Crew Program Resources

BSA Troop Program Resources Guide
Entire CD PDF (4.6 mb PDF file)
Games only PDF (441 kb PDF file)

BSA Guide to Safe Scouting
Outing Plan Considerations Outline First Draft
Campfire Program: Skits MSword, Skits Adobe PDF

Bear Safety

• Dr. Bob's Guide to Bear Safety
• Marrison Bear Bag System
• Larks Head for bear bags

Caving
Resource page with links to resources, powerpoints and other information about caving.

Cold Weather Camping
Outing handouts:

• Check list PDF
• USSSP page on Hyperthermia
• MacScouters Winter Camping
• Guide to Safe Scouting: Winter Activities

Canoeing
We created a page on canoeing to assist in preparation for rver canoe outings.

BSA requires all participants to meet the requirements as specified in the BSA Guide to Safe Scouting, specifically Section II: Aquatics Safety.

Compass
See Map & Compass - below on this page

Fire Building
Fire Building Resource

First Aid
Please utilize the online course for First Aid and CPR for your preperation for all aquatic activity. We will have certified American Heart Association instructors conduct the CPR course at our troop meetings.

• First Aid Web An excellent online tutorial for CPR and Basic First Aid. This link will jump your browser out of the Troop 572 web site so that it can leverage its own frames for the course.

All Basic Life Support procedures demonstrated on the First Aid Web online course adhere to the guidelines established by the American Red Cross® and The American Heart Association®, and are intended to provide each student with the skills needed to administer CPR and First Aid in case of an emergency.

Geology
USGS web page where you can get to any kind of information on geology you want. From the Home page you can easily get to information about our state, or "real time" information on Hazards - like earthquakes, etc., and on geology in the news. Also visit the USGS Education Page for lots of other good information. Lots of fun stuff about geology and good lessons on rock and fossil ids (options on the Merit Badge)

Enjoy 3D tours of National Parks showing geologic features

• Information about what Geology is as well as Geological maps, satellite images etc.
• Geology at About.com
• Information about the Earth, Rocks and Minerals, Soil and volcanos
• Current geology news
• Resource for Topo maps, nautical charts etc.

Hiking the C&O Canal
Lock 40 South to Harpers Ferry
Hiking Gear Considerations

For maps and additional information please visit the C&O canal section of the web site.

Knots and lashing

• A two page document that demonistrates how to tie some basic knots (PDF 62KB)
• Pioneering Projects Big & Small Booklet (1.9mb PDF file),
• Lashings (2.5mb PDF file)
• ScoutCraft (1.8mb PDF file)
• Larks Head

Leadership Positions
Position discriptions

Map & Compass
We have several resources available to assist in learning the skills of map and compass. Please utilize the resources most appropriate for the troop outing plan or troop meeting skill objectives.

• Map & Compass Overview (2.9mb MS Powerpoint deck),
• Topo map symbols HTML or Topo map symbols (PDF 650KB)
• How to use a compass
• Finding Your Way
• Land Navigation 45 page PDF
• REI Intro to Map and Compass Worksheet (PDF 148KB)
• Silva - Read This or Get Lost (PDF 230KB)
• SUUNTO - How Not to Rely on Luck, Map & Compass (PDF 670KB)
• Brunton Compass User Guide (PDF 520KB)
• LAND NAVIGATION with MAP and LENSATIC COMPASS
• USGS Finding Your Way with Map and Compass, Topographic Map Symbols, Reading Topographic Maps

Orienteering
Learn Orienteering link to a website devoted to the instruction of orienteering.

Pioneering
Start here: Pioneering Projects Big & Small Booklet (1.9mb PDF file), then go here - Lashings (2.5mb PDF file), with a final follow up here - ScoutCraft (1.8mb PDF file)

Learn Pioneering at the following link's to websites devoted to the instruction of pioneering.

• http://www.webofroses.com/scouting/pioneering_projects.html
• http://www.pioneeringprojects.org/

Snow Sports
Merit Badge Resource

Wilderness Survival
There area a couple good resources on the net based on the US Army Field Manual 21-76 v1 v2. This book can be download directly to your PC in PDF format.

A Commercial site based on the same material can be found at Wilderness Survival.net