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Basic Meeting Plans are designed to have minimal supplies and still hit the GSUSA Requirements. Most meetings can be done in a 90 minute time frame.

Items needed:

• Supplies for each scout or scout group
  • Half a Paper towel roll OR Toilet paper roll
    (optional – can use scissors) Hole punch
    Scissors
    4 Plastic bottle lids
    2 Toothpicks
    2 Straws
• Different surfaces to try the car on (You can get a sheets of aluminum foil and sandpaper at a minimum)
• Paper and Pen/Pencil for each scout to record test results
• Make an Example Vehicle before the meeting to make sure the design works and you can instruct the scouts on how to make them successfully.

(Note, troops with a larger budget might want to just get the Activity Kit on Etsy from On My Honor Downloads)

Build the Vehicle

Action Needed: Follow the directions on Free Kids Craft to build a Cardboard Tube Car.

(Requirement 1 Earned)

Test the Vehicle

Action Needed: Scouts must try the car out on several surfaces and note how it does on smooth or rough surfaces.

(Requirement 2 Earned)

Race the Vehicle

Action Needed: Scouts must race the car. Try different surfaces to see which one it races the best on.

(Requirement 3 Earned)

Meeting End

Scouts can keep testing or racing their vehicles until it is time to go home.

General Notes

Note to Leaders – No Basic Plan compiled by The Badge Archive will earn multiple badges in one level. Part of being budget friendly is not costing more than the price of one official GSUSA badge per meeting.

Some badges will take two meeting to finish. This helps scouts enjoy activities and keeps the troop budget in mind by only needing one GSUSA badge for every two meetings. Troops may choose to get a fun patch for one of the meetings if scouts want a badge/patch for every meeting. Scouts can earn the fun patch if they only attend one meeting and get a fun patch and the official badge if they go to both.