October Pack Meeting Planning pdf
Pack Meeting Helps - October
The core value for October is Responsibility. October is also Fire Safety month. Contact your local fire department early in the month to have a representative in attendance for your pack meeting.
October Pack Meeting Planning pdf
October Pack Meeting Planning pdf
Basic First Aid: Minor Cuts and Scrapes
Minor cuts and scrapes are bound to happen to all Scouts... even Leaders. Knowing how to care for minor cuts and scrapes will help prevent against infections.
The following are some steps to take with minor cuts and scrapes:
The following are some steps to take with minor cuts and scrapes:
Cub Scout Academic Pin - Family Travel
FAMILY TRAVEL
Earn the Family Travel belt loop and complete five of the following requirements:
- Go on a trip with your family that includes at least one overnight stay. Keep a journal of your trip and then share it with your den leader.
- Play a travel game while traveling in a car.
Cub Scout Academic Belt Loop - Family Travel
FAMILY TRAVEL
- Make a list of things you would take on a threeday trip with your family, then pack these items in a bag or suitcase.
- With an adult’s help, figure out the cost and miles to complete a trip to a place of interest using the family car or public transportation.
- Research at least five places to visit during a trip to a place of interest. Explain what you learned to your family.
Cub Scouts Academic Pin - Disabilities Awareness
DISABILITIES AWARENESS
Cub Scout Academic Belt Loop - Disabilities Awareness
DISABILITIES AWARENESS
- Visit with a friend, family member, classmate, or other person with disabilities. Find out what this persons enjoys and what this person finds difficult.
- Attend a disabilities event such as an Easter Seals event, Special Olympics, a performance with sign language interpretation, an activity with Guiding Eyes dogs, or a wheelchair race. Tell your adult leader what you thought about the experience.
- Make a display about one or more disabilities. It can include physical, learning, or mental challenges. Share the display at a pack meeting.
Tiger Cubs - Making My Family Special: 1F
Family Activity:
1F: Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together.
Take a second and think of a few of the chores around your house.... The following are some around my house.
We can lighten the load of work when each member of the family helps out with the chores around the house. The same is in your Dens and Packs. When each scout does his duty, it helps the pack go.
Character Connection: Responsibility
1F: Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together.
Take a second and think of a few of the chores around your house.... The following are some around my house.
- Dishes
- Vacuuming
- Sweeping
- Feeding the Dog and Cat
- Washing the Windows
- Taking Out the Trash
We can lighten the load of work when each member of the family helps out with the chores around the house. The same is in your Dens and Packs. When each scout does his duty, it helps the pack go.
Character Connection: Responsibility
Cub Scout Academic Worksheet - Computers
Computers are used everyday.. everywhere. In fact you are using one to read this post! We have created this worksheet to use with your Cub Scout to track his progress on the Computers belt loop and pin. Have Fun!
Cub Scout Computers Worksheet
Cub Scout Computers Worksheet
Cub Scout Academic Pin - Computers
COMPUTERS
- Use a computer to prepare a report on a subject of interest to you. Share it with your den.
Cub Scout Academic Belt Loop - Computers
- Explain these parts of a personal computer: central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, and printer.
- Demonstrate how to start up and shut down a personal computer properly.
- Use your computer to prepare and print a document.
Trail Mix Recipe
Trail mix is a great energy snack for when you hit the trails. The following is one of my favorite mixtures.
Recipes
- 1 Cup Peanuts
- 1 Cup Almonds
- 1 Cup Cashews
- 2 Cups M&M's
- Shake it all together in a gallon zip lock bag
Recipes
Communicating Worksheet
We have created and added the Communicating Academic Belt Loop and Pin worksheet. Print for easy access to the requirements. Have Akela sign and date each requirement when completed.
Print it Here
Print it Here
Cub Scout Academic Pin - Communicating
COMMUNICATING
Printable Worksheet
Earn the Communicating belt loop and complete five of the following requirements:
- Write an original poem or story.
Cub Scout Academic Belt Loop - Communicating
COMMUNICATING
- Tell a story or relate an incident to a group of people, such as your family, den, or members of your class.
- Write and send a letter to a friend or relative.
- Make a poster about something that interests you. Explain the poster to your den.
Cub Scout Parent's Promise
As a parent of a Cub Scout,
I will do my best
To help my boy
Live up to the Cub Scout Promise
And obey the Law of the Pack.
I will work with my boy
On his achievements and projects.
I will attend the pack meetings
And help as needed
To make the pack go.
September Pack Meeting Planning
One of the challenges of being the Cubmaster is making
the pack meeting fun. We suggest that
you use the September Pack Meeting Resource Sheet to get started. With fall sports starting to come into full
swing, your gathering activity could involve a quick game involving a soccer
ball or football. The point is to make
it fun so the boys have a desire to arrive at pack meeting early.
Cub Scout Sports Pin - Swimming
SWIMMING PIN
- Practice the breathing motion of the crawl stroke while standing in shallow water. Take a breath, place your head in the water, exhale, and turn your head to the side to take a breath. Repeat.
- Learn and demonstrate two of the following strokes: crawl, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, or breaststroke.
Cub Scout Belt Loop - Swimming
SWIMMING BELT LOOP
- Explain the rules of Safe Swim Defense. Emphasize the buddy system.
- Play a recreational game in the water with your den, pack, or family.
- While holding a kick board, propel yourself 25 feet using a flutter kick across the shallow end of the swimming area.
Woodwork Merit Badge
WOODWORK
- Do the following:
- Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter while participating in woodwork activities, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards. Explain what precautions you should take to safely use your tools.
Wood Carving Merit Badge
WOOD CARVING
- Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while wood carving, including minor cuts and scratches and splinters.
- Do the following:
- Earn the Totin' Chip recognition.
- Discuss with your merit badge counselor your understanding of the Safety Checklist for Carving.
- Do the following:
Wilderness Survival Merit Badge
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
- Show that you know first aid for and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur in backcountry settings, including hypothermia, heat reactions, frostbite, dehydration, blisters, insect stings, tick bites, and snakebites.
- From memory, list the seven priorities for survival in a backcountry or wilderness location. Explain the importance of each one with your counselor.
Whitewater Merit Badge
WHITEWATER
- Do the following:
- Review with your counselor the first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while working on the Whitewater merit badge, including hypothermia, heat reactions, dehydration, insect stings, blisters, bruises, cuts, and shoulder dislocation.
- Identify the conditions that must exist before performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person. Explain how such conditions are recognized.
- Demonstrate proper technique for performing CPR using a training device approved by your counselor.
- Do the following:
Welding Merit Badge
WELDING
- Do the following:
- Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while welding, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, or lessen these hazards.
- Show that you know first aid for, and the prevention of, injuries or illnesses that could occur while welding, including electrical shock, eye injuries, burns, fume inhalation, dizziness, skin irritation, and exposure to hazardous chemicals, including filler metals and welding gases.
- Do the following:
Weather Merit Badge
WEATHER
- Define meteorology. Explain what weather is and what climate is. Discuss how the weather affects farmers, sailors, aviators, and the outdoor construction industry. Tell why weather forecasts are important to each of these groups.
- Name five dangerous weather-related conditions. Give the safety rules for each when outdoors and explain the difference between a severe weather watch and a warning. Discuss the safety rules with your family.
Water Sports Merit Badge
WATER SPORTS
- Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while participating in water sports, including hypothermia, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, dehydration, sunburn, minor cuts and bruises, and blisters.
- Do the following:
Truck Transportation Merit Badge
TRUCK TRANSPORTATION
- List the major truck lines serving your town.
- Do the following:
- Describe the role of truck transportation within commerce (the movement of goods, funds, and information).
Veterinary Medicine Merit Badge
VETERINARY MEDICINE
- Discuss with your counselor the roles a veterinarian plays in the following:
- Companion or small animal medicine, and equine medicine
- Food animal or large animal medicine
- Exotic animal medicine
- Marine animal medicine (mammal and fish)
- Poultry medicine
- Wildlife medicine and aquaculture medicine
Traffic Safety Merit Badge
TRAFFIC SAFETY
- Do the following:
- Describe the top 10 mistakes new drivers frequently make. Name the two items you are required by law to carry with you whenever you operate a motor vehicle.
- Describe how alcohol and other drugs affect the human body and why a person should never drink and drive, or drive while under the influence of any mind-altering substances including prescription drugs, cold medications, and illicit drugs. For the state where you live, find out what is the legal blood alcohol concentration and the consequences for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. Find out what the open-container law is in your state.
Theater Merit Badge
THEATER
- See or read three full-length plays or scripts. These can be from the stage, movies, television, or video. Write a review of each. Comment on the story, acting, and staging.
- Write a one-act play that will take at least eight minutes to perform. The play must have a main character, conflict, and a climax.
Textile Merit Badge
TEXTILE
- Discuss with your merit badge counselor the importance of textiles. In your discussion, define the terms fiber, fabric, and textile. Give examples of textiles you use every day.
- Do the following:
Swimming Merit Badge
SWIMMING
- Discuss the prevention of and treatment for health concerns that could occur while swimming, including hypothermia, dehydration, sunburn, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, muscle cramps, hyperventilation, spinal injury, stings and bites, and cuts and scrapes.
- Do the following:
Surveying Merit Badge
SURVEYING
- Show that you know first aid for the types of injuries that could occur while surveying, including cuts, scratches, snakebite, insect stings, tick bites, heat and cold reactions, and dehydration. Explain to your counselor why a surveyor should be able to identify the poisonous plants and poisonous animals that are found in your area.
Stamp Collecting Merit Badge
STAMP COLLECTING
- Do the following:
- Discuss how you can better understand people, places, institutions, history, and geography as a result of collecting stamps.
- Briefly describe some aspects of the history, growth, and development of the United States postal system. Tell how it is different from postal systems in other countries.
- Define topical stamp collecting. Name and describe three other types of stamp collections.
Sports Merit Badge
SPORTS
- Show that you know first aid for and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur while playing sports, including sprains, strains, contusions, abrasions, fractures, blisters, muscle cramps, dehydration, heat and cold reactions, injured teeth, nausea, and suspected injuries to the head, neck, and back.
- Explain the importance of the following:
Space Exploration Merit Badge
SPACE EXPLORATION
- Tell the purpose of space exploration and include the following:
- Historical reasons
- Immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge
- Benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new products
- Design a collector's card, with a picture on the front and information on the back, about your favorite space pioneer. Share your card and discuss four other space pioneers with your counselor.
Soil and Water Conservation Merit Badge
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
- Do the following:
- Tell what soil is. Tell how it is formed.
- Describe three kinds of soil. Tell how they are different.
- Name the three main plant nutrients in fertile soil. Tell how they can be put back when used up.
- Do the following:
Snow Sports Merit Badge
SNOW SPORTS
- Discuss winter sports safety, and show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while skiing or riding, including hypothermia, frostbite, shock, dehydration, sunburn, fractures, bruises, sprains, and strains. Tell how to apply splints.
- Explain why every skier or snowboarder should be prepared to render first aid in the event of an accident.
Small Boat Sailing Merit Badge
SMALL BOAT SAILING
- Do the following:
- Explain first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while small-boat sailing, including hypothermia, dehydration, heat reactions, motion sickness, cuts, scratches, abrasions, contusions, puncture wounds, and blisters.
Skating Merit Badge
SKATING
- Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that may occur while skating, including hypothermia, frostbite, lacerations, abrasions, fractures, sprains and strains, blisters, heat reactions, shock, and cardiac arrest.
- Complete ALL of the requirements for ONE of the following options.
Shotgun Shooting Merit Badge
SHOTGUN SHOOTING
- Do the following:
- Explain why BB and pellet air guns must always be treated with the same respect as firearms.
- Describe how you would react if a friend visiting your home asked to see your or your family's firearm(s).
Search and Rescue Merit Badge
SEARCH AND RESCUE
- Do the following:
- Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while participating in search and rescue (SAR) activities, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards.
- Discuss first aid and prevention for the types of injuries or illnesses that could occur while participating in SAR activities, including: snakebites, dehydration, shock, environmental emergencies such as hypothermia or heatstroke, blisters, and ankle and knee sprains.
- Demonstrate knowledge to stay found and prevent yourself from becoming the subject of a SAR mission.
- How does the buddy system help in staying found and safe?
- How can knowledge of the area and its seasonal weather changes affect your plans?
- Explain how the Ten Essentials are similar to a "ready pack."
- Discuss the following with your counselor:
- The difference between search and rescue
- The difference between PLS (place last seen) and LKP (last known point)
- The meaning of these terms:
- AFRCC (Air Force Rescue Coordination Center)
- IAP (Incident Action Plan)
- ICS (Incident Command System)
- Evaluating search urgency
- Establishing confinement
- Scent item
- Area air scent dog
- Briefing and debriefing
- Find out who in your area has authority for search and rescue and what their responsibilities are. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain the official duties of a search and rescue team.
- Complete the training for ICS-100, Introduction to Incident Command System. Print out the certificate of completion and show it to your counselor. Discuss with your counselor how the ICS compares with Scouting's patrol method.
- Identify four types of search and rescue teams and discuss their use or role with your counselor. Then do the following:
- Interview a member of one of the teams you have identified above, and learn how this team contributes to a search and rescue operation. Discuss what you learned with your counselor.
- Describe the process and safety methods of working around at least two of the specialized SAR teams you identified above.
- Explain the differences between wilderness, urban, and water SARs.
- Discuss the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) system, latitude, and longitude. Then do the following:
- Using a 1:24,000 scale USGS topographic map, show that you can identify a location of your choice using UTM coordinates.
- Using a 1:24,000 scale map, ask your counselor to give you a UTM coordinate on the map, then identify that location.
- Show that you can identify your current location using the UTM coordinates on a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit and verify it on a 1:24,000 scale map.
- Determine a hypothetical place last seen, and point out an area on your map that could be used for containment using natural or human-made boundaries.
- Choose a hypothetical scenario, either one presented in this merit badge pamphlet or one created by your counselor. Then do the following:
- Complete an incident objectives form for this scenario.
- Complete an Incident Action Plan (IAP) to address this scenario.
- Discuss with your counselor the behavior of a lost person and how that would impact your incident action plan (for example, the differences between searching for a young child versus a teen).
- After completing 8a-8c, discuss the hypothetical scenario with your counselor.
- Discuss with your counselor the terms hasty team and hasty search. Then do the following:
- Plan and carry out a practice hasty search-either urban or wilderness-for your patrol or troop. Include the following elements in the search: clue awareness, evidence preservation, tracking the subject, and locating the subject using attraction or trail sweep.
- When it's over, hold a team debriefing to discuss the hasty search. Discuss problems encountered, successful and unsuccessful tactics, and ideas for improvement.
- Find out about three career or volunteer opportunities in search and rescue. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this professional or volunteer position. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this position might interest you.
The BSA's Guide to Safe Scouting states under "Unauthorized and Restricted Activities" that flying in aircraft as part of a search and rescue mission is an unauthorized activity for youth members. For complete information, see http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety.aspx.
Sculpture Merit Badge
SCULPTURE
- Explain to your counselor the precautions that must be followed for the safe use and operation of a sculptor's tools, equipment, and other materials.
- Do TWO of the following:
Scuba Diving Merit Badge
SCUBA DIVING
- Do the following:
- Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while scuba diving, including hypothermia, hyperventilation, squeezes, decompression illness, nitrogen narcosis, motion sickness, fatigue, overexertion, heat reactions, dehydration, injuries by aquatic life, and cuts and scrapes.
Scouting Heritage Merit Badge
SCOUTING HERITAGE
- Discuss with your counselor the life and times of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Explain why he felt a program like Scouting would be good for the young men of his day. Include in your discussion how Scouting was introduced in the United States, and the origins of Boy Scouting and Cub Scouting under Baden-Powell.
- Do the following:
Scholarship Merit Badge
SCHOLARSHIP
- Do ONE of the following:
- Show that you have had an average grade of B or higher (80 percent or higher) for one term or semester.
- Show that for one term or semester you have improved your school grades over the previous period.
- Do TWO of the following:
Salesmanship Merit Badge
SALESMANSHIP
- Explain the responsibilities of a salesperson and how a salesperson serves customers and helps stimulate the economy.
- Explain why it is important for a salesperson to do the following:
- Research the market to be sure the product or service meets the needs of customers.
- Learn all about the product or service to be sold.
Safety Merit Badge
SAFETY
- Explain what safety is and what it means to be safe. Then prepare a notebook to include:
- Newspaper and other stories, facts, and statistics showing common types and causes of injuries in the home and in the workplace, and how these injuries could be prevented
- Newspaper and other stories, facts, and statistics showing common types of crimes and ways to avoid being a crime victim
Rowing Merit Badge
ROWING
- Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while rowing, including cold and heat reactions, dehydration, contusions, lacerations, and blisters.
- Do the following:
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