Metro Lakes Spring Camporee May 2-4, 2014 Camp Woodland, Stearns, MN Any Which Way You Can! Program Features Include: Faux Wound Making, Tin Can Stove Making, Shelters, Codes & Signals, Wildlife Identification, & Cooking. NEW Features for Advanced Scouters include: Paul Bunyan Woodsman Workshop & Project, G.O.A.T., Hornaday Award Orientation, Leave No Trace Award, and Order of the Arrow Meet-N-Greet. ALL Scouts can play MERIT BADGE BINGO and win prizes galore! Contents: 1) -.... /.- -..-...- -...-.... / Scouts may choose to focus on any ONE of these merit badges. 2)..-....-. - / -.-..-... /..-....-. - / / 3) - -..-. - - - -..-..- - - / -.-.......-... / American Cultures 4) - -..-... / -.- -... / -... -. - - / / 5).-.. -... -.-..- -.. -. /...-...- -. / American Heritage (See next page to decode) Scouting Heritage
BE PREPARED MORSE CODE Scouts should practice Morse Code. Each station will have a message to decipher in order to start the activity. For easy learning go to: http://boyslife.org/games/online-games/575/morse-code-machine Scouts can master the visual alphabet in 20 minutes/day for a week. Next, get a buddy and practice without looking at the screen in order to hear the alphabet. Listen to the code, say the letter out-loud, and your buddy can verify answer. Finally, practice sending messages to your buddy and deciphering your buddy s messages by going to: http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html NEW in 2014 Signs, Signals, & Codes Merit Badge At Spring Camporee, Morse Code will be featured at each activity station in preparation for the new merit badge. We hope Scouts will take an interest and practice the code so that when we test at Fall Camporee, several Scouts will earn the Morse Code Interpreter Strip (worn above the right breast pocket). Semaphores and signal flags will also be introduced at the Spring Camporee.
Semaphores, Signal Flags, and Phonetic Alphabet resources needed for Camporee. Try making games using the flags and semaphores to help you learn and remember them. For example, color the flags on 3x5 cards. Each player chooses a card and tapes it to their chest for others to see. All players stand in a circle so they can see the other players flags. One player starts a 4-count cadence and the others join in. The game begins when the leader calls out a flag of another player, using the phonetic alphabet, Foxtrot. The player with the F-flag has until the end of the 4-count to call out another letter or else they leave the circle. If a player calls out a letter that is not in the circle, they leave the circle. Speed up as the circle gets smaller. The game ends when two players are left in the circle (or sooner).
BE PREPARED BLADES Scouts should bring a pocket knife. BE PREPARED CULTURES Scouts working on American Cultures merit badge should prepare a traditional song, dance, or game from their family s ancestry to share and teach others. Also, prepare to discuss the religious and social customs of their family s ancestry. Finally, think of three people of different racial, religious, or ethnic background who have made a significant contribution to the American Culture. BE PREPARED FIRES Scouts should bring an empty tin can and some cardboard for making a tin-can torch/stove. BE PREPARED FIRST AID Scouts should bring an old crew or knee-high sock and some duct tape for making a faux wound. The foot of the sock will be cut off and the leg should still have some stretch in it. BE PREPARED FIRST CLASS FIRST Scouts should bring their Boy Scout Handbook. BE PREPARED HERITAGE Scouts working on American Heritage merit badge should prepare to discuss two people who made a significant impact on America. One should be a Political figure, and the other a Private citizen (these may be two of the three people discussed in American Cultures). Choose an organization that promoted positive change in America (if you choose the Boy Scouts of America it will help you complete Scouting Heritage merit badge). Scouts working on Scouting Heritage merit badge should learn about the history of their Scout Unit. They bring their patch collection to camp and display it for the counselor. They should also visit the North Star Scouting Museum and report on their visit (http://www.nssm.org). BE PREPARED PAUL BUNYAN WOODSMAN Scouts working on Paul Bunyan Woodsman should wear long-legged work pant, boots (steeltoed preferred), and work gloves. Be prepared to work two hours with woodsman tools including
FIRST CLASS FIRST BLADES Please review The Boy Scout Handbook, pages 402-409, POCKETKNIVES, SAWS, AND AXES; page 410, PLANNING YOUR MEALS. FIRST CLASS FIRST FIRES Please review The Boy Scout Handbook, page. 325, STOVES AND CAMPFIRES; pages. 410-415, CAMPFIRES: How to Build a Campfire, Managing and Putting Out a Fire, Camp Stoves. FIRST CLASS FIRST FIRST AID Please review The Boy Scout Handbook, BASIC FIRST AID: pages 140-142, Animal Bites, Spider and Insect Bites and Stings, pages 145-146, Puncture Wounds, pages 148-149, Burns, pages 156-161, Broken Bones. FIRST CLASS FIRST FOOD Please review The Boy Scout Handbook, pages 102-107, EAT A HEALTHY DIET, THE FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; page 316, PLANNING YOUR MEALS; page 317, FOOD FOR THE OUTDOORS; pages 320-324, MENUS; pages 326-329, BE FOOD SAFE, CLEANING UP AFTER MEALS: Dealing with Leftovers, getting Rid of Dishwater, Food Storage. FIRST CLASS FIRST KNOTS Please review The Boy Scout Handbook, pages 382-390, KNOTS: The Language of Knots, Two Half Hitches, Taut-Line Hitch, Timber Hitch, Clove Hitch, Sheet Bend. FIRST CLASS FIRST BOY SCOUT REQUIREMENTS COVERED Tenderfoot: Second Class: First Class: 4b, 12b (partial) 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 7c (partial), 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 8b FIRST CLASS FIRST WEBELOS REQUIREMENTS COVERED Readyman: 2, 4, 6, 7 (partial), 15 Outdoorsman: 1, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12 Fitness: 3
Scouts and Adults will be divided up into TEAMS. Alpha, Beta, Charlie, Delta, and Echo are Scouts that need to complete the rank requirements for First Class, they will attend the Round Robin Stations in order to learn and demonstrate their abilities. Foxtrot, Golf, and Hotel are First Class Scouts who wish to work on merit badges and get a jump on Merit Badge Bingo. India are First Class Scouts of advanced age (14+) who are looking to put more challenge into their personal Scouting experience through participation in district-wide coordinated high adventure activities and conservation projects. The G.O.A.T., or Great Outdoor Adventure Team will focus on the Scouting in the outdoors and facilitate activities so Scouts may become eligible for the National Outdoor Achievement Medal. Also, a coordinated effort at the district level will help Scouts work toward the fulfilling of needed requirements for the William T. Hornaday Conservation Medal. Both of these programs require Scout to plan and lead activities that will be a tremendous help in completing an Eagle Service Project. Juliet are members of the Order of the Arrow. OA member s priority is to the Juliet team. Juliet will also receive the same opportunities as the G.O.A.T., but will participate through the role of a cheerful brotherhood of service. Kilo are adult leaders. Kilo will receive orientation and training to help make their contributions more effective at the district and unit levels and for their personal contact with youth. Kilo will also be trained in the arts of making tin can torches and faux wounds at they will be leading the crafts stations during the afternoon program. Kilo will also help administer and supervise the Code Games.
Start Working on Merit Badges NOW...Any merit badge blue card signed and dated between May 5, 2014 (Spring Camporee) and October 9, 2014 (Fall Camporee) may be applied to this game. Prizes will be announced at Spring Camporee. This is how you play: i) Only one person per card, ii) ANY (5) badges earns one (1) entry into the prize drawing, iii) ANY (5) badges from a single game card earns three (3) entries, iv) 5 in-a-row earns ten (10) entries, and v) EAGLE card counts as double entries, i.e., 5 in-a-row on EAGLE card earns twenty (20) entries to WIN! Visit metrolakesdistrict.blogspot.com for more details. PERSONAL EAGLE OUTDOORS COMMUNITY