Advancement Campout

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Many troops hold an Advancement Campout each year in the early spring after new Webelos have crossed over into the troop. Scouts who are not yet First Class learn from older Scouts. Older Scout gain proficiency as they teach Scout skills and knowledge. Many troops use a troop meeting to plan for the Advancement Campout. Other troop meetings focus on other key skills.

The Advancement Campout teaches Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class skills and can help troops meet their First Class-First Year goal:

Advancement Campout Methods

• Patrol method - used for all campouts. Adult do not buy or cook food for the Scouts.
• Boy-Led - campouts and meetings allow older Scouts to teach. Adults are "armchair quarterbacks" who do not teach.
• Individual Testing - each Scout is individually tested on each requirement. The instructor is not being tested, each Scout is.
• Be prepared - plan menus & duty rosters at the Troop Advancement Campout Planning Meeting.
• Practice - Knots and First Aid are taught at troop meetings leading up to the Advancement Campout.

Troop Meeting - Advancement Campout Planning Meeting

An Advancement Campout Planning Meeting gives Scout the chance to make sure that this campout will be one of their best.
Goals: Scouts First Class and above teach meal and campout planning to the newer Scouts. Each Scout must be able to individually demonstrate each skill.

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.

9. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one.

First Class #4. a. 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 meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.

4. b. 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.

4. c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.

4. d. 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.

Sample Advancement Campout Plan

Friday Evening

Set up camp and ax yard

Have a simple meal or cracker barrel

Totin' Chip, fire building, and campfire

Tenderfoot #3. On the campout, 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.

Second Class #2.b. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched.

2.c. On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.

2.d. Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.

2.e. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both.

10:30 PM Taps

Saturday Morning

7:00 AM Reveille

7:15 Flags

Tenderfoot #6. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.

Second Class #3. Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity.

7:30 AM Breakfast

Second Class #2.f. Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.

2.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.

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.

9:00 AM Introduction to: 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.

Second Class #1.a. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.

First Class #1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.

Saturday Nature Hike

10:30 AM Hike 2 ½ miles out with your lunch in a day pack (book backpacks work great.)

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.*

11:30 AM Eat the picnic lunch you have packed in

12:00 PM Nature

Tenderfoot #11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

Second Class #5. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.

First Class #6. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found in your community.

1:30 PM Hike back to camp - continuing to find evidence of wild animals & native plants

Saturday Afternoon

2:30 PM Knot Tying Competition:

Scout 6. Square knot

Tenderfoot

4.a. Whipping and fusing, 4.b.. two half hitches - taut-line hitch

First Class

8. a. bowline

3:00 PM Pioneering

First Class #7. a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings

7. b. 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.

7. c. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.

4:30 PM Games

Saturday Evening

 5:00 PM Flags & Prepare dinner

 6:00 PM Dinner

 7:00 PM First Aid Competition to review Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class skills

 8:00 PM Campfire, games, Scout Skits, etc.

10:30 PM Taps

Sunday Morning

7:00 AM Reveille

7:15 AM Flags

7:30 AM Breakfast (keep it simple)

8:00 AM Pack up

8:30 AM Scout's Own Worship Service

9:00 AM Service Project - Police area, prepare firewood, & conservation projects

Second Class #4. Participate in an approved (minimum of one hour) service project.

10:00 AM Depart

Troop Meetings - Scout Skills Themes

Troop Meeting - Knots

Goals: Scouts First Class and above teach Knots to the newer Scouts. Each Scout must be able to individually demonstrate each knot.

Scout - 6. Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot).

Tenderfoot #4.a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

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.

First Class #8. a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.

Troop Meeting - First Aid

Goals: Scouts First Class and above teach First Aid skills to the newer Scouts. Each Scout must be able to individually demonstrate each skill.

Tenderfoot #12.a. Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.

B. Show first aid for the following:

• Simple cuts and scrapes
• Blisters on the hand and foot
• Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree)
• Bites and stings of insects and ticks
• Venomous snakebite
• Nosebleed
• Frostbite and sunburn
  

Second Class #6.a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and internal poisoning.

6.b. Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.

6.c. Demonstrate first aid for the following:

• Object in the eye
• Bite of a suspected rabid animal
• Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook
• Serious burns (second degree)
• Heat exhaustion
• Shock
• Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
  

First Class #8. b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.

8. c. 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.

8. d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Troop Meeting - Swimming

An annual swimming event could be held at any time that is convenient. It is a chance to have fun, play water games, and work on swimming skills.
Goals: Scouts First Class and above teach First Aid skills to the newer Scouts. Each Scout must be able to individually demonstrate each skill.
Second Class #7.a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.

7.b. Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.

7.c. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.

First Class #9. a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.

9. b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.

9. c. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.)

Troop Meeting - Personal Fitness

New Scouts can record their times for the Tenderfoot personal fitness requirements. Older Scouts can start Personal Fitness Merit Badge or play basketball or other games with the troop. Tenderfoot #10.a. Record your best in the following tests:

• Push-ups
• Pull-ups
• Sit-ups
• Standing long jump
• 1/4 mile walk/run

10.a. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.

Basic Scout Skills

Orienteering

Second Class #1.a. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.

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.*

First Class

1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.

2. Using a 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.)

Camping

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.

3. On the campout, 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.

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.

9. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one.

Second Class #2.b. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched.

2.c. On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.

2.d. Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.

2.e. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both..

2.f. Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.

2.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.

First Class #4. a. 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 meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.

4. b. 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.

4. c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.

4. d. 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.

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.

Citizenship

Tenderfoot #6. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.

Second Class #3. Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity.

4. Participate in an approved (minimum of one hour) service project.

First Class #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.

Nature

Tenderfoot #11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

Second Class #5. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.

First Class #6. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found in your community.

Pioneering

First Class #7. a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings

7. b. 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.

7. c. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.

Knots

Tenderfoot #4.a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

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.

First Class #8. a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.

First Aid

Tenderfoot #12.a. Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.

B. Show first aid for the following:

• Simple cuts and scrapes
• Blisters on the hand and foot
• Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree)
• Bites and stings of insects and ticks
• Venomous snakebite
• Nosebleed
• Frostbite and sunburn
  

Second Class #6.a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and internal poisoning.

6.b. Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.

6.c. Demonstrate first aid for the following:

• Object in the eye
• Bite of a suspected rabid animal
• Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook
• Serious burns (second degree)
• Heat exhaustion
• Shock
• Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
  

First Class #8. b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.

8. c. 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.

8. d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Swimming

Second Class #7.a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.

7.b. Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.

7.c. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.

First Class #9. a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.

9. b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.

9. c. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.)

Personal Fitness

Tenderfoot #10.a. Record your best in the following tests:

• Push-ups
• Pull-ups
• Sit-ups
• Standing long jump
• 1/4 mile walk/run

10.a. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.

Requirement resources

Orienteering

• Introduction to Navigation: REI – Field & Stream – Appalachian Mountain Club
• Compass: How to Use a Compass (REI): (1. Parts of a Compass – 2. Declination Ajustment – 3. Orienting the Map – 4. Taking a Bearing)  •  How to Choose a Compass (REI)  •  How to Use a Compass (REI Video) (7:15)  •  How to Adjust the Declination on a Compass  •  How to Use a Compass (Expert Village videos)
• GPS: How to Choose and Use a GPS (REI)
• Topographic Maps:
  • How to read a topographic map: REI – Boys' Life – Section Hiker – TopoZone
  • Topo maps: U. S. Geological Survey – TopoZone – CalTopo – National Geographic – Google

Camping

• Your handbook is your primary reference. See Outdoor skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
• See also: Camping Merit Badge Pamphlet - Hiking Skills - Hydration - Outdoor Gear - Tents - Water Purification - Weather Skills

Citizenship in the Community

Nature

• General Resources: American Museum of Natural History  •  Discover Magazine  •  Environmental Protection Agency  •  Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies  •  NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)  •  National Geographic Society  •  National Park Service  •  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  •  American Meteorological Society  •  Association of American Zoos and Aquariums  •  The Discovery Channel  •  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation  •  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  •  National Wildlife Federation
• Conservation Resources: Soil and Water Conservation Merit Badge resources  •  Leave No Trace Center  •  Wildlife Conservation Society
• Bird Resources: Bird Study Merit Badge resources
• Fish Resources: Fishing Merit Badge Requirement resources  •  American Fisheries Society
• Insect Resources: Insect Study Merit Badge resources
• Mammal Resources: Mammal Study Merit Badge resources
• Reptile & Amphibian Resources: Reptile and Amphibian Study Merit Badge resources  •  Frog Pond Campout

Pioneering

Knots

• Related knot articles: Basic Scout Knots  •  Forty Scout knots  •  Special Knots  •  Sailing knots  •  Fishing knots  •  Advanced knots
• Animated knots: Folsoms Knots  •  Animated Knots  •  Great Animations  •  More Animated Knots  •  Rope Works animated knots
• Video lessons: 10 essential Scouting knots (Scouting magazine)  •  Boys' Life: How to Tie Knots video playlist  •  Exert Village knot tying videos and video playlists  •  Art of Manliness knot tying
• Other knot links: Advanced knots (Scouting magazine)  •  Ropers Knots Page  •  Fishing knots  •  Rope Works knots archive  •  The Notable knot Index

First Aid

• Your handbook is your primary reference. See First-aid skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
• See also: First Aid merit badge pamphlet  •  First-aid kit  •  Emergency kit  •  Guide to Safe Scouting  •  Annual Health and Medical Record

Swimming

• Your handbook is your primary reference. See Swimming skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
• See also: Swimming & Lifesaving merit badge pamphlets  •  Guide to Safe Scouting  •  Safe Swim Defense  •  Safety Afloat

Related Awards

Orienteering - Camping - Pioneering - Knots

Citizenship

Nature

First Aid

Swimming

Personal Fitness

See also

Scouts BSA portal

Varsity Scout portal

• First Class-First Year