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Cub Scout Pack 727
(El Paso, Texas)
 
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Camping


Next upcoming camping trip will be City of the Rocks Date TBD. More information to follow.

Hello Pack 727, 

Camping is essential to all scouts at all levels. It builds self esteem, reliance, and teamwork.  Pack 727 normally runs about 2-3 campouts per year.  We encourage all to please come out and learn what they need to learn at the campouts.  

We recommend that you should always have your son take his book to get items he needs signed off by leaders.


The following awards are earned specifically at the campouts: 
 

Some boys earned Leave no Trace. Though we cover leave no trace, the boys need to go thru 3 cleanups, usually at camp or cub outdoor activities.  If the boy participated in the summer activities and did camping with us over the summer or this last time.  He should earn his leave no trace award.  If this was a first for the cub then he will need 2 more times to assist in cleanup before he can receive the award.

If a boy participated in the Whittling Chip training they should get a whittling chip badge at the next pack meeting award ceremony.  Please let the leaders know. Tigers can receive the badge but unfortunately BSA rules say that they can’t carry a knife until they are Wolf.   

 

Previous Camping Trips


Tigers:

  1. Making My Family Special
    • 1F - Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together  (Setting up a Tent, setting up sleeping bag)
    • 1D - Make a family scrapbook
    • 1G - Go to a library, historical society, museum, old farm, or historical building, or visit an older person in your community. Discover how family life was the same and how it was different many years ago.
  2. Where I Live
    • 2F - Look at a map of your community with your adult partner. (We did a map and compass training for the belt loop)
    • 2D - Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony.
    • 2G - Visit a police station or fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community.
  3. Let's Go Outdoors
    • 5F - Go outside and watch the weather.
    • 5D - With a crayon or colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing.
    • 5G - Take a hike with your den.

Electives:

  1. Learn About Animals
    Learn about an animal. "Rattlesnakes"
  2. Fun Outdoors
    Play a game outdoors with your family or den.

Wolf:

  1. YOUR FLAG
    1. Give the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Tell what it means.
    2. Lead a flag ceremony in your den. Here are some ideas:
      (Ideas shown in book)
    3. Tell how to respect and take care of the U.S. flag. Show three ways to display the flag.
    4. Learn about the flag of your state or territory and how to display it.
    5. Learn how to raise a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony
    6. Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony.
    7. With the help of another person, fold the U.S. flag.
  2. KEEP YOUR BODY HEALTHY
    1. Make a chart and keep track of your health habits for two weeks.
    2. Tell four ways to stop the spread of colds.
    3. Show what to do for a small cut on your finger
  3. YOUR LIVING WORLD
    This achievement is also part of the Cub Scout World Conservation Award and Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Award.
    1. Complete the Character Connection for Respect.
      1. Know. Discuss these questions with your family: What things have people done to show a lack of respect to our world? Why is it important to respect our environment and natural resources? How can you show respect for your environment?
      2. Commit. Discuss with your family how you feel when you see places in your neighborhood that have lots of litter. Name one thing you can do to help the environment.
      3. Practice. Practice being respectful while doing the requirements for "Your Living World."
    2. Land, air and water can get dirty. Discuss with your family ways this can happen.
    3. It takes a lot of energy to make glass, cans, and paper products. You can help save energy by collecting these items for use again. Find out how recycling is done where you live. Find out what items you can recycle.
    4. With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood. Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs and cuts from sharp objects.
    5. With an adult, find three stories that tell how people are protecting our world. Read and discuss them together.
    6. Besides recycling, there are other ways to save energy. List three ways you can save energy, and do them.
  4. COOKING AND EATING
    1. Study the Food Guide Pyramid. Name some foods from each of the food groups shown in the pyramid.
    2. Plan the meals you and your family should have for one day. List things your family should have from the food groups shown in the Food Group Pyramid. At each meal, you should have foods from at least three food groups.
    3. Help fix at least one meal for your family. Help set the table, cook the food, and wash the dishes.
    4. Fix your own breakfast. Wash and put away the dishes.
    5. With an adult, help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal. (Boys made sandwiches and if they did eggs in a bag. )

Electives:

  1. LET'S GO CAMPING
    1. Participate with your pack on an overnight campout.
    2. Explain the basics of how to take care of yourself in the outdoors.
    3. Tell what to do if you get lost.
    4. Explain the buddy system.
    5. Attend day camp in your area.
    6. Attend resident camp in your area.
    7. Participate with your den at a campfire in front of your pack.
    8. With your den or pack or family, participate in a worship service outdoors.

Bear:

  1. WHAT MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL?
    (Do requirements (a) and (j) and any two of the other requirements.
    1. Write or tell what makes America special to you.
    2. With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two famous Americans. Tell the things they did or are doing to improve our way of life.
    3. Find out something about the old homes near where you live. Go and see two of them.
    4. Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.
    5. Choose a state; it can be your favorite one or your home state. Name its state bird, tree, and flower. Describe its flag. Give the date it was admitted to the Union.
    6. Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or pack.
    7. Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three national holidays..
    8. Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony.
    9. Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony
    10. Complete the Character Connection for Citizenship.
      • Know. Tell ways some people in the past have served our country. Tell about some people who serve our country today. (Don't forget about 'ordinary' people who serve our country.)
      • Commit. Tell something that might happen to you and your family if other people were not responsible citizens. Tell one thing you will do to be a good citizen.
      • Practice. Tell three things you did in one week that show you are a good citizen
  2. WHAT'S COOKING?
    Do four requirements.
    1. With an adult, bake cookies.
    2. With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting. (GORP at campsite)
    3. With an adult, prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your supper.
    4. Make a list of the 'junk foods' you eat. Discuss 'junk food' with a parent or teacher.
    5. Make some trail food for a hike.
    6. With an adult, make a dessert for your family.
    7. With an adult, cook something outdoors.
  3. BE READY!
    Do requirements a through e and requirement g. Requirement f is recommended, but not required.
    1. Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home. A family member needs help. Someone's clothes catch on fire.
    2. Tell what to do in case of a water accident.
    3. Tell what to do in case of a school bus accident.
    4. Tell what to do in case of a car accident.
    5. With your family, plan escape routes from your home and have a practice drill.
    6. Have a health checkup by a physician (optional).
    7. Complete the Character Connection for Courage.
      • Know. Memorize the courage steps: Be brave, Be calm, Be clear, and Be careful. Tell why each courage step is important. How will memorizing the courage steps help you to be ready?
      • Commit. Tell why it might be difficult to follow the courage steps in an emergency situation. Think of other times you can use the courage steps. (Standing up to a bully is one example.)
      • Practice. Act out one of the requirements using these courage steps: Be brave, Be calm, Be clear, and Be careful.
  4. FAMILY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
    Do three requirements.
    1. Go camping with your family.
    2. Go on a hike with your family.
    3. Have a picnic with your family.
    4. Attend an outdoor event with your family.
    5. Plan your outdoor family day.

Electives:

Let's Go Camping

    1. Learn about the ten essential items you need for a hike or campout. Assemble your own kit of essential items. Explain why each item is 'essential.'
    2. Go on a short hike with your den, following the buddy system. Explain how the buddy system works and why it is important to you to follow it. Tell what to do if you are lost.
    3. Participate with your den in front of the pack at a campfire.
    4. Participate with your pack on an overnight campout. Help put up your tent and help set up the campsite.
    5. Participate with your den in a religious service during an overnight campout or other Cub Scouting event.
    6. Attend day camp in your area.
    7. attend resident camp in your area.
    8. Earn the Cub Scout Leave No Trace Award.

WEBELOS


READYMAN

Required for Arrow of Light

Do All of These:

  1. With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Courage Character Connection.
    1. Know: Define the importance of each courage step: Be strong; Be calm; Be clear; Be careful. Explain how memorizing the courage steps helps you to be ready.
    2. Commit: Explain why it is hard to follow the courage steps in an emergency. Tell when you can use the courage steps in other situations (such as standing up to a bully, avoiding fights, being fair, not stealing or cheating when tempted, etc.)
    3. Practice: Act out one of the requirements using these courage steps: Be strong; Be calm; Be clear; Be careful.
  2. Explain what first aid is. Tell what you should do after an accident.
  3. Explain how you can get help quickly if there is an emergency in your home. Make a Help List of people or agencies that can help you if you need it. Post it near a phone or other place with easy access.
  4. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
  5. Show what to do for these "hurry cases":
    1. Serious bleeding
    2. Stopped breathing
    3. Internal poisoning
    4. Heart attack
  1. Show how to treat shock.
  2. Show first aid for the following:
    1. Cuts and scratches
    2. Burns and scalds
    3. Choking
    4. Blisters on the hand and foot
    5. Tick bites
    6. Bites and stings of insects other than ticks
    7. Poisonous snakebite
    8. Nosebleed
    9. Frostbite
    10. Sunburn
  3. Tell what steps must be taken for a safe swim with your Webelos den, pack, family, or other group. Explain the reasons for the buddy system.

And Do Two of These:

  1. Explain six safety rules you should follow when driving a bicycle.
  2. Explain the importance of wearing safety equipment when participating in sports activities (skating, skateboarding, etc.)
  3. Make a home fire escape plan for your family.
  4. Explain how to use each item in a first aid kit.
  5. Tell where accidents are most likely to happen inside and around your home.
  6. Explain six safety rules you should remember when riding in a car.
  7. Attend a first aid demonstration at a Boy Scout troop meeting, a Red Cross center, or other community event or place.


GEOLOGIST

Do Five of These

  1. Collect five geologic specimens that have important uses.
  2. Rocks and minerals are used in metals, glass, jewelry, road-building products, and fertilizer. Give examples of minerals used in these products.
  3. Make a scale of mineral hardness for objects found at home. Show how to use the scale by finding the relative hardness of three samples.
  4. List some of the geologic materials used in building your home.
  5. Make a drawing that shows the cause of a volcano, a geyser, or an earthquake.
  6. Explain one way in which mountains are formed.
  7. Describe what a fossil is. How is it used to tell how old a formation is? Find two examples of fossils in your area.
  8. Take a field trip to a geological site, geological laboratory, or rock show. Discuss what you learned at your next Webelos den meeting.
  9. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Geology.


NATURALIST

Do These

  1. With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Respect Character Connection.
    1. Know: Tell what interested you most when completing the requirements for this activity badge. Tell what you learned about how you can show appreciation and respect for wildlife.
    2. Commit: Tell things that some people have done that show a lack of respect for wildlife. Name ways that you will show respect for and protect wildlife.
    3. Practice: Explain how completing the requirements for this activity badge gives you the opportunity to show respect.

And Do Five of These

  1. Keep an insect zoo that you have collected. You might have crickets, ants, or grasshoppers. Study them for a while then release them. Share your experience with your Webelos den.
  2. Set up an aquarium or terrarium. Keep it for at least a month. Share your experience with your Webelos den by showing them photos or drawings of your project, or having them visit to see your project.
  3. Visit a museum of natural history, nature center, or zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.
  4. Watch for birds in your yard, neighborhood, or town for one week. Identify the birds you see and write down where and when you saw them.
  5. Learn about the bird flyways closest to your home. Find out which birds use these flyways.
  6. Learn to identify poisonous plants and venomous reptiles found in your area.
  7. Watch six wild animals (snakes, turtles, fish, birds, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard, or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing.
  8. Give examples of:
    • A producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food chain of an ecosystem
    • One way humans have changed the balance of nature
    • How you can help protect the balance of nature
  9. Identify a plant, bird, or wild animal that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it survives only in your area.
  10. Learn about aquatic ecosystems and wetlands in your area. Discuss with your Webelos den leader or activity badge counselor the important role aquatic ecosystems and wetlands play in supporting lifecycles of wildlife and humans.
  11. Look around your neighborhood and identify how litter might be dangerous to the birds and other animals. Clean up the litter. Identify what else you might do to make your neighborhood safer for animals.
  12. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Wildlife Conservation.


OUTDOORSMAN

Required for Arrow of Light

Do Two of these:

  1. Present yourself to your Webelos den leader, properly dressed, as you would be for an overnight campout. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.
  2. With your family or Webelos den, help plan and take part in an evening outdoor activity that includes a campfire.
  3. With your parent or guardian, take part in a Webelos den overnight campout or a family campout. Sleep in a tent that you have helped pitch.
  4. With your parent or guardian, camp overnight with a Boy Scout troop. Sleep in a tent that you have helped pitch.

And Do Five of these:

  1. During a Webelos den meeting, discuss how to follow the Leave No Trace Frontcountry Guidelines during outdoor activities.
  2. Participate in an outdoor conservation project with your Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop.
  3. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the rules of outdoor fire safety. Using these rules, show how to build a safe fire and put it out.
  4. With your accompanying adult on a campout or outdoor activity, assist in preparing, cooking, and cleanup for one of your den's meals. Tell why it is important for each den member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.
  5. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the things that you need to take on a hike. Go on one 3-mile hike with your Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop.
  6. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
  7. Demonstrate setting up a tent or dining fly using two half hitches and a taut-line hitch. Show how to tie a square knot and explain how it is used.
  8. Visit a nearby Boy Scout camp with your





Camping at Black Bear

Here are the items we worked on at Black Bear.

Here are the items we worked on at Black Bear.

 

Started with a game:

First Session:

Naturalist and Forestry Lilia

Second Session:

Readyman

Lunch:

Boys made own lunch of crispy dogs

Third Session:

Outdoorsman: basic Outdoor Safety and setting up tent

Fourth Session:

Naturalist and Forestry Hike

Campfire: how to build a fire, start a fire 2 separate ways (jelly and magnesium flint) and fire safety

Scouts Own:

Leave no Trace:

Fishing:

 

All boys at this camp earned the Map and compass belt loop and pin.

Some boys earned Leave no Trace. Though we cover leave no trace, the boys need to go thru 3 cleanups, usually at camp or cub outdoor activities. If the boy participated in the summer activities and did camping with us over the summer or this last time. He should earn his leave no trace award. If this was a first for the cub then he will need 2 more times to assist in cleanup before he can receive the award.

If a boy participated in the Whittling Chip training they should get a whittling chip badge at the next pack meeting award ceremony. Please let the leaders know. Tigers can receive the badge but unfortunately BSA rules say that they can’t carry a knife until they are Wolf.

Tigers:

  1. Making My Family Special
    • 1F - Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together (Setting up a Tent, setting up sleeping bag)
    • 1D - Make a family scrapbook
    • 1G - Go to a library, historical society, museum, old farm, or historical building, or visit an older person in your community. Discover how family life was the same and how it was different many years ago.
  2. Where I Live
    • 2F - Look at a map of your community with your adult partner.  
    • 2D - Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony.
    • 2G - Visit a police station or fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community.
  3. Let's Go Outdoors
    • 5F - Go outside and watch the weather.
    • 5D - With a crayon or colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing.
    • 5G - Take a hike with your den.

Electives:

  1. Picnic Fun
    With your family or with your den, have a picnic : outdoors or indoors.
    Collecting and Other Hobbies
    With your den, show or tell about something you like to collect. -OR- Tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity.
  2. Fun Outdoors
    Play a game outdoors with your family or den.

Wolf:

  1. YOUR FLAG
    1. Give the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Tell what it means.
    2. Lead a flag ceremony in your den. Here are some ideas:
      (Ideas shown in book)
    3. Tell how to respect and take care of the U.S. flag. Show three ways to display the flag.
    4. Learn about the flag of your state or territory and how to display it.
    5. Learn how to raise a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony
    6. Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony.
    7. With the help of another person, fold the U.S. flag.
  2. KEEP YOUR BODY HEALTHY
    1. Make a chart and keep track of your health habits for two weeks.
    2. Tell four ways to stop the spread of colds.
    3. Show what to do for a small cut on your finger
  3. YOUR LIVING WORLD
    This achievement is also part of the Cub Scout World Conservation Award and Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Award.
    1. Complete the Character Connection for Respect.
      1. Know. Discuss these questions with your family: What things have people done to show a lack of respect to our world? Why is it important to respect our environment and natural resources? How can you show respect for your environment?
      2. Commit. Discuss with your family how you feel when you see places in your neighborhood that have lots of litter. Name one thing you can do to help the environment.
      3. Practice. Practice being respectful while doing the requirements for "Your Living World."
    2. Land, air and water can get dirty. Discuss with your family ways this can happen.
    3. It takes a lot of energy to make glass, cans, and paper products. You can help save energy by collecting these items for use again. Find out how recycling is done where you live. Find out what items you can recycle.
    4. With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood. Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs and cuts from sharp objects.
    5. With an adult, find three stories that tell how people are protecting our world. Read and discuss them together.
    6. Besides recycling, there are other ways to save energy. List three ways you can save energy, and do them.
  4. COOKING AND EATING
    1. Study the Food Guide Pyramid. Name some foods from each of the food groups shown in the pyramid.
    2. Plan the meals you and your family should have for one day. List things your family should have from the food groups shown in the Food Group Pyramid. At each meal, you should have foods from at least three food groups.
    3. Help fix at least one meal for your family. Help set the table, cook the food, and wash the dishes.
    4. Fix your own breakfast. Wash and put away the dishes.
    5. With an adult, help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal. (Boys made sandwiches and if they did eggs in a bag. )

Electives:

  1. LET'S GO CAMPING
    1. Participate with your pack on an overnight campout.
    2. Explain the basics of how to take care of yourself in the outdoors.
    3. Tell what to do if you get lost.
    4. Explain the buddy system.
    5. Attend day camp in your area.
    6. Attend resident camp in your area.
    7. Participate with your den at a campfire in front of your pack.
    8. With your den or pack or family, participate in a worship service outdoors.
  2. TIE IT RIGHT
    1. Learn to tie an overhand knot and a square knot.
    2. Tie your shoelaces with a square bow knot.
    3. Wrap and tie a package so that it is neat and tight.
    4. Tie a stack of newspapers the right way.
    5. Tie two cords together with an overhand knot.
    6. Learn to tie a necktie.
    7. Wrap the end of a rope with tape to keep it from unwinding
  3. FISHING
    1. Identify five different kinds of fish.
    2. Rig a pole with the right kind of line and hook. Attach a bobber and sinker, if you need them. Then go fishing.
    3. Fish with members of your family or an adult. Bait your hook and do your best to catch a fish.
    4. Know the rules of safe fishing.
    5. Tell about some of the fishing laws where you live.
    6. Show how to use a rod and reel.

Bear:

  1. WHAT MAKES AMERICA SPECIAL?
    (Do requirements (a) and (j) and any two of the other requirements.
    1. Write or tell what makes America special to you.
    2. With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two famous Americans. Tell the things they did or are doing to improve our way of life.
    3. Find out something about the old homes near where you live. Go and see two of them.
    4. Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.
    5. Choose a state; it can be your favorite one or your home state. Name its state bird, tree, and flower. Describe its flag. Give the date it was admitted to the Union.
    6. Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or pack.
    7. Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three national holidays..
    8. Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony.
    9. Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony
    10. Complete the Character Connection for Citizenship.
      • Know. Tell ways some people in the past have served our country. Tell about some people who serve our country today. (Don't forget about 'ordinary' people who serve our country.)
      • Commit. Tell something that might happen to you and your family if other people were not responsible citizens. Tell one thing you will do to be a good citizen.
      • Practice. Tell three things you did in one week that show you are a good citizen
  2. WHAT'S COOKING?
    Do four requirements.
    1. With an adult, bake cookies.
    2. With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting. (GORP at campsite)
    3. With an adult, prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your supper.
    4. Make a list of the 'junk foods' you eat. Discuss 'junk food' with a parent or teacher.
    5. Make some trail food for a hike.
    6. With an adult, make a dessert for your family.
    7. With an adult, cook something outdoors.
  3. TAKE CARE OF YOUR PLANET
    Do three requirements.
    1. Save 5 pounds of glass or aluminum, or 1 month of daily newspapers. Turn them in at a recycling center or use your community's recycling service.
    2. Plant a tree in your yard, or on the grounds of the group that operates your Cub Scout pack, or in a park or other public place. Be sure to get permission first.
    3. Call city or county officials or your trash hauling company and find out what happens to your trash after it is hauled away.
    4. List all the ways water is used in your home. Search for dripping faucets or other ways water might be wasted. With an adult, repair or correct those problems.
    5. Discuss with an adult in your family the kinds of energy your family uses.
    6. Find out more about your family's use of electricity.
    7. Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up project.
  4. SHAVINGS AND CHIPS
    Do all four requirements.
    1. Know the safety rules for handling a knife.
    2. Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife.
    3. Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.
    4. Earn the Whittling Chip card.
  5. TYING IT ALL UP
    Do five requirements.
    1. Whip the ends of a rope.
    2. Tie a square knot, bowline, sheet bend, two half hitches, and slip knot. Tell how each knot is used.
    3. Learn how to keep a rope from tangling.
    4. Coil a rope. Throw it, hitting a 2-foot square marker 20 feet away.
    5. Learn a magic rope trick.
    6. Make your own rope.
  6. BE READY!
    Do requirements a through e and requirement g. Requirement f is recommended, but not required.
    1. Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home. A family member needs help. Someone's clothes catch on fire.
    2. Tell what to do in case of a water accident.
    3. Tell what to do in case of a school bus accident.
    4. Tell what to do in case of a car accident.
    5. With your family, plan escape routes from your home and have a practice drill.
    6. Have a health checkup by a physician (optional).
    7. Complete the Character Connection for Courage.
      • Know. Memorize the courage steps: Be brave, Be calm, Be clear, and Be careful. Tell why each courage step is important. How will memorizing the courage steps help you to be ready?
      • Commit. Tell why it might be difficult to follow the courage steps in an emergency situation. Think of other times you can use the courage steps. (Standing up to a bully is one example.)
      • Practice. Act out one of the requirements using these courage steps: Be brave, Be calm, Be clear, and Be careful.
  7. FAMILY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
    Do three requirements.
    1. Go camping with your family.
    2. Go on a hike with your family.
    3. Have a picnic with your family.
    4. Attend an outdoor event with your family.
    5. Plan your outdoor family day.

Electives:

 

Let's Go Camping

    1. Learn about the ten essential items you need for a hike or campout. Assemble your own kit of essential items. Explain why each item is 'essential.'
    2. Go on a short hike with your den, following the buddy system. Explain how the buddy system works and why it is important to you to follow it. Tell what to do if you are lost.
    3. Participate with your den in front of the pack at a campfire.
    4. Participate with your pack on an overnight campout. Help put up your tent and help set up the campsite.
    5. Participate with your den in a religious service during an overnight campout or other Cub Scouting event.
    6. Attend day camp in your area.
    7. attend resident camp in your area.
    8. Earn the Cub Scout Leave No Trace Award.

WEBELOS


READYMAN

Required for Arrow of Light

Do All of These:

  1. With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Courage Character Connection.
    1. Know: Define the importance of each courage step: Be strong; Be calm; Be clear; Be careful. Explain how memorizing the courage steps helps you to be ready.
    2. Commit: Explain why it is hard to follow the courage steps in an emergency. Tell when you can use the courage steps in other situations (such as standing up to a bully, avoiding fights, being fair, not stealing or cheating when tempted, etc.)
    3. Practice: Act out one of the requirements using these courage steps: Be strong; Be calm; Be clear; Be careful.
  2. Explain what first aid is. Tell what you should do after an accident.
  3. Explain how you can get help quickly if there is an emergency in your home. Make a Help List of people or agencies that can help you if you need it. Post it near a phone or other place with easy access.
  4. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
  5. Show what to do for these "hurry cases":
    1. Serious bleeding
    2. Stopped breathing
    3. Internal poisoning
    4. Heart attack
  1. Show how to treat shock.
  2. Show first aid for the following:
    1. Cuts and scratches
    2. Burns and scalds
    3. Choking
    4. Blisters on the hand and foot
    5. Tick bites
    6. Bites and stings of insects other than ticks
    7. Poisonous snakebite
    8. Nosebleed
    9. Frostbite
    10. Sunburn
  3. Tell what steps must be taken for a safe swim with your Webelos den, pack, family, or other group. Explain the reasons for the buddy system.

And Do Two of These:

  1. Explain six safety rules you should follow when driving a bicycle.
  2. Explain the importance of wearing safety equipment when participating in sports activities (skating, skateboarding, etc.)
  3. Make a home fire escape plan for your family.
  4. Explain how to use each item in a first aid kit.
  5. Tell where accidents are most likely to happen inside and around your home.
  6. Explain six safety rules you should remember when riding in a car.
  7. Attend a first aid demonstration at a Boy Scout troop meeting, a Red Cross center, or other community event or place.


GEOLOGIST

Do Five of These

  1. Collect five geologic specimens that have important uses.
  2. Rocks and minerals are used in metals, glass, jewelry, road-building products, and fertilizer. Give examples of minerals used in these products.
  3. Make a scale of mineral hardness for objects found at home. Show how to use the scale by finding the relative hardness of three samples.
  4. List some of the geologic materials used in building your home.
  5. Make a drawing that shows the cause of a volcano, a geyser, or an earthquake.
  6. Explain one way in which mountains are formed.
  7. Describe what a fossil is. How is it used to tell how old a formation is? Find two examples of fossils in your area.
  8. Take a field trip to a geological site, geological laboratory, or rock show. Discuss what you learned at your next Webelos den meeting.
  9. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Geology.


NATURALIST

Do These

  1. With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Respect Character Connection.
    1. Know: Tell what interested you most when completing the requirements for this activity badge. Tell what you learned about how you can show appreciation and respect for wildlife.
    2. Commit: Tell things that some people have done that show a lack of respect for wildlife. Name ways that you will show respect for and protect wildlife.
    3. Practice: Explain how completing the requirements for this activity badge gives you the opportunity to show respect.

And Do Five of These

  1. Keep an insect zoo that you have collected. You might have crickets, ants, or grasshoppers. Study them for a while then release them. Share your experience with your Webelos den.
  2. Set up an aquarium or terrarium. Keep it for at least a month. Share your experience with your Webelos den by showing them photos or drawings of your project, or having them visit to see your project.
  3. Visit a museum of natural history, nature center, or zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.
  4. Watch for birds in your yard, neighborhood, or town for one week. Identify the birds you see and write down where and when you saw them.
  5. Learn about the bird flyways closest to your home. Find out which birds use these flyways.
  6. Learn to identify poisonous plants and venomous reptiles found in your area.
  7. Watch six wild animals (snakes, turtles, fish, birds, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard, or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing.
  8. Give examples of:
    • A producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food chain of an ecosystem
    • One way humans have changed the balance of nature
    • How you can help protect the balance of nature
  9. Identify a plant, bird, or wild animal that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it survives only in your area.
  10. Learn about aquatic ecosystems and wetlands in your area. Discuss with your Webelos den leader or activity badge counselor the important role aquatic ecosystems and wetlands play in supporting lifecycles of wildlife and humans.
  11. Look around your neighborhood and identify how litter might be dangerous to the birds and other animals. Clean up the litter. Identify what else you might do to make your neighborhood safer for animals.
  12. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Wildlife Conservation.


OUTDOORSMAN

Required for Arrow of Light

Do Two of these:

  1. Present yourself to your Webelos den leader, properly dressed, as you would be for an overnight campout. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.
  2. With your family or Webelos den, help plan and take part in an evening outdoor activity that includes a campfire.
  3. With your parent or guardian, take part in a Webelos den overnight campout or a family campout. Sleep in a tent that you have helped pitch.
  4. With your parent or guardian, camp overnight with a Boy Scout troop. Sleep in a tent that you have helped pitch.

And Do Five of these:

  1. During a Webelos den meeting, discuss how to follow the Leave No Trace Frontcountry Guidelines during outdoor activities.
  2. Participate in an outdoor conservation project with your Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop.
  3. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the rules of outdoor fire safety. Using these rules, show how to build a safe fire and put it out.
  4. With your accompanying adult on a campout or outdoor activity, assist in preparing, cooking, and cleanup for one of your den's meals. Tell why it is important for each den member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.
  5. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the things that you need to take on a hike. Go on one 3-mile hike with your Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop.
  6. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
  7. Demonstrate setting up a tent or dining fly using two half hitches and a taut-line hitch. Show how to tie a square knot and explain how it is used.
  8. Visit a nearby Boy Scout camp with your Webelos den.

FORESTER

Do Five of These:

  1. Make a map of the United States. Show the types of forests growing in different parts of the country. Name some kinds of trees that grow in these forests.
  2. Draw a picture to show the plant and tree layers of a forest in your area. Label the different layers. (If you don't live in an area that has forests, choose an area that does and draw a picture of that forest.)
  3. Identify six forest trees common to the area where you live. Tell how both wildlife and humans use them. (If you don't live in a region that has forests, read about one type of forest and name six of its trees and their uses.)
  4. Identify six forest plants (other than trees) that are useful to wildlife. Tell which animals use them and for what purposes.
  5. Draw a picture showing:
    • how water and minerals in the soil help a tree grow
    • how the tree uses sunlight to help it grow
  6. Make a poster showing a tree's growth rings or examine the growth rings of a tree stump. Explain how the rings tell its life history
  7. Collect pieces of three kinds of wood used for building houses. Tell what kinds of wood they are and one place each of them might be used
  8. Plant 20 forest tree seedlings. Tell how you planted them and what you did to take care of them after planting.
  9. Describe both the benefits and the harm wildfires can cause in a forest ecosystem. Tell how you can prevent wildfire.
  10. Draw your own urban forestry plan for adding trees to a street, yard, or park near your home. Show what types of trees you would like to see planted.