STEM ADVENTURE WEEKEND

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STEM ADVENTURE WEEKEND

Lost Pines Scout Reservation Capitol Area Council

September 24-26, 2021

Zoom begins at 8:00 PM

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STEM ADVENTURE WEEKEND

Capitol Area Council staﬀ:

Jessica Snider

Volunteer Event Lead:

Tim Urban

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Merit Badges & Nova Awards

for Scouts, Venturers & Sea Scouts

bsastemnova.org

For event Guidebook & more information:

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Presentation outline

1. Health & Safety 2. Location/Arrival 3. General program 4. Class speciﬁcs

5. Adult volunteers 6. BSA & Camp rules

7. Departing

8. Question & Answer

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Health & Safety

● CAC is following CDC Covid-19 safety guidelines: Masks are required when you cannot social distance.

○ Does not matter if you are vaccinated or unvaccinated

○ Practicality: wear indoors when not

actively eating or drinking

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Health & Safety

● Temp & Paperwork check upon arrival:

○ Med form (BSA AHMR) parts A&B

○ CAC Covid safety acknowledgement

○ CAC commitment to transport

○ Review the Pre-check form, no need

to print, but please do not attend if

you are ill or have been exposed

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Health & Safety

● Youth Protection

○ YPT current for all adults

○ 2-deep adult leadership

○ At least 1 female leader with girl troops

○ Follow GSS: Youth & adults tent

separately, etc.

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Health & Safety

● No food or drink in campsites

○ Dietary needs: contact the QM

● Closed-toed shoes at all times

○ Shower shoes in the showers only

● All bathhouses are single stall conﬁg

● Let staﬀ know if anything is amiss

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Emergency Contacts

Health Oﬃcer - Staci Kilpatrick (512) 657-5789 CAC staﬀ - Jessica Snider (512) 632-9395

Camp Ranger - Kevin Smith (512) 796-6229 Event Lead - Tim Urban (512) 627-0472

Event Logistics - Robert Sierra (512) 619-4748

Event NCAP - Heather Spencer (512) 627-0139

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Lost Pines Scout Reservation

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Camp & Weather

● Loblolly pines - beware of allergies

● Bugs - use repellant (non-aerosol)

● Sun - wear sunscreen (non-aerosol)

● Night - cool!

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Arrival

● Parking lot

- Temp

- Check Paperwork

● Lindsay Lodge

- Collect paperwork - Med check

- QM check

- Classes

- Campsite

- Buy stuﬀ

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What to Bring

● Paperwork

● Mask

● Water bottle

● Camp chair

● Gear (tent, clothes, notebook &

writing tool, etc.)

● Medications (controlled by unit leader)

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Paperwork

● Med form (BSA AHMR) parts A&B

● CAC Covid safety acknowledgement

● CAC commitment to transport Riﬂe & Shotgun Workbooks!

BRING COPIES of MED FORM YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE

PAPERWORK BACK!

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Stuﬀ you can buy

● STEM T-shirt ($15)

● Mugs ($10)

● Extra patches ($5)

● Vintage shirts & patches

Don’t forget stuﬀ to brand!

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Walk gear to Campsites

● No vehicles past the gate

● You will share campsites

with others

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5 Bath Houses around camp

● All restrooms single stall with shower

● Contact staﬀ if anything is amiss

● Troops are

responsible for

cleaning their area

before check-out

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Camp

Orientation:

Dining Hall at 8:30 PM

Followed by:

● Shooting Sports safety brieﬁng

● Movie & snacks

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Schedule

+ Shooting Sports safety briefing

Friday, September 24

6:00-10:00 pm Check-in Open Lindsay Lodge

8:30 pm Welcome & Orientation Dining Hall

8:30-10:00 pm Movie/Snacks Dining Hall

10:30 pm Lights Out

Saturday, September 25

6:00 am Wake Up

6:30 - 8:00 am Check-in Open Lindsay Lodge

6:45 am Breakfast Dining Hall

7:45 am Flags & Announcements Parade Ground 8:00 am - 11:45 am Morning Class Session

12:00 pm Lunch Dining Hall

1:00 - 4:45 pm Afternoon Class Session

5:00 pm Dinner Dining Hall

6:00 – 10:30 pm Evening Events

6:00-8:00 pm Egg drop contest DOK’s Tower

6:00-10:00 pm Rockets, Chess, Branding, more Around camp

8:00-10:00 pm STEM Movies Dining Hall

8:00-10:30 pm Star Party DOK’s Tower

10:30 pm Lights Out

Sunday, September 26

6:00 am Wake up

7:45 am Flags & Scout's Own Service Parade Ground 8:00 am -11:45 pm Sunday Class Session

12:00 pm Clean up & Check Out & Depart Lindsay Lodge

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Schedule

10:30 pm Lights Out

6:00 am Wake Up

6:00-8:00 pm Chess tournament, Branding Around camp

10:30 pm Lights Out

6:00 am Wake up

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Saturday night

● Egg drop contest -

bring cardboard &

packing materials

● Chess tournament

● Riﬂe & Shotgun cleaning

● Branding

● Star Party

● Movies

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Schedule

10:30 pm Lights Out

6:00 am Wake Up

6:00-8:00 pm Chess tournament, Branding Around camp

10:30 pm Lights Out

6:00 am Wake up

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Flags

● Flag raising each morning

● Informal lowering Saturday evening

The ﬂagpole area is a memorial. Please keep

oﬀ unless raising or lowering ﬂags.

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Uniform

● Recommended for

ﬂags, Sunday service, and when travelling

● STEM t-shirts

available at Lindsay

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Class Expectations

All our volunteer instructors are registered merit badge counselors and professionals or serious hobbyists in the ﬁeld they are teaching.

BSA Guide to Advancement:

It is acceptable—and sometimes desirable—for merit badges to be

taught in group settings. … We must know that every Scout—actually

and personally—completed them. If, for example, a requirement uses

words like “show,” “demonstrate,” or “discuss,” then every Scout must

do that. It is unacceptable to award badges on the basis of sitting in

classrooms watching demonstrations, or remaining silent during

discussions.

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Archery

● Double session

● Must attend Friday night safety brieﬁng

● Must qualify on the range

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Astronomy

● Pre-requisites/Homework listed in Guidebook

● Attend Star Party Saturday night

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Chess

● Attend Chess tournament

on Saturday night

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Aviation

● Pre-requisites/Homework listed in

Guidebook

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Riﬂe & Shotgun

● MUST turn in Workbook at check-in

○ If it’s not done, you must choose another class

● MUST attend Friday night safety brieﬁng

○ If you miss it, you must choose another class

● MUST attend cleaning session:

○ Sat classes 6-8pm

○ Sun at end of class

● MUST qualify on the range

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Nova Awards

● Pre-requisites/Homework listed in Guidebook (Reqs 1 & 2)

Note: Nova Drones is a beta test and scouts must complete the TRUST

test in order to ﬂy a drone.

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All Other Classes

● Scouts have the opportunity to complete the badge in class

Automotive Maintenance Composite Materials

Drafting Electronics

Environmental Science Model Design & Building Nuclear Science

Plumbing

Radio

Signs, Signals, Codes

Space Exploration

Welding

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More Class Notes

Please verify Double Sessions

● Archery

● Environmental Science

● Radio

● Space Exploration

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Welding - Safety

● Wear long pants

● Leather boots rather than gym shoes

● Avoid synthetic ﬁber clothes

● Baseball cap recommended

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Egg drop contest

● Bring cardboard & packing

materials to donate to the camp

supplies

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Adult volunteers

● Your YPT must be current

● A Scout is Helpful

○ Kitchen - Preparing & Serving

○ Merit badge assistance

○ Logistics

○ Cleaning

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BSA & Camp rules

● No hammocks

● No ﬁxed-blade knives

● No drugs/alcohol/pets/etc.

● Follow YPT & GSS & Outdoor Code at all times

○ If you see something, say something

● Quiet hours 10:30 PM - 6:00 AM

● Masks when not able to social distance (or

eating or drinking)

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Check Out

● Clean bathhouses

● Clean campsite

● Stop by Lindsay on your way out

○ Get event patches

○ Check Lost & Found

○ Any other questions

Departing

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Class Reports

● No Blue Cards

Blue cards will not be provided or signed

● You will be notiﬁed next week

when all Requirements have been entered into the Registration System.

● Each Scout’s Completion Report

will be accessible through that system.

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