Scout Resources

You can find a lot of useful resources for the scouts on this page. Use these links when planning for your advancements, planning to be Master of Ceremonies (MC) for a campfire, or other things.

Advancement Requirements

First Class Requirements

Requirement 1

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

Click here for the Big Dipper pdf.

However, in the late fall and winter, the Big Dipper is below the horizon (if you are anywhere other than on a mountain top). The following picture shows how to find the North Star using Cassiopeia.

actual photograph

Requirement 6

• File:Broad leafs.pdf
• File:Pines firs junipers.pdf
• FirstClassR6 - Check this page to see pictures of plants you can identify.

Native plants that can be spotted at Christmas Hill Park:

• maple-leafed oak
• valley oak
• poison oak
• big-leaf maple
• coastal redwood
• coast live oak
• sycamore
• madrone
• Monterey pine
• buckeye
• wolfsfur (moss)
• sword fern
• brackenfern
• miner's lettuce
• black walnut
• tanoak

Campfire planning

• A wide variety of camp skits can be found here.
• Songs can be found here and here.

merit badge requirements

• Find your merit badge requirements and worksheets here.

BSA online learning center

• Adult training here.

cooking ideas

[patrol cook tips]

paperwork

• Forms available here.
• annual medical form

Campout Location Ideas

• Rob Hill, in the Presidio of San Francisco is closed for renovation in 2008, but might be a fun location in 2009!

Directions to Uvas Canyon Park (from Gilroy)

Starting at the intersection of First St. (Hecker Pass Hwy) and Sta. Teresa Blvd., go west on Hecker Pass for 2.8 miles. Turn right on Watsonville Road. Continue on Watsonville Rd. for 3.6 miles. Turn left on Uvas Road. Continue on Uvas Rd. for 5.9 miles. Turn left on Croy Rd. Continue on Croy Rd. for 4.4 miles, through Svedal.

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merit-badge pamphlet details

American Business
American Cultures
American Heritage
	American Labor
	Animal Science
	Archaeology
	Archery
	Architecture
Art
	Astronomy
	Athletics
	Automotive Maintenance
	Aviation
	Backpacking
Basketry
	Bird Study
	Camping
	Canoeing
Chemistry
	Chess
	Cinematography
	Citizenship in the Community
	Citizenship in the Nation
	Citizenship in the World
	Climbing
	Coin Collecting
	Collections
	Communication
	Composite Materials
	Computers	Computers Workbook
	Cooking
	Crime Prevention
	Cycling
	Dentistry
Disabilities Awareness
	Dog Care
	Drafting
Electricity
Electronics
	Emergency Preparedness
Energy
	Engineering
	Entrepreneurship
	Environmental Science
Family Life
	Farm Mechanics
	Fingerprinting
	Fire Safety
	First Aid
Fish And Wildlife Management
	Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry.pdf
	Game Design
	Gardening
	Genealogy
	Geocaching (21 mb)
	Geology
Golf
	Graphic Arts
	Hiking
Home Repairs
	Horsemanship
	Indian Lore
	Insect Study
	Inventing
	Journalism
	Kayaking
	Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
	Lifesaving
Mammal Study
Medicine
	Metalwork
Model Design and Building
	Motorboating
Music and Bugling
Nature
Nuclear Science
Oceanography
	Orienteering
	Painting
	Pathfinding (historical)
	Personal Fitness
Personal Management
Pets
	Photography
	Pioneering
Plumbing
	Pottery
Public Health
	Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper
	Radio
Railroading
Reading
	Reptile and Amphibian Study
	Rifle Shooting
	Robotics
	Rowing
	Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
	Scouting Heritage
	Scuba Diving
	Sculpture
	Search and Rescue
	Shotgun Shooting
	Skating
	Small-Boat Sailing
	Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
	Sports
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Swimming
Textile
Theater
	Tracking (historical)
	Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation
	Veterinary Medicine
	Water Sports
	Weather
	Welding
Whitewater
	Wilderness Survival
	Wood Carving
Woodwork

Places to not camp (for Scouting events)

• Los Banos Creek Rsv. (4/2008)
• Edison Lake (7/2008)

Camping within 200 miles

compiled for Mene Oto Scoutmaster Breakout, Dec., 1999

• Lake Sonoma Rec. Area
• Bothe-Napa Valley State park
• Olema Ranch Campground
• Samuel P. Taylor State Park
• Point Reyes: Sky Camp Hike-In
• Point Reyes: Coast Camp Hike-In
• Point Reyes: Wildcat Camp Hike-In
• Glen Camp Hike-In
• Pantoll Campground
• China Camp State park Walk-In
• Angel Island State Park Walk-IN
• Anthony Chabot Regional Park
• Mount Diablo State Park
• Half Moon Bay State Beach
• Sunol Regional WIldreness
• Memorial County park
• Portola State Park
• Butano State Park
• Big Basin Redwoods State Park
• Caswell Memorial State Park
• Henry W. Coe State Park
• Yosemite: Bridalveil Creek
• Yosemite: Jerseydale
• Yosemite: Lower Pines
• Yosemite: Upper Pines
• Yosemite: North Pines
• Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
• SCC Parks: Uvas Canyon County Park (Morgan Hill, CA)
• New Brighton State Beach
• Seacliff State Beach
• Manresa Beach State Park
• SCC Parks: Mt. Madonna County Park (Gilroy, CA)
• Sunset State Beach
• Fremont Peak State Park
• Ventana Campgrounds
• Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
• Pinnacles National Monument

first aid

File:Basic BSA First Aid.pdf

First Class orienteering courses

Christmas Hill Park 1

Christmas Hill Park 2

accessories and links

Rose Mountain Fire Pistons
skymaps for Astronomy

magazine articles

[homesickness]
[bears]
[fishing knots]