"Skitill for how to find your way with out a compass" by Matt Dustin

Nate’s patrol is on stage                                     

Matt D. is walking around and everyone is following him.

Matt L.- I’ve seen this tree before.

Matt D.-It’s a pine tree like all the others.

Matt L. –No, It’s the same one.  Remember the bird’s nest?

Nate- Matt Leno is right.  We’re lost.  We need a compass.

Mason and Nick come running up with their compasses.

Mason-Use mine!

Nick-No, mine is better.

Mason-  No mine is!

Ben- No mine is the best!

Ben pulls a fancy compass out of his backpack and hands it to Matt D.

Matt D. –Sweet.  Uh, how do we use it?

Ben-Simple, point this big arrow at where you want to go then turn the dial so that this red box is over the red arrow.

Matt D. Got it!

Matt D walks around stage again and everyone follows him.

Matt L. Here’s that tree again.  We’re still lost!

Nate- Of course.  We need a map.

Mason- Use mine.

Nick- No mine is better!

Mason- No mine is.

Ben- No mine is best.

Ben pulls a huge TOPO map out of his backpack and hands it to Matt D.

Matt D.  Sweet! How to we use it?

Ben-Simple. Take your compass and set it so that the dial is at zero.  (Mason and Nick sit down with Matt D. and look at their compasses with Ben.)

Ben-Then you put it over the map like this so that the line lines up with the compass so that you are pointing north.

Ryan walks over and looks over Matt D.’s shoulder and is cranking his rechargeable flashlight.

Nick- That’s weird the north arrow on my compass is moving all over the place.

Mason-Same here!

Nick-Mine is too!

Ben –Oh no, Ryan is that a rechargeable flashlight?

Ryan-Yeah.

Ben-When you crank your flashlight to charge it, you move two magnets together and you make electricity.  Your moving the magnets messed up our compasses and now they are utterly useless!

Nate- Now we’re doomed!

Michael- No we’re not. I know how to find my way without a compass.  Watch. You take a stick and point it at the sun so that there is no shadow.  Then you wait a minute or two and there should be a shadow because of the sun rising, that goes from east to west.

Ben-  Great! According to the map we need to go this way.

All scouts but Matt D and Nate exit.

Nate- I think we just found another essential that we need to take with us on hikes and campouts.

Matt D. – What’s that?

Nate – A tenderfoot.

Nate and Matt D exit.

Props:

Backpacks for everyone
Rechargeable crank flashlight
3 compasses, one that is really nice
3 maps, on that is big and water froof