Tuscarora Council, BSA STEM Merit Badge

College March 29, 2014

8:00 AM—5:00 PM Community Partner

Sampson Community College

TUSCARORA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

S-T-E-M MERIT BADGE COLLEGE Sampson Community College

March 29, 2014 WHAT: S-T-E-M Merit Badge College WHERE: Sampson Community College, 1801 Sunset Ave. Clinton, NC WHEN: Saturday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM DEADLINE: Pre-registration is due by email to lucy.grist@scouting.org with troop payments

made to the Tuscarora Council office, 316 E. Walnut St., Goldsboro, NC 27530 by March 21. No Late Fee and no registration accepted after the deadline!

WHO: Any Scouts from any Council that would like to experience learning an exciting

STEM based merit badge along with several Eagle required badges. Learn more about the NOVA and SUPER NOVA awards for Scouts at http://www.scouting.org/stem.aspx

CATALOG INFORMATION

Registration/Cost:

Registration cost is $12.00 per Scout which includes a class participation patch. There will be no registration accepted after 5:00 PM, on Friday, March 21. Registrations will be done by the Troop. Class go/no-go decisions will be made after March 21. No refunds will be given, but substitution into an open Merit Badge class will be allowed. Registration begins Friday, March 28. Register early to guarantee first choices; space may be limited.

All registration must be done through the Troop so that Scoutmasters will be aware that the Troop has a boy attending.

Important Notices:

Work out of the most recent Merit Badge workbook; pre-requisites work should begin NOW!

Scoutmasters will receive the Scout’s schedules no later than March 26, showing which Merit Badges sessions they will be attending.

Merit Badge College will operate from the BSA 2014 Requirements book. Make sure that you are using an up-to-date Merit Badge Pamphlet. On-line workbooks should be checked against the 2014 Requirements book because some of these services do not regularly update.

Registration deadline for the Troop is March 21. You will not need blue Merit Badge cards! A form will be provided.

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Participation:

Headquarters for the event will be at the Robert Warren Student Center, Scouts may attend One (1) morning class and one (1) afternoon class or both. Classes will be held in different classrooms throughout the campus.

What to Bring: Notebook paper and pencil/pen If pre-requisites are not presented, you will not be able to complete the

Merit Badge at the college. The current Merit Badge pamphlet for each course you are taking. Wear your Class “A” uniform during class time.

Study the Merit Badge pamphlet (s) carefully prior to coming to Merit Badge College. You should know the information required of you before attending. All requirements that instruct you to BRING, COLLECT, WRITE, or DISCUSS should be neatly prepared, typewritten and proofread for accuracy. Your name, address and troop number must appear on your work. To receive credit for your work, some requirements that state, BRING or PREPARE may be certified by a note from your parents or Scoutmaster, unless noted otherwise in this catalogue.

Lunch: Scouts lunch is off-campus; you will be provided a map of all fast-food restaurants in proximity to the college at check-in. Counselor pig-picking donated by Darden Family Farms of Sampson County

Uniform:

All Scouts MUST be in Class “A” Uniform during class times. Schedule

8:00 AM Check-in at Robert Warren Student Center 8:00-8:20 AM

Small group orientations Student Center Conference Room 119 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM

First Session Noon –1:00 PM

Scout lunch on your on (Counselors’ lunch catered on-site) 1:10 PM – 4:25 PM

Second Session 4:30 PM Blast Car Demonstration (Parking Lot outside of Student Center) 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Check-out at Robert Warren Student Center (Scoutmasters pick up patches and Scout MB paperwork

Your Responsibilities:

Scouts will travel about the campus and must remember that they are representing ALL BOY SCOUTS, their sponsoring organization, and the Tuscarora Council.

Please see to it that all Scouts are picked up from the Robert Warren Student Center by 5:00 PM. Instructors will be leaving and we cannot allow any unsupervised Scouts.

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Forestry (morning and afternoon classes)

1. Bring a notebook and read the workbook 2. Complete 1, 2, & 5

Genealogy (morning and afternoon classes)

1. Be prepared to discuss requirements for 1,4, 5,8,9 2. Bring written requirements for 2,3,4,7 3. Bring family tree chart, 6

Inventing (morning and afternoon classes)

1. Be prepared to discuss 1 2. Complete 2 and 3 3. Bring the notebook used to complete 6 4. Bring working prototype for 7 5. Show evidence of completion of 8

Medicine (morning and afternoon classes)

1. Come prepared with (7) and (10) 2. Please be familiar with all material in the book!

Oceanography (morning and afternoon classes)

1. Bring ONE completed item from 8 (written report) 2. The class will do 7 (f); *Optional bring your own Ipad or notebook for satellite

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Reptile and Amphibian Study (morning and afternoon classes) 1. Determine your favorite reptile or amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander) and bring a notebook with information, pictures and/or drawings to be used in the class 2. For 8, we will provide a tad-pole for the observation period or START NOW and bring evidence that you have completed 8 in order to finish MB at the college Robotics (All Day Class limited to 20 Scouts)

1. Merit Badge can be completed in one day with #6 competition attendance 2. Opportunity for #6; First Robotics Competition, March 14 or 15 to be held in

Dorton Arena, NC State Fair Grounds, Raleigh (no cost to attend this competition- more information here: http://www.ncfirstrobotics.org/) *See Checklist as addendum

Space Exploration (morning and afternoon classes) 1, Bring card for 2 2. To be completed in class (rockets workshop during class*fee may apply or you may be asked to bring material) 3. Bring evidence of 5 4. Bring completed report for 6 5. Be prepared to show your design for 7; this can also be completed during class Veterinary Medicine (morning and afternoon classes) 1. Read the Vet Med Merit Badge Book and be prepared to participate in the discussion

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2. The class may (not confirmed) visit a local vet clinic or you may bring evidence of completion of 6 (a) or (b) to earn the badge at the college Weather (morning and afternoon classes)

An excellent resource is http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/. These can all be accomplished before 29 March and brought in a notebook to the class.

1. Define meteorology. Explain what weather is and what climate is. Name five dangerous weather-related conditions. Give the safety rules for each when outdoors and explain the difference between a severe weather watch and a warning. Discuss the safety rules with your family.

2. Explain the difference between high- and low- pressure systems in the atmosphere. Tell which is related to good and to poor weather. Draw cross sections of a cold front and a warm front, showing the location and movements of the cold and warm air, the frontal slope, the location and types of clouds associated with each type of front, and the location of precipitation.

3. Tell what causes wind, why it rains, and how lightning and hail are formed. 4. Identify and describe clouds in the low, middle, and upper levels of the atmosphere.

Relate these to specific types of weather. Draw a diagram of the water cycle and label its major processes. Explain the water cycle to your counselor.

5. Identify some human activities that can alter the environment, and describe how they affect the climate and people.

6. Describe how the tilt of Earth’s axis helps determine the climate of a region near the equator, near the poles, and across the area in between.

When you come prepared: look for some hands-on activities, including some observing, recording and reporting, plotting and analyzing; and possibly walk through how a meteorological model works, which is useful to understand because – conceptually – it applies to many other modeling constructs.

Eagle Required: *Citizenship in the Community (morning and afternoon classes)

1. (2) Bring a community map that you have labeled government buildings; do as much research in advance as possible

2. Bring certification of requirement 3, 4, 5 from a parent/guardian 3. Bring a memory stick to save a copy of your public presentation (7) which will be

developed in class. *Communications & Public Speaking (All day)

1. Bring a written report to show evidence of completion of requirement 1,2, 5, 7,8 2. Be prepared to give your speech for requirement 3 in class

*First aid (morning and afternoon classes)

1. Be prepared to discuss requirements 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6 2. Be prepared to demonstrate and/or show certification for requirement 6, 7

Personal Management (morning and afternoon classes)   1. Complete 1 (a) (b - 2 & 3) (c) 2. Complete 2 (a) (b) 3. Complete all of 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 4. READ the MB booklet! (Class will complete all of 3, 4, & 7)

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Family Life (morning and afternoon classes)

1. Read the MB Workbook prior to class. 2. There is a three month project in order to earn this merit badge.

*Potential for these additional Courses will be confirmed in a second catalog published Monday, March 3.

1. Composite Materials 2. Environmental Science 3. Farm Mechanics 4. Welding

This Catalog is subject to change as are course offerings based on minimum registrations, instructors’ emergencies, and other acts of God. Final course go-no/go will be made on March 21; Scoutmasters will receive class schedules no later than March 26.

Adult Leader Training Concurrent with MB College REGISTRATION FOR TRAINING WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE COUNCIL OFFICE

Planning and preparing the Eagle Scout Project Proposal Disability Awareness for Scout Masters Boy Scout Leader Specific Training (Cost $10 – Registration through Council

Office- Deadline March 26-Registration form is an addendum) BCS - 101: Intro to Commissioner Science AM Only BCS - 103: Commissioner and the District PM only

Registration forms should be submitted to Ashley Beamon at Tuscarora Council, BSA 316 East Walnut Street, Goldsboro, NC 27530 (P) 919-734-1714 (F) 919-734-6540 or may be e-mailed to lucy.grist@scouting.org

ADDENDUMS

1. Merit Badge Troop Registration Form (To Scout Office)

2. Class Selection Form (Also as Excel separate attachment) to lucy.grist@scouting.org

3. Robotics Competition Checklist

4. Weather

5. Boy Scout Leader Training Registration

Tuscarora Council, BSA 316 East Walnut Street Goldsboro, NC 27530 919-734-1714 (F) 919-734-6540

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Sampson Community College Saturday, March 29, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM $12.00 per Scout STEM Merit Badges to be offered!

Tuscarora Council Merit Badge College

This is an excellent opportunity for Scouts to earn merit badges that are seldom offered elsewhere. They will learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Registration needs to be handled by the Troop using this and the Class Selection Form. Individual registrations will not be accepted. The cost covers the materials for the classes, the facility, and a Merit Badge College patch.

Lunch will be at the Troop’s discretion. There are various fast food options close by as well as opportunities to “brown bag it” yourself. There will be a place on campus for you to sit and eat as a Troop if you choose to eat on location. (The college dining facility will not be serving food.) Troops need to follow Scouting guide lines and 2 leaders should be present on campus. Leaders can volunteer to teach a course, assist with a course OR there will be several adult training sessions available. For more information about merit badge classes and registration contact Lucy Grist at lucy.grist@scouting.org

2014 Merit Badge College Registration

Leader Contact Name:______________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________________ City: _________________ ZIP: _________Phone (h):____________Phone (c): ______________ E-mail: __________________________________________________________________________ (This will be our main method of class registration. Please include a valid email that is checked often.) Troop Number: _______________ District: Coharie Neusiok Torhunta Out of Council Number of Scouts attending __________ X $12 = _________ Total included $____________ Submit Fees & Registration to: Tuscarora Council, BSA

316 E. Walnut St. OR Fax to – (919) 734-6540 Goldsboro N.C. 27530

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Troop:

Phone: Email:

First Last Rank 1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice 1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice EmailPM Class 1:00pm-4:30pm

Scoutmasters Name:

Include an alternate class in case one of the first ones is full. 

2014 Merit Badge College Course Selection Form Submit this form when turning‐in the Troop Registration Form. Classes will be filled on a first come/first served basis.

Email this form to Lucy Grist at  lucy.grist@scouting.org 

Scouts Name AM Class 8:00am-11:30am

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4-H ROTO RAPTORS FRC TEAM 3737

BOY SCOUT CHECKLIST for NC FRC REGIONAL COMPETITION Name ___________________ Troop ___________________

SAFETY: List safety features that you see a) on the robots b) on the operators c) in the pit areas any other safety features that you notice? EQUIPMENT: What types of equipment do you recognize in the Pit areas? ROBOTS: Materials a) List different materials that you see used on the robot b) How many different wheel types can you spot? Features Autonomous Mode (robots pre-programmed to perform certain tasks) List robots that perform well during this mode Tele-Operated Mode (students using controllers to operate robot movement) List different types of controllers that the operators are using. What types of movements are these robots able to do? Describe the different ways that robots pick up and launch the ball. ORGANIZATION: How are the teams organized? a) in the pits b) in the arena What is your favorite team? Collect at least 5 pins including one from TEAM 3737

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Merit Badge College Web References

http://www.ametsoc.org http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/dstreme/ http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/ State Climate Office of NC Be sure to look at their map display of the data: http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/map/ (works best in Firefox or Chrome) National Weather Service: http://weather.gov http://www.spc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Storms Prediction Center http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Weather Prediction Center http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Climate Prediction Center Regional NWS offices: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/index.php Raleigh http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gsp/ Greer http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rnk/ Blacksburg http://www.erh.noaa.gov/akq/ Wakefield http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/ Newport http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ilm/ Wilmington NOAAWatch Daily Briefing: http://www.noaawatch.gov/briefing.php National Climatic Data Center: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ (Data you might request are free if the request is from your school’s .k12.nc.us domain; if your school doesn’t use such an address, call NCDC to request the data/info.) Brand new NOAA Climate Service: http://www.climate.gov NWS JetStream – Online School for Weather: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/ Nationwide volunteer rainfall network: http://www.cocorahs.org (Join if you wish!) http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/ Live wx map (see next page below): http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/java_metars/index.php?appletsize=large NC DENR Air Quality site: http://www.ncair.org/monitor/real/haze_cam.shtml http://nc.water.usgs.gov/ http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nc/nwis/rt

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Live wx map: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/java_metars/index.php?appletsize=large Opens this page:

Now… Find the station CVG (Covington, KY), place your cursor at the base of the “V,” click, and while holding the click, drag the cursor south until the left corner of the box is near the “A” in ATL (don’t release the button just yet), which will look like this:

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When you have that red box just so, release the click and wait for the map to zoom, which should look something like this:

Scroll down on the page till the gray display shows at the bottom. Turn on “Counties,” “All” METARs, and whichever of the weather parameters you want to have displayed.

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Send registrations to: Tuscarora Council, 316 E. Walnut St., Goldsboro, NC 27530

Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills Prerequisites - Be a registered Cub or Boy Scout leader This training is for – Scoutmasters, assistant Scoutmasters, Venturing leaders, Webelos Den Leaders. Dates – May 16-18, 2014 Location – Camp Tuscarora Time – Friday 6:00 pm until Sunday 10:00 am Cost - $40.00, includes materials, meals and recognition. Deadline to sign-up – May 13 You will need to bring personal tent, sleeping gear , toiletry kit, and mess kit.

2014 TUSCARORA TRAINING REGISTRATION INFORMATION (Complete ALL information below)

Name Pack/Troop/Crew/ # Phone Email Unit Position Check the course(s) you are registering for Boy Scout Leader Specific, Sept. 21, 2014, $10 BALOO, May 17, 2014, $18 Outdoor Leadership Skills, May 16-18, 2014, $40

TOTAL FEES SUBMITTED $

BALOO Training Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation Prerequisites – Be a registered Cub Scout leader. This training is for – Cub Scout Leaders who will plan and lead a pack overnight campout. This training does NOT certify a leader for the "Trained" insignia. Date – Saturday, May 17, 2014 Location – Camp Tuscarora Time – Class begins at 8:30 am until 4:30 pm Cost - $18.00, includes materials, lunch, and recognition Deadline to sign-up – May 13

Boy Scout Leader Specific Training Prerequisites – YP,FS,TIS This Training is for - Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters. Dates – Saturday, March 29, 2014 Location – Sampson Community College, during Merit Badge College Time – 8:30 am until 4:00 pm Cost - $10.00, includes materials and recognition. Deadline to sign-up – March 26st

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