Scouter Bill's Boomerangs and Badges Links
Here is a list of links for the Boomerangs.
Boomerang 1 - Health and First Aid
Bronze
Personal Health
- Explain how to keep our hands and nails clean and why.
- Explain when you should wash your hands.
- Demonstrate how to look after your teeth.
Basic First Aid
- Put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you.
- Show how to treat a graze or small cut.
Infections
- Show an understanding of how colds are spread and how to prevent them.
Adult Help
- Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents.
- Pass a message, including an address, from one adult to another.
- Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.
Silver
Personal Health
- Explain how to keep your feet in good condition.
- Discuss why sleep is important.
- Discuss the importance of a balanced diet.
- Prepare a healthy lunch for an outing.
Basic First Aid
- Check and replenish or put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you.
- Show how to treat a bleeding nose.
- Show how to treat stings and insect bites common to your region.
Infections
- Show an understanding of how germs and head lice can pass to people by contact, and how to prevent this.
Adult Help
- Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents.
- Pass a message, including an address, from one adult to another.
- Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.
Gold
Personal Health
- Discuss personal hygiene such as showering/bathing regularly, changing clothes and using deodorants.
- Show you understand the different types of foods that will build a healthy body by preparing a menu for one day at camp.
Basic First Aid
- Check and replenish or put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you.
- Tie a sling with a reef knot.
- Show how to treat burns and scalds.
- Show how to treat bleeding.
- Explain what to do in case of fainting,
Infections
- Show an understanding of what can happen if you eat food that has not been stored correctly.
- Discuss the ways to stores food appropriately.
Adult Help
- Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents.
- Pass a message, including an address, numbers and details of an accident, from one adult to another.
- Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.
Boomerang 2 - Safety
Boomerang 3 - Ropes
Boomerang 4 - Outdoor Scouting
Boomerang 5 - Our Cub Scout Traditions
Boomerang 6 - Symbols of Australia
Boomerang 7 - Promise and Law
Boomerang 8 - Fitness
Boomerang 9 - People and Cultures
Boomerang 10 - Scientific Discovery
Boomerang 11 - The Natural Environment
Boomerang 12 - Self Expression
Boomerang 13 - Handcraft
Boomerang 14 - Your Community
See also the links in the Scouting links section of this site