Arrow of Light
Arrow of Light Requirements (5th Grade)
To earn the Arrow of Light badge of rank, you must complete six required Adventures and any two elective Adventures.
Required Adventures:
Demonstrate the patrol method by choosing a patrol name and electing a patrol leader. Discuss the benefits of using the patrol method.
Get to know members of your patrol.
Recite the Scout Oath and Scout Law with your patrol.
With your patrol create a Code of Conduct.
Demonstrate the Scout sign, Scout salute, and Scout handshake used by Scouts BSA. Show how each are used.
Learn the Scouts BSA slogan ("Do a Good Turn Daily") and motto ("Be Prepared").
With your patrol, or with your parent/legal guardian, visit a Scouts BSA troop.
At home, with your parent or legal guardian do the activities in the booklet “How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.”
Identify a community service project that your patrol or pack could accomplish. Use the BSA SAFE Checklist and develop a plan to conduct the service project safely.
Participate in a service project for a minimum of two hours or multiple service projects for a total of two hours.
Discuss with your parent or legal guardian your family’s faith traditions or one of your choosing. Choose a view or value of that faith tradition that is related to the Scout Law. Discuss with your family how each family member demonstrates this value.
Meet with a representative of a faith-based organization in your local community who provides a service that assists people in crisis regardless of their faith. Identify who they help and how.
Discuss with your parent, legal guardian, or an adult leader what “Duty to God” means to you. Tell how you practice your Duty to God in your daily life.
With permission from your parent or legal guardian, watch the Protect Yourself Rules video for the Arrow of Light rank.
Explain what you should do if you encounter someone in need of first aid.
Demonstrate what to do for hurry cases of first aid: serious bleeding, heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest, stopped breathing, stroke, poisoning.
Demonstrate how to help a choking victim.
Demonstrate how to treat shock.
Demonstrate how to treat the following: cuts and scratches, burns and scalds, bites and stings of insects and animals, and nosebleed.
Make a personal first-aid kit. Demonstrate the proper use of each item in your first-aid kit.
Learn about the Scout Basic Essentials.
Determine what you will bring on an overnight campout — including a tent and sleeping bag/gear — and how you will carry your gear.
Review the four points of the BSA SAFE Checklist and how you will apply them. on the campout.
Locate the campsite where you will be camping on a map.
With your patrol or a Scouts BSA troop, participate in a campout.
Upon arrival at the campout determine where to set up your campsite: kitchen, eating area, tents, and firepit. Help the patrol set up the patrol gear before setting up your own tent.
Explain how to keep food safe and the kitchen area sanitary at the campsite. Demonstrate your knowledge during the campout.
After your campout, discuss with your patrol what went well and what you would do differently next time. Include how you followed the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Principles for Kids.
Plan a balanced meal that you would eat when camping. Prepare that meal using the gear you would use on a campout.
Examine what it is to be physically fit and how you incorporate this in your life. Track the number of times you are active for 30 minutes or longer over a 14-day period. Share with your patrol or family what you enjoyed and if you feel you are living up to the Scout Oath of being physically strong.
Be active for 30 minutes with your patrol, a younger den, or at least one other person in a way that includes both stretching and moving.
Review your BSA Annual Health and Medical Record with your parent or legal guardian. Discuss your ability to participate in Arrow of Light patrol and pack activities.
Elective Adventures: