SCOUTING AT HOME - TENDERFOOT RANK

Below are the requirements for the rank of Tenderfoot.
The links can be used to help you learn the skill or knowledge about the requirement
so that you are able to practice to be signed off on completion.

1a.

Present yourself to your leader, prepared for an overnight camping trip. Show the personal and camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.

 

1b.

Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch. (Virtual patrol or troop campouts via video conferencing will be permitted.)

 

1c.

Tell how you practiced the Outdoor Code on a campout or outing.

 

2a.

On the campout, assist in preparing one of the meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup. (During the same day as your virtual patrol or troop campout, assist in preparing one meal with the help of those with whom you live. Tell your patrol or troop why it was important for each person to share in meal preparation and cleanup.)

 

2b.

While on a campout, demonstrate an appropriate method of safely cleaning items used to prepare, serve, and eat a meal. (During the same day as your virtual campout, demonstrate the appropriate method of safely cleaning items used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.)

 

2c.

Explain the importance of eating together as a patrol.

 

3a.

Demonstrate a practical use of the square knot. 

 

3b.

Demonstrate a practical use of two half-hitches.

 

3c.

Demonstrate a practical use of the taut-line hitch.

 

3d.

Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax. Describe when each should be used.

 

4a.

Show first aid for the following:

 

4b.

Describe common poisonous or hazardous plants; identify any that grow in your local area or campsite location. Tell how to treat for exposure to them.

 

4c.

Tell what you can do while on a campout or other outdoor activity to prevent or reduce the occurrence of injuries or exposure listed in Tenderfoot requirements 4a and 4b.

 

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.

 

5a.

Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Use the buddy system while on a troop or patrol outing. (Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Verbally commit to following the buddy system on your next troop or patrol outing.)

 

5b.

Describe what to do if you become lost on a hike or campout.

 

5c.

Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night.

 

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)

 

 

7a

Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag. (Tell how to display, raise, lower, and fold the U.S. flag.)

 

7b.

Participate in a total of one hour of service in one or more service projects approved by your Scoutmaster. Explain how your service to others relates to the Scout slogan and Scout motto.

 

8.

Describe the steps in Scouting's EDGE method. Use the Teaching EDGE method to teach another person how to tie the square knot.

 

9.

Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Tell how you have done your duty to God and how you have lived four different points of the Scout Law in your everyday life.

 

10.

While working toward the Tenderfoot rank, and after completing Scout rank requirement 7, participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

 

11.

Successfully complete your board of review for the Tenderfoot rank.