This is a set of ideas all around map skills to use while scouting during the 2020 Pandemic. Each zoom meeting idea is laid out below. The set is designed to progress from the most basic ability to read a map, up to reading a topographical map. Each idea is supposed to be the foundation for one meeting. Read them...
Recently, my mother texted me this picture with the questions: “Is this Bear Poop? I found it in the yard.” So, we created a scout zoom meeting around this question, and asked the scouts to figure it out. We showed our scouts this picture and how we proceed depended on age level. Our timberwolves were taken to look at the...
Now is the perfect time to actually use semaphore with your group. Scouts can social distance and send messages to each other! Semaphore a method of sending messages with 2 flags, where the flag positions indicate a number or letter. While phones may have made the need for using flags for long range communication obsolete most of the time, this is...
In light of COVID-19, the BPSA-US Board of Directors has recently added a new section to the Youth Protection Guidelines to address distance scouting.
As social distancing and the challenges of Covid-19 continue, your group may find they want to meet on-line. There are several ways to do this.
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