Bear Necessities

 

Complete Requirements 1 – 4. Requirements 5 and 6 are optional.

  1. While working on your Bear badge, attend one of the following:

    A. A daytime or overnight campout with your pack or family

    B. An outdoor activity with your den or pack

    C. Day camp

    D. Resident camp

  2. Make a list of items you should take along on the activity selected in Requirement 1.

  3. Make a list of equipment that the group should bring along in addition to each Scout’s personal gear for the activity selected in Requirement 1.

  4. Help set up a tent. Determine a good spot for the tent, and explain to your den leader why you picked it.

  5. Demonstrate how to tie two half hitches and explain what the hitch is used for.

  6. Learn how to read a thermometer and a barometer. Keep track of the temperature and barometric pressure readings and the actual weather at the same time every day for seven days.

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How To Read A Thermometer
How To Read A Thermometer

In this digital world it’s so easy to ask Google, Siri, or Alexa, “What’s the temperature outside? The Bear adventure, Bear Necessities, has us learning how to read a thermometer.

How To Tie A Double Half Hitch
How To Tie A Double Half Hitch

The two half-hitches is a type of knot, specifically a binding knot or hitch knot. It consists of an overhand knot tied around a post, followed by a half-hitch. Equivalently, it consists of a half-turn around a post followed by a clove hitch of the running end around the standing part.

 
 

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