Second Class
These are the requirements for the tenderfoot badge. All rank information is from
www.meritbadge.org and can be
verified from official BSA rank requirement books.
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- Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.
- 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.*
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- Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight.
- On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched.
- On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.
- Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.
- Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both..
- Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.
- 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.
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Participate
in a
flag
ceremony
for
your
school,
religious
institution,
chartered
organization,
community,
or
troop
activity.
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Participate
in
an
approved
(minimum
of
one
hour)
service
project.
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Identify
or
show
evidence
of
at
least
ten
kinds
of
wild
animals
(birds,
mammals,
reptiles,
fish,
mollusks)
found
in
your
community.
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- Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and internal poisoning.
- Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
- 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
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- Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
- 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.
- 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.
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Participate
in a
school,
community,
or
troop
program
on
the
dangers
of
using
drugs,
alcohol,
and
tobacco,
and
other
practices
that
could
be
harmful
to
your
health.
Discuss
your
participation
in
the
program
with
your
family.
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Demonstrate
scout
spirit
by
living
the
Scout
Oath
(Promise)
and
Scout
Law
in
your
everyday
life.
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Participate
in a
Scoutmaster
conference.
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Complete
your
board
of
review.
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