Trick or Treating Tips and Safety

Halloween is an extremely fun holiday for me, but going outside and trick or treating at night has it's risks.  The following are some tips on how to have have a safe and fun trick or treating experience.  

Tiger Cub: Elective 15: Colors

Elective 15: Mix the Primary Colors To Make Orange, Green, and Purple.

To start... what are the Primary Colors?

Cub Scout Academic Pin: Good Manners

GOOD MANNERS

Earn the Good Manners belt loop and complete five of the following requirements:

1. Meet one new person, shake hands properly, and introduce yourself. Extend your hand, grip the person’s hand firmly, and gently shake hands.

Cub Scout Academic Belt Loop: Good Manners

GOOD MANNERS

1. Make a poster that lists five good manners that you want to practice. Share your poster with your den or family.
2. Introduce two people correctly and politely. Be sure that one of them is an adult.
3. Write a thank-you note to someone who has given you something or done something nice for you.

Youth Protection

National news the past couple of days has revealed a dark past in BSA's history.  We need to protect our youth.  Make sure you are completely up to date on Youth Protection training!  If not, complete it now at www.MyScouting.org!

Boy Scout Oath and Law

Release from BSA this morning:

The Boy Scout Oath and Law will replace the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack!  Changes will take place summer of 2015... be prepared for new books and possibly some new requirements for all ranks within Cub Scouts.  This change will also effect Varsity and Ventures fall of 2013.

Tiger Cub: Requirement 3D: Make a Food Guide Pyramid

Have your adult partner draw a Food Guide Pyramid on a big piece of paper or posterboard. Cut out pictures of food from old magazines and glue them in the right places on the pyramid. You could also draw pictures of different foods on your Food Guide Pyramid. You could display your Food Guide Pyramid at the next pack meeting.

Tenderfoot Requirement 10a, 10b

A Scout if Physically Strong:

Printable Worksheet

10a.  Record your best in the following tests:
Push-ups
Pull-ups
Sit-ups
Standing long jump
1/4 mile walk/run (one time around the high school track)

10b.  Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.

Tiger Cub Immediate Recognition

When you have colored all three of the tiger tracks in the back of your Tiger Cub Handbook (pg 161), you will have earned your Tiger Cub Immediate Recognition Emblem.

• I know the Cub Scout motto. ___________
• I know the Cub Scout sign. ____________
• I know the Cub Scout salute. ___________

Once your Cub Scout earns the Totem, he should then proceed to complete the other requirements for the Bobcat Badge.

Webelos: Scientist Activity Badge: Atmospheric Pressure

Cub Scout Academic Pin - Geology

GEOLOGY

Earn the Geology belt loop and complete five of the following requirements:

1. Make a plaster cast of a fossil.
2. Make a special collection of rocks and minerals that illustrates the hardness scale.

Cub Scouts Academic Belt Loop - Geology

GEOLOGY

1. Explain to your den or an adult family member what geology means.
2. Collect samples of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Explain how each was formed.
3. Collect samples of three minerals. Explain to your family or den what a mineral is and show and tell about the minerals you collected.

Cub Scout Academic Pin - Geography

GEOGRAPHY

Earn the Geography belt loop and complete five of the following requirements:

1. Make a 3-D model of an imaginary place. Include five different landforms, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, plateaus, and plains.
2. List 10 cities around the world. Calculate the time it is in each city when it is noon in your town.

Cub Scout Academic Belt Loop - Geography

GEOGRAPHY

1. Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and artificial features. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
2. Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the major landforms within 100 miles. Discuss with an adult what you learned.
3. Use a world globe or map to locate the continents, the oceans, the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres. Learn how longitude and latitude lines are used to locate a site.

Webelos Graduation Ceremony

Personnel: Cubmaster, Webelos Leader, Den Chief, Scoutmaster, Boy Scout candidates and their parents.

Equipment: American flag, pack flag, troop flag, bridge, *troop neckerchief for each Scout (*or Scout Handbook).

Setting: The bridge is in place in center of stage area, pack flag is to the left of the bridge, the American flag and troop flag to the right. Candidates and parents are to the far left, to be escorted to front.

Cubmaster: The main goal of Cub Scouting is to prepare boys to become Boy Scouts. Tonight, it is my privilege to present to you our Cub Scouts that have decided to continue their Scouting trail. (Call forward each candidate by name and their parents.)

This ceremony of crossing the bridge marks your completion in Cub Scouting, just as it marks the beginning of a whole new experience in Boy Scouting. Congratulations and good luck!

(As each candidate approaches the bridge, the Webelos Leader and Den Chief remove the Webelos neckerchief and hands it to the Scout's parents. Cubmaster gives each the Cub Scout handshake. Candidates and his parents cross over bridge together. Scoutmaster gives candidate the Scout handshake and welcomes him and his parents to the troop.)

Scoutmaster: We are happy to welcome you to our troop. (Give a short statement of what is expected of Scout.) Please repeat after me the Scout Oath. As a token of this important occasion, I would like to present you with the troop neckerchief. (After each have received their neckerchief, the Scoutmaster and new Scouts exchange the Boy Scout salute. All participants leave the stage area.)

Ice Cream Knock Knock Joke

With Halloween at the end of the month, here is a fun knock knock joke for the occasion.

Knock Knock...

Who's There?

Ice Cream!

Ice Cream Who?

Ice Cream every time I see a ghost!

Second Class: Rec 8a: Safe Swim

8a: Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.

Before your troop can jump in, the following precautions must be taken.

• One adult leader must complete Safe Swim Defense training. (at a minimum)
• The trained adult leader must have their certification card.
• Trained adult must agree to use the eight defenses.
• Each boy must pass a swim check

Eight Defenses for Safe Swim (review before each swimming activity)

1. Qualified Supervisor
2. Physical Fitness
3. Safe Area
4. Lifeguard on Duty
5. Lookout
6. Ability Groups
7. Buddy System
8. Discipline