Requirements Context – Rough Draft

Scouts, this list outlines the key requirements for the Camping merit badge, along with notes on how each requirement can typically be completed. Use this as a guide to plan your badge work during troop activities, patrol events, or individual efforts.

1. First Aid Knowledge: Demonstrate understanding of camping-related first aid. (On your own)
2. Leave No Trace: Explain Leave No Trace principles and the Outdoor Code. (With merit badge counselor)
3. Camping Plans: Create a written plan for an overnight trek. (On your own)
4. Camping Preparation:
   a. Make a duty roster. (As a patrol)
   b. Help a Scout patrol or Webelos unit prepare for a campout. (With merit badge counselor)
5. Camping Gear:
   a. List clothing for campouts in warm and cold weather. (On your own)
   b. Discuss appropriate footwear. (With merit badge counselor)
   c. Explain proper care and storage of camping equipment. (With merit badge counselor)
   d. List outdoor essentials. (On your own)
   e. Present yourself for inspection. (With merit badge counselor)
6. Tent Knowledge and Skills:
   a. Describe tent types and care. (With merit badge counselor)
   b. Discuss camp sanitation and demonstrate water treatment. (As a troop)
   c. Describe factors for choosing tent sites. (As a patrol)
   d. Discuss backpack types. (With merit badge counselor)
   e. Discuss sleeping bags and make a ground bed. (As a troop)
7. Campout Preparation:
   a. Make a gear checklist. (On your own)
   b. Pack your own gear and share of patrol equipment. (As a patrol)
8. Camp Cooking:
   a. Explain cooking stove safety. (With merit badge counselor)
   b. Discuss camp stove and fuel types. (With merit badge counselor)
   c. Plan a camp menu. (On your own)
   d. Cook meals on a campout. (As a patrol)
9. Camping Experience:
   a. Camp 20 nights. (As a troop)
   b. Complete one of six specified outdoor activities. (As a troop)
   c. Perform a conservation project. (As a troop)
10. Camping Reflection: Discuss what you’ve learned about outdoor ethics and citizenship. (With merit badge counselor)

Requirements list organized by context

Here are the Camping merit badge requirements separated into lists based on the context in which they can typically be completed:

As a Troop:

• 6b. Discuss camp sanitation and demonstrate water treatment.
• 6e. Discuss sleeping bags and make a ground bed.
• 9a. Camp 20 nights.
• 9b. Complete one of six specified outdoor activities.
• 9c. Perform a conservation project.

As a Patrol:

• 4a. Make a duty roster.
• 6c. Describe factors for choosing tent sites.
• 7b. Pack your own gear and share of patrol equipment.
• 8d. Cook meals on a campout.

On Your Own:

• First Aid Knowledge
• Camping Plans
  5a. List clothing for campouts in warm and cold weather.
  5d. List outdoor essentials.
  7a. Make a gear checklist.
  8c. Plan a camp menu.

With Merit Badge Counselor:

• Leave No Trace
• 4b. Help a Scout patrol or Webelos unit prepare for a campout.
• 5b. Discuss appropriate footwear.
• 5c. Explain proper care and storage of camping equipment.
• 5e. Present yourself for inspection.
• 6a. Describe tent types and care.
• 6d. Discuss backpack types.
• 8a. Explain cooking stove safety.
• 8b. Discuss camp stove and fuel types.
• Camping Reflection