Troop 18 - Handouts

	Troop
	Gateway / Lehigh

Troop Handouts

Camping & Backpacking:
	The Scout 10 Outdoor Essentials: Never leave home with out them.
	Scout Outdoor 10 Essentials (PDF)

	Backpack Loading Diagrams:
	Loading a Pack (PDF)

Swimming:
	Swimming Stokes: Here are some diagrams on the swimming strokes needed for the swimming merit badge.
	Swim Strokes (PDF)

First Aid:
	First Aid Cards: These cards should be printed, cut and stapled. then put them in your personal first aid kit. They list first aid instructions.
	First Aid Instruction Cards

	First Aid Kit: Here is a recipe for a homemade basic first aid kit.
	First Aid Kit

	CPR Pocket Guide: This is a guide to doing CPR that can be carried in the pocket.
	CPR Pocket Guide

	Lifts and Carries: Seven pages of lifts and carries you can use when you need to remove a victim from a dangerous situation. I got this from the National CERT web site. Notice each page lists the copyright being the Boy Scouts of America. Remember, don not move a victim unless absolutely necessary!
	Lifts and Carries PDF
Life Saving:
	Victim Characteristics: Chart showing the characteristics of water emergency victims. (click link to view, then right click and click save picture)
	Victim Characteristics

Emergency Preparedness:
	Emergency Preparedness MB Workbook: This is a work book for working on the Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge.
	Emergency Preparedness Workbook

	Signal for Help: Three diagrams that illustrate ways to signal for help, ground to ground, ground to air and when on the water. (also for Wilderness Survival)
	Signaling for Help

	Troop 18 Personal Emergency Mobilization Pack: This is a list of things to include when making your emergency mobilization pack. If we need to mobilize you can then just grab your bag and be ready to go.
	Personal Emergency Mobilization Pack (PDF)
	C.E.R.T. Disaster Supply List: This is a list of basic supplies every family should consider having on hand as part of a disaster preparedness kit. You would also take this kit with you to a shelter or when evacuating if necessary.
	C.E.R.T. Disaster Supply List (PDF)

	Home Safety Checklist BSA: Here is a home safety checklist to run through at home. Make sure to discuss this with your parents. (requirement 9a E-prep)
	Home Safety Checklist BSA

	Hurricane Tracking Map: Here is a tracking map you can print and fill out.
	Tracking Map

Outdoors & Nature:
	Track Guide: This is a guide to common animal tracks in SW Florida.
	Click here for Florida Tracks Guide (PDF)

	Birds of Florida Guide: This is a guide of birds you may see in Florida.
	Click here for Birds of Florida Guide (PDF)

	Florida's Mangroves: Learn about the mangroves and how they get fresh water from saltwater.
	Click here for Mangrove Fact Sheet (PDF)

	Bear Encounter: This guide gives advice on what you should do if you meet a bear.
	Click here for Bear Encounter Guide (PDF)

Wilderness Survival:
	Mini Survival Kit: Instructions for a mini survival kit in an Altoids tin.
	Mini Survival Kit (PDF)

	Universal Edibility Test: Stuck for the long haul? Running out of known food? If you have the slightest doubt about a plant's edibility, apply the Universal Edibility Test before eating any portion of it.
	Universal Edibility Test (PDF)

	How Much Can You Fit in Your NALGENE Bottle: List of items to put in a water bottle survival kit.
	Fit in Your Bottle (PDF)

	Premade Extras: We got a good deal on Premade water bottle survival kits one year. Here is the stuff we added to them.
	Survival Kit Extras (PDF)

	Wilderness Survival Kit 1: Here is a list of basic survival kit items.
	Wilderness Survival Kit1 (PDF)

	A-Frame Shelter: How to make an A-Frame shelter with raised sleeping platform for warm climates.
	a frame shelter (PDF)

	Signaling for Rescue: This is a handout that uses graphics to show several ways to signal for help.
	Signling for Rescue (PDF)

	Rescue Belt: This is an instruction sheet on how to make a belt of paracord. A 30 inch belt will hold about 50 feet of cord. Not bad for something you will be wearing anyway.
	Rescue BeltThis hand out covers both the bleach and boiling methods of water purifica (PDF)

	Survival Priorities: This handout explains the BSA 7 priorities.
	Survival Priorities (PDF)

	Water Purification: This sheet gives directions for both thebleach and boiling methods of water purification.
	Water Purification (PDF)

	Seven Threats of Outdoor Survival: This is a very good article on coping with seven psychological and physical threats to survival.
	Seven Threats of Outdoor Survival (PDF)

	Basic Wilderness Survival Skills: Nice article covering some beginners survival skills.
	Basic Wilderness Survival Skills (PDF)

Signaling:
	Signaling Merit Badge Book (Historic MB, Can only be earned in 2010.)
	Click here for Signaling Merit Badge Book (PDF)

	Morse Code Tree: Learn Morse Code by using this listening tree. Includes article of tips for learning Morse good. (Use this with the learn Morse code program found in the resources section.)
	Click here for Morse Code Tree (PDF)
	Mind Performance Hacks for Morse Code: From O'Reilly. This is a hack to learn Morse code phonetically
	Morse Hack (PDF)

Science:
	Periodic Table of Elements: Here are two Periodic Elements Tables. The first one is a black and white image for you to download. The second one is a link to a dynamic table that gives detailed information such as isotopes and orbital's (good for the high school age scout).
	Periodic_Table_of_Elements Printable
	Dynamic Table of Elements Web site
	Scientific Method Chart: Here is the hand out diagramming the scientific method.
	Scientific Method Diagram

Cinematography:
	Storyboarding: Here is an article explaining what storyboards are. Also how and why to use storyboards for your movie.
	Storybording (PDF)
	Blank Storyboard: Here is a blank storyboard you can use. Print as many pages as you need. It is a PNG graphic. (viewable in Internet Explorer)
	Storyboard chart

Knots:
	Forty Knots: This is a color graphic file made for the boy scouts. It shows forty useful Knots. Make a kit with this print out and two different colored shoe laces to practice with in a zipper bag.
	Forty Knots