. Worksheets for other merit badges are on the internet at http://www.meritbadge.com
  • When you have finished all of the requirements, get the counselor to sign the completed "blue card" and turn it in to Danny Stewart.

Boy Scout Merit Badge Requirements

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
Merit Badge Requirements

1) Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses likely to occur in backcountry outings, including hypothermia, hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, frostbite, dehydration, sunburn, stings, tick bites, snakebite, blisters, and hyperventilation.

2) From memory, describe the priorities for survival in a backcountry or wilderness location.

3) Describe ways to (a) avoid panic and (b) maintain a high level of morale when lost.

4) Tell what you would do to survive in the following environments:
A) Cold and Snowy
B) Wet (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 it is useful.

6) Show that you can start fires using three methods other than matches.

7) Do the following:
A) Tell five different 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 the damage to the environment.

9) Spend a night in your shelter.

10) Explain how to protect yourself against insects, reptiles, rodents, and bears.

11) Show three ways to purify 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.

13) Explain why it usually is not wise to eat edible wild plants or wildlife in a wilderness survival situation.