Troop 10 Bartle In-Camp Merit Badges
Troop 10 scouts. Our first day at Bartle is coming quick. I hope that you are excited about camp
this year. I know that I am!
With a lot of help from a variety of Troop 10 Scouters, we will offer several merit badge classes
in-camp this year. These are in addition to the merit badges you signed-up for at the end of
March. If you have free time at camp, taking a merit badge class is a good use of your time and
energy. Of course, all in-camp merit badge classes are purely optional.
For all merit badges, the best way to get the most out of your class is to get the merit badge
book, read it, print out the merit badge worksheet and go to class prepared. Sharing a book with
other scout friends is a good idea to reduce the cost. A complete listing of all merit badge
worksheet links can be found on the second screen (scroll down a page or two) of this web
page: http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badges
As a general rule, there are three times of day in which scouts have free time at Bartle – before
lunch, after lunch and before dinner. Each of these free time slots last for about an hour and a
half. We can use these times to conduct in-camp merit badge classes.
We have Troop swims on the third free period on Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday. We also have
Troop swims on the first free period on Thursday-Friday-Saturday. We will not offer an in-camp
merit badge which conflicts with a Troop swim. Some merit badges may offer a working session
during a Troop swim.
As best we could, we avoided scheduling Mustang-appropriate merit badges in the first free
hour of each day as the Mustang program often uses this for their purposes. All scouts who
have not yet reached First Class rank need to put their efforts into the Mustang program so they
can rank up as their primary activity. Any time there is a schedule conflict between a Mustang
program class/activity and an in-camp merit badge class, all Mustangs should do the Mustang
program activity. For Mustangs, the merit badges can wait.
A few of the in-camp merit badge classes actually go off-site. This is because of the nature of
these merit badges. The Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine merit badges are taught on
Thursday at a nearby cattle auction. The Fly Fishing merit badge will be taught on Saturday at a
stream in the area. The Golf merit badge will be taught at a golf course on make-up Monday. To
participate in these merit badge classes, scouts must be Eagles and/or Mic-O-Say Warriors.
Here is a tentative schedule for in-camp merit badge classes at Bartle. This is what I envision
and what I will try to make happen. I may have missed issues that will affect the schedule and
new issues may arise which affect the schedule, so the schedule may have to be changed
accordingly. As part of each morning’s announcements, we will confirm the merit badge classes
that will be offered in the day.
In-Camp Merit Badge Schedule
Day
10:45 – 11:45
12:45 – 1:45
Sunday, June 15
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Monday, June 16
Disability Awareness
Disability Awareness
4:15 – 5:30
Chess
Troop Swim 4-5
Fingerprinting
Tuesday, June 17
Orienteering
Journalism
Troop Swim 4-5
Leatherwork
Wednesday, June 18
Electricity
Electricity
Troop Swim 4-5
Journalism
Wood Carving
Thursday, June 19
Troop Swim 10:30-11:30
Animal Science
Animal Science
Animal Science
Electricity
Electricity
Veterinary Medicine
Leatherwork
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
Friday, June 20
Saturday, June 21
Troop Swim 10:30-11:30
Backpacking
Camping Prerequisites
Electricity
Electricity
Troop Swim 10:30-11:30
Backpacking
Fingerprinting
Fly Fishing
Fly Fishing
Fly Fishing
Sunday, June 22
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Leatherwork 6-7
Wood Carving 6-7
Monday, June 23
Golf
Golf
Golf
Leatherwork
Wood Carving
Orienteering
Orienteering
Some of the classes have prerequisites or advance preparation which is necessary. The
following are the prerequisites for the in-camp merit badges:
Camping prerequisites: Scouts need to bring materials for this program: backpack, freeze
dried meal, mess kit, hiking boots, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, rain gear, flashlight, first aid kit,
change of clothes, sun screen, bug repellant, compass, pocket knife, canteen, camping stove if
they have one--do not buy one just for this. Requirements 5E, 7B, 8C & 8D will be covered.
Camping Conservation Project: Scouts would be wise to bring work gloves and perhaps long
pants. This counts toward a rarely-offered Camping merit badge requirement. The time frame
for this has not yet been chosen.
Chess: Read the book, print out the worksheet and complete sections 1, 2 & 3.
Electricity: Complete the Electricity merit badge checklist before coming to Bartle. Bring the
checklist with you.
Fingerprinting: Read the book, print out the worksheet and complete worksheet sections 1, 2
and 3A-3C.
Journalism: Requirements 2A & 2B are impossible to do at Bartle, so we will schedule a visit to
a news organization after Bartle.
Golf: The following should be done in writing and turned in when departing for the golf course:
a. Tell about the early history of golf.
b. Describe the early years of golf in the United States.
c. Tell about the accomplishments of a top golfer of your choice
Leatherwork: Kits are required and these can be purchased at the Trading Post. You will need
a modest amount of money to purchase the kits.
Orienteering: Read the book, print out the worksheet and complete worksheet sections 1 - 3.
Bring a good compass.
Wood Carving: Kits are required and these can be purchased at the Trading Post. You will
need a modest amount of money to purchase the kits.
Thank you,
Jeff Parrish
2014 Bartle Troop 10 in-camp merit badge coordinator