- 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.
- Spend at least ONE night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch on a ground bed you have prepared.
- Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
- Demonstrate tying two half hitches and a tautline hitch by using these knots to pitch a tent.
- 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.
- Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.
- Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and slogan.
- Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flog.
- Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.
- Record your best in the following tests:
- Pushups
- Pullups
- Situps
- Standing Long Jump
- Run/Walk 500 Yards
- Show improvement in the activities listed above after practicing for 30 days.
- Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
- Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
- Show first aid for the following:
- Simple cuts and scrapes
- Blisters on the hand and foot
- Minor burns or scalds (first degree)
- Bites or stings of insects and ticks
- Poisonous snakebite
- Nosebleed
- Frostbite and sunburn
- Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your board of review
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