What is the system of keeping scouts in pairs on outings?
Buddy System
200
What is the name of the top STEM award?
The Supernova Award (Medal)
200
What are the three SDIC scouting facilities that offer supervised water activities?
Camp Balboa
Camp Fiesta Island
Mataguay Scout Ranch
200
What must be worn by persons engaged in boating activities.
Life Jackets (PDF)
200
What is the basic Swim training available to scouters?
Safe Swim Defense
200
Where can we find the rules for all scouting outdoor activities?
Guide to Safe Scouting
300
What is the name of the pins that can be earned and placed on the Nova award patch.
Pi pins: each representing STEM topic (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
300
What are the 3 swimming ability groups?
Non swimmers
Beginners
Swimmers
300
Who must be with a cub scout in order to be involved in a boating activity?
With an adult, who is classified as a swimmer. Two deep leadership criteria must be maintained.
300
What is the basic boating training for scouters to have?
Safety Afloat
300
What is the name of the Adventure Loop for your scout rank?
Tiger: Floats and Boats
Wolf: Spirit of the Water
Bear: Salmon Run
Webelos/Arrow of Light: Aquanaut
400
Any scout seeking to earn the Supernova Award must obtain a STEM advisor. What is this person called?
Mentor
400
Who may give the required swim tests?
Any adult who is familiar with basic swimming strokes and who understands and abides by the following guidelines can administer the test.
400
When can cub scout go on float trips or fast moving water?
Never!
400
What training is available at the council level that will teach a scouter the correct ways to paddle a canoe?
Water Trek Leader by the council High Adventure Team.
400
Who incorporated the BSA on February 8, 1910?
William D. Boyce, after being lost in a London Fog ("The First Good Turn").
500
What is the computer/technology related requirement recently added to all ranks?
Cyberchip
500
What is required to pass the BSA swimmer test?
*Jump feet first in water over head, level off, and swim
*Swim 75 yards in a strong manner using approved stroke.
*Swim 25 yards using an easy, resting backstroke.
*rest by floating
500
What must be filed in order to participate in any pack water activity?