At Home Scouting Requriements for TFCs

The following is a list of requirements that Trail to First class scout can work at home.

Scout

6a. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.

NOTE: The pamphlet is included with the BSA handbook.

6b. Earn the Cyber Chip Award for your grade.

The following URL will provide you with more information: https://www.scouting.org/training/youth-protection/cyber-chip/

Tenderfoot

4d. Assemble a personal first-aid kit to carry with you on future campouts and hikes. Tell how each item in the kit would be used.

6a.Record your best in the following tests:

Current results

• Push-ups ________ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)

• Sit-ups or curl-ups________ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)

• Back-saver sit-and-reach _________ (Record the distance stretched)

• 1 mile walk/run _____________ (record the time)

6b.Develop and describe a plan for improvement in each of the activities listed in Tenderfoot requirement 6a. Keep track of your activity for at least 30 days.

6c. Show improvement (of any degree) in each activity listed in Tenderfoot requirement 6a after practicing for 30 days.

30 days later

• Push-ups ________ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)

• Sit-ups or curl-ups________ (Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)

• Back-saver sit-and-reach _________ (Record the distance stretched)

• 1 mile walk/run _____________ (record the time)

Second Class

7a. After completing Tenderfoot requirement 6c, be physically active at least 30 minutes each day for five days a week for four weeks. Keep track of your activities.

7b. Share your challenges and successes in completing Second Class requirement 7a. Set a goal for continuing to include physical activity as part of your daily life and develop a plan for doing so.

8c. With your parents or guardian, decide on an amount of money that you would like to earn, based on the cost of a specific item you would like to purchase. Develop a written plan to earn the amount agreed upon and follow that plan; it is acceptable to make changes to your plan along the way. Discuss any changes made to your original plan and whether you met your goal.

8d. At a minimum of three locations, compare the cost of the item for which you are saving to determine the best place to purchase it. After completing Second Class requirement 8c, decide if you will use the amount that you earned as originally intended, save all or part of it, or use it for another purpose.

First Class

7d. Tell what utility services exist in your home or meeting place. Describe potential hazards associated with these utilities and tell how to respond in emergency situations.

7e.Develop an emergency action plan for your home that includes what to do in case of fire, storm, power outage, and water outage. [Important note - keep this material as it will be needed for the Emergency Preparedness merit badge]

8a. After completing Second Class requirement 7a, be physically active at least 30 minutes each day for five days a week for four weeks. Keep track of your activities.

8b. Share your challenges and successes in completing First Class requirement 8a. Set a goal for continuing to include physical activity as part of your daily life.

9b. Investigate an environmental issue affecting your community. Share what you learned about that issue with your patrol or troop. Tell what, if anything, could be done by you or your community to address the concern.

9c. On a Scouting or family outing, take note of the trash and garbage you produce. Before your next similar outing, decide how you can reduce, recycle, or repurpose what you take on that outing, and then put those plans into action. Compare your results.