Scouting From Home
This page will be a resource for activities and ideas to execute “Scouting From Home” during the COVID-19 Quarantine efforts.
Follow our Twitter Account @Troop895FC, or search the hashtag #scoutingfromhome for ideas. Check out additional resources at https://www.scoutspirit.org/at-home/
Before beginning any new online activities, don’t forget to earn or renew your Cyber Chip based on your current grade:
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Take the 30 Day Challenge to Rank Advancement. Courtesy of the Heart of America Council, rank up to the next level with these 30-day roadmaps:
Scout
Tenderfoot
Second Class
First Class
Check-In with an Adult Leader to signoff completed requirements.
Take a walk in your neighborhood (with social distancing). Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals(use a cell phone camera to take pictures). This addresses second class requirement 4.
Practice Your Knots. Animated Knots is a great resource of knot tying examples
Make a First Aid Kit. Tenderfoot Requirement 4d
The following Merit Badges you can do from home
Great resources:
http://usscouts.org/meritbadges.asp
https://boyscouttrail.com/
https://www.ncacbsa.org/merit-badges-at-home/
- Animation
- Bird Study
- Chess
- Crime Prevention
- Family Life
- Fire Safety
- First Aid
- Moviemaking
- Personal Fitness
- Personal Management
- Photography
- Public Health
Take A Virtual Tour:
Activities for Parents:
– Take Youth Protection Training (Required by all participating adults)
– Become familiar with Scoutbook
– Register to be a merit badge counselor