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Merit Badge Outline For
| Introduction | Your challenge as a summer camp merit badge counselor is to see that the Scouts who attend your session have the best opportunity to learn about orienteering. It is important that they have a positive experience. This lesson plan is designed to help you plan a logical, high quality program experience. You may have to use a slightly different approach in presenting the material based on your camp resources and facilities. |
| Resources | Be sure to utilize all the resources available to you. There are many state and federal agencies that can assist you in presenting this merit badge program. |
| Note | Requirement 7 will require a substantial amount of time to complete. A Scout will need to start working on this requirement before attending camp if he hopes to complete the merit badge during his stay at summer camp. Troops should be notified about this requirement before coming to camp. |
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| DAY | ACTIVITY | DESCRIPTION | |
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| 1 | Greet Scouts | A. | Examine all merit badge cards for the Scoutmaster's signature. Make a roster of the Scouts. |
| Discuss | B. | Discuss requirement 1. | |
| Demonstrate | C. | Demonstrate requirements 2a and 2b. | |
| Demonstrate | D. | Have Scouts demonstrate requirement 3. | |
| Reminder | E. | Remind Scouts they need to teach their patrol or troop orienteering techniques for requirement 10. | |
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| 2 | Discuss/ Demonstrate | A. | Discuss and have Scouts demonstrate requirement 4. |
| Review | B. | Demonstrate requirement 5 and have Scouts practice. | |
| Orient | C. | Have Scouts orient a 1000m-long course with three control markers in 30 minutes, then have Scouts do requirements 7b, parts 1-4. | |
| Plan | D. | Have Scouts begin plans for a 2000m course with five control markers and prepare a master map with descriptive clues. | |
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| 3 | Discuss/ Demonstrate | A. | Discuss and demonstrate requirement 6. |
| Orient | B. | Have Scouts orient a 1500m-long course with five control markers in 30 minutes, then have Scouts do requirements 7b, parts 1-4. | |
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| 4 | Demonstrate | A. | Have Scouts orient at least two different courses. If there are enough Scouts have one group officiate while the other runs the course. Then switch roles, requirements 8a and 9. |
| Reminder | B. | Remind Scouts that they need to complete requirement 10 by tomorrow. | |
| Note | C. | This is the time to make sure all the Scouts are proceeding on schedule. If it looks like anyone is having a problem in completing the merit badge, the Scoutmaster needs to be notified. | |
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| 5 | Wrap up | A. | Wrap up all the requirements. Prepare the merit badge cards for the proper signatures. If any Scout does not complete all the requirements, make sure that his records properly indicate the requirements that he has completed and that the Scout knows why he did not complete the merit badge requirements. |
| B. | Submit necessary records to the camp program director. | ||
| Merit Badge Resource Links | MBRC Site Map |
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