Editing Scout (Scouting) (section)

==Activities==
{{Main article|Scout method}}
[[Image:American Boy Scouts sitting around a campfire ring at a week long summer camp.png|thumb|right|200px|Scouts at a campfire ring at summer camp in 2002]]
A Scout learns the cornerstones of the Scout method, [[Scout Promise]], and [[Scout Law]]. These are designed to instill character, citizenship, personal fitness, and leadership in boys through a structured program of outdoor activities.<ref name="constitution">{{Cite web| date =January 2011| url =http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/library/fundamentals_of_scouting/constitution_of_w_o_s_m_jan_2011| title =Constitution and By-Laws of the World Organization of the Scout Movement| format =PDF| publisher =World Organization of the Scout Movement| access-date =5 April 2012| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120401124300/http://scout.org/en/information_events/library/fundamentals_of_scouting/constitution_of_w_o_s_m_jan_2011| archive-date =1 April 2012| df =dmy-all}}, p. 3-7</ref><ref name="goodturn">{{Cite web| year = 1998 | url = http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/resource_centre/library/the_scout_library/adult_resources_and_management/scouting_an_educational_system | title = Scouting: An Educational System | format = PDF | publisher = World Organization of the Scout Movement | access-date = 10 July 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203643/http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/resource_centre/library/the_scout_library/adult_resources_and_management/scouting_an_educational_system |archive-date = 30 September 2007}}, p. 9</ref> Common ways to implement the Scout method include spending time together in small groups with shared experiences, rituals, and activities, as well as emphasizing good citizenship and decision-making that are age-level appropriate. Cultivating a love and appreciation of the outdoors and outdoor activities are key elements. Primary activities include [[camping]], [[woodcraft]], [[first aid]], [[List of water sports|aquatics]], [[hiking]], [[Backpacking (wilderness)|backpacking]], and [[sports]].

===Fellowship===
Camping most often occurs on a unit level, such as in the troop, but there are periodic [[camporee]]s and [[jamboree (Scouting)|jamborees]]. Camporees are events where units from a local area camp together for a weekend. These often occur a couple times a year and usually have a theme, such as [[Pioneering (Scout Movement)|pioneering]]. Jamborees are large events on a national or international level held every four years where thousands of Scouts camp together for one to two weeks. Activities at these events include games, Scoutcraft competitions, [[Scouting memorabilia collecting|patch trading]], aquatics, woodcarving, archery, and rifle and shotgun shooting.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

For many Scouts, the highlight of the year is spending at least a week in the summer as part of an outdoor activity. This can be a long event such as camping, hiking, sailing, canoeing, or kayaking with the unit or a summer camp operated on a council, state, or provincial level. Scouts attending a summer camp, generally one week during the summer, work on merit badges, advancement, and perfecting Scoutcraft skills. Some summer camps operate specialty programs, such as [[sailing]], backpacking, [[canoeing]] and [[whitewater]], [[caving]], and [[fishing]].{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

===Personal progression===
A large part, compared to younger and older sections, of the activities are related to personal progression. All Scouting organizations have an advancement program, whereby the Scout learns [[Scoutcraft]], community service, leadership, and explores areas of interest to him. This Badge system or Personal Progressive Scheme is based on two complementary elements:
* Proficiency (Merit) badges, which are intended to encourage the Scout to learn a subject which could be his work or hobby, so cover many different types of activities, not always related to Scouting.
* Class badges or Progress system, which symbolize increasingly difficult levels or successive stages.

Most Scouting associations have a [[List of highest awards in Scouting|highest badge]] that require mastering Scoutcraft, leadership, and performing community service. Only a small percentage of Scouts attain them.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}