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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.

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

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.

758BC5

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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
Citizen 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
	Gardening
Genealogy
	Geocaching (21 mb)
	Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts
	Hiking
Home Repairs
	Horsemanship
Indian Lore
	Insect Study
	Inventing
Journalism
	Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
	Lifesaving
Mammal Study
Medicine
	Metalwork
Model Design and Building
	Motorboating
Music and Bugling
Nature
Nuclear Science
Oceanography
Orienteering
	Painting
File:PathfindingMB.gif	Pathfinding (historical)
	Personal Fitness
Personal Management
Pets
	Photography
Plumbing
Pottery
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper
	Radio
Railroading
Reading
	Reptile and Amphibian Study (24 mb)
	Rifle Shooting
	Robotics
Rowing
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
	Scouting Heritage
	Scuba Diving
Sculpture
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Skating
	Small-Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
	Sports
Stamp Collecting
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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

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