From all of us at ScouterLife, We wish you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year for 2014.
Tiger Cub Electives
After completing the fifteen Achievements required for the Tiger Cub Rank Badge, the Tiger Cub can be awarded Tiger Track Beads, which are YELLOW disks attached to the Totem. One bead is awarded for each group of TEN Electives the Tiger Cub completes. A boy can work on both Achievements and electives concurrently, but he can't receive Tiger Track beads until he has earned the Tiger Cub Badge.
- Think of a time when your family celebrated something, and tell the den about it and
how it made your feel. - Make a decoration with your family or your den. Display it or give it to someone as a gift.
- With your family, play a card or board game, or put a jigsaw puzzle together.
- Make a frame for a family picture.
- Make a family mobile.
- Along with your adult partner, teach a song to your family or to your den and sing it together.
- Make a musical instrument and play it with others. The others can sing or have instruments of their own.
- Invite a religious leader from your place of worship to your home or to your den meeting.
- Help a new boy or girl get to know other people.
- Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut-in person with a chore.
- Help collect food, clothing or toys for needy families with your den or pack.
- Make at least two cards or decorations and take them to a hospital or long-term care facility.
- Using US pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, choose the correct coins to make the following amounts:
15 cents, 50 cents, 29 cents, 60 cents, 35 cents, 59 cents. - Together with your adult partner, read a short story or a magazine article.
- Mix the primary colors to make orange, green and purple.
- With your den, show or tell about something you like to collect, OR tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity.
- Make a model.
- Sew a button onto fabric.
- Learn a magic trick and show it to your family or den.
- With your den, make up a PSA (Public Service Announcement) skit to tell people about Tiger Cubs.
- Make a puppet.
- With your family or with your den, have a picnic -- indoors or outdoors.
- Find out what kind of milk your family drinks and why.
- Help the adult who is preparing the family meal to set the table and clean up afterwards.
- Make a snack and share it with your family or den.
- With a toy phone, or a disconnected phone, practice making phone calls and answering the telephone.
- Talk to your adult partner about what to do if these things happened:
- The adult who is caring for you becomes ill.
- You are alone with someone who makes you feel uncomfortable.
- With your adult partner, check the batteries in the smoke detector in your home or
another building. - Talk with your adult partner about when you should use sunscreen. Find out whether you have any in your home and where it is kept. With your adult partner, look at a container of sunscreen and find out whether it still protects you when you are wet. Also find out how long you are protected before you have to put on more. Look for the expiration date and make sure the sunscreen is not too old.
- Plant a seed, pit, or greens from something you have eaten.
- Learn about an animal.
- Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors.
- With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt.
- With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity and do it for one week.
- Play a game outdoors with your family or den.
- With your family or your den, go see a play or musical performance in your community.
- Take a bike ride with your adult partner.
- Visit a bike repair shop.
- Visit the place where your adult partner or another adult works.
- Together with an adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity on water.
- Visit a train station, bus station, airport or boat dock.
- Visit a zoo or aquarium.
- Visit a veterinarian or animal groomer.
- Visit a dairy, a milk-processing plant, or a cheese factory.
- Visit a bakery.
- Visit a dentist or dental hygienist.
- Learn about what you can recycle in your community and how you can recycle at home. Learn about things that need to be recycled in special ways, such as paint and
batteries. - Take a ride on public transportation, such as a bus or train.
- Visit a government office such as the mayor's office, the state capitol building, or a courthouse.
- Visit a bank.
Wolf Achievement - Making Choices
MAKING CHOICES
Do requirement a and do FOUR of requirements 12b through 12k:
a. Complete the Character Connection for Courage.
-Know. Discuss with your family what "courage" is. Review the requirements and discuss how you might need courage in each one to do what is right.
-Commit. Give some examples of when it is hard to do the right thing. Discuss with your family times that it might take courage to be honest and kind. Tell about a time in your life when you needed to be brave and courageous to do the right thing.
-Practice. Practice learning about courage while doing the requirements for "Making Choices." With family members, act out the choices you would make for some of the requirements.
b. There is an older boy who hangs around Jason's school. He tries to give drugs to the children. What would you do if you were Jason?
c. Lee is home alone. The phone rings. When Lee answers, a stranger asks if Lee's mother is home. She is not. Lee is alone. What would you do if you were Lee?
d. Justin is new to your school. He has braces on his legs and walks with a limp. Some of the kids at school tease him. They want you to tease him, too. What would you do?
e. Juan is on a walk with his little sister. A car stops and a man asks them to come over to the car. What would you do if you were Juan?
f. Matthew's grandmother gives him money to buy an ice-cream cone. On the way to the store, a bigger boy asks for money and threatens to hit Matthew if he does not give him some money. If you were Matthew what would you do?
g. Chris and his little brother are home alone in the afternoon. A woman knocks on the door and says she wants to read the meter. She is not wearing a uniform. What would you do if you were Chris?
h. Sam is home alone. He looks out the window and sees a man trying to break into a neighbor's back door. What would you do if you were Sam?
i. Mr. Palmer is blind. He has a guide dog. One day as he is crossing the street, some kids whistle and call to the dog. They want you and your friends to call the dog, too. What would you do?
j. Some kids who go to Bob's school want him to steal candy and gum from a store, which they can share later. Bob knows this is wrong, but he wants to be popular with these kids. What would you do if you were Bob?
k. Paul and his little sister are playing outdoors. A very friendly, elderly woman stops and watches the children for a while. Paul doesn't know the woman. She starts to talk to them and offers to take Paul's little sister on a walk around the block. What would you do?
Do requirement a and do FOUR of requirements 12b through 12k:
a. Complete the Character Connection for Courage.
-Know. Discuss with your family what "courage" is. Review the requirements and discuss how you might need courage in each one to do what is right.
-Commit. Give some examples of when it is hard to do the right thing. Discuss with your family times that it might take courage to be honest and kind. Tell about a time in your life when you needed to be brave and courageous to do the right thing.
-Practice. Practice learning about courage while doing the requirements for "Making Choices." With family members, act out the choices you would make for some of the requirements.
b. There is an older boy who hangs around Jason's school. He tries to give drugs to the children. What would you do if you were Jason?
c. Lee is home alone. The phone rings. When Lee answers, a stranger asks if Lee's mother is home. She is not. Lee is alone. What would you do if you were Lee?
d. Justin is new to your school. He has braces on his legs and walks with a limp. Some of the kids at school tease him. They want you to tease him, too. What would you do?
e. Juan is on a walk with his little sister. A car stops and a man asks them to come over to the car. What would you do if you were Juan?
f. Matthew's grandmother gives him money to buy an ice-cream cone. On the way to the store, a bigger boy asks for money and threatens to hit Matthew if he does not give him some money. If you were Matthew what would you do?
g. Chris and his little brother are home alone in the afternoon. A woman knocks on the door and says she wants to read the meter. She is not wearing a uniform. What would you do if you were Chris?
h. Sam is home alone. He looks out the window and sees a man trying to break into a neighbor's back door. What would you do if you were Sam?
i. Mr. Palmer is blind. He has a guide dog. One day as he is crossing the street, some kids whistle and call to the dog. They want you and your friends to call the dog, too. What would you do?
j. Some kids who go to Bob's school want him to steal candy and gum from a store, which they can share later. Bob knows this is wrong, but he wants to be popular with these kids. What would you do if you were Bob?
k. Paul and his little sister are playing outdoors. A very friendly, elderly woman stops and watches the children for a while. Paul doesn't know the woman. She starts to talk to them and offers to take Paul's little sister on a walk around the block. What would you do?
Wolf Achievement - Duty To God
DUTY TO GOD
a. Complete the Character Connection for Faith
-Know. What is "faith"? With your family, discuss some people who have shown their faith - who have shown an inner strength based on their trust in a higher power or cause. Discuss the good qualities of these people.
-Commit. Discuss these questions with your family: What problems did these faithful people overcome to follow or practice their beliefs? What challenges might you face in doing your duty to God? Who can help you with these challenges?
-Practice. Practice your faith while doing the requirements for "Duty to God."
b. Talk with your family about what they believe is their duty to God.
c. Give two ideas on how you can practice or demonstrate your religious beliefs. Choose one and do it.
d. Find out how you can help your church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or religious fellowship.
a. Complete the Character Connection for Faith
-Know. What is "faith"? With your family, discuss some people who have shown their faith - who have shown an inner strength based on their trust in a higher power or cause. Discuss the good qualities of these people.
-Commit. Discuss these questions with your family: What problems did these faithful people overcome to follow or practice their beliefs? What challenges might you face in doing your duty to God? Who can help you with these challenges?
-Practice. Practice your faith while doing the requirements for "Duty to God."
b. Talk with your family about what they believe is their duty to God.
c. Give two ideas on how you can practice or demonstrate your religious beliefs. Choose one and do it.
d. Find out how you can help your church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or religious fellowship.
Wolf Achievement - Family Fun
FAMILY FUN
Do requirement a and do TWO of requirements 10b through 10g:
a. Complete the Character Connection for Cooperation.
-Know. Discuss these questions with your family: What is "cooperation"? Why do people need to cooperate when they are doing things together? Name some ways that you can be helpful and cooperate with others.
-Commit. Discuss with your family what makes it hard to cooperate. How do listening, sharing, and persuading help us cooperate?
-Practice. Practice being cooperative while doing the requirements for "Family Fun."
b. Make a game like one of these. Play it with your family.
(Eagle Golf, Beanbag Archery.)
c. Plan a walk. Go to a park or a wooded area, or visit a zoo or museum with your family.
d. Read a book or Boys' Life magazine with your family. Take turns reading aloud.
e. Decide with Akela. what you will watch on television or listen to on the radio.
f. Attend a concert, a play, or other live program with your family.
g. Have a family Board Game night at home with members of your family.
Do requirement a and do TWO of requirements 10b through 10g:
a. Complete the Character Connection for Cooperation.
-Know. Discuss these questions with your family: What is "cooperation"? Why do people need to cooperate when they are doing things together? Name some ways that you can be helpful and cooperate with others.
-Commit. Discuss with your family what makes it hard to cooperate. How do listening, sharing, and persuading help us cooperate?
-Practice. Practice being cooperative while doing the requirements for "Family Fun."
b. Make a game like one of these. Play it with your family.
(Eagle Golf, Beanbag Archery.)
c. Plan a walk. Go to a park or a wooded area, or visit a zoo or museum with your family.
d. Read a book or Boys' Life magazine with your family. Take turns reading aloud.
e. Decide with Akela. what you will watch on television or listen to on the radio.
f. Attend a concert, a play, or other live program with your family.
g. Have a family Board Game night at home with members of your family.
Wolf Achievement - Be Safe At Home And On The Street
BE SAFE AT HOME AND ON THE STREET
a. Complete the Character Connection for Responsibility.
-Know. Discuss these questions with your family: How does being responsible help us be safe? Within the past week, how did you show responsibility?
-Commit. Discuss these questions with your family: What happens when people are not responsible? What things can make you forget to be responsible? What things will help you be more responsible?
-Practice. Practice being responsible while doing the requirements for "Be Safe at Home and on the Street."
b. WITH AN ADULT, check your home for hazards and know how to make your home safe.
c. WITH AN ADULT, check your home for danger from fire.
d. Practice good rules of street and road safety.
e. Know the rules of bike safety.
a. Complete the Character Connection for Responsibility.
-Know. Discuss these questions with your family: How does being responsible help us be safe? Within the past week, how did you show responsibility?
-Commit. Discuss these questions with your family: What happens when people are not responsible? What things can make you forget to be responsible? What things will help you be more responsible?
-Practice. Practice being responsible while doing the requirements for "Be Safe at Home and on the Street."
b. WITH AN ADULT, check your home for hazards and know how to make your home safe.
c. WITH AN ADULT, check your home for danger from fire.
d. Practice good rules of street and road safety.
e. Know the rules of bike safety.
Wolf Achievement - Cooking and Eating
COOKING AND EATING
a. Study the Food Guide Pyramid. Name some foods from each of the food groups shown in the pyramid.
b. 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.
c. Help fix at least one meal for your family. Help set the table, cook the food, and wash the dishes.
d. Fix your own breakfast. Wash and put away the dishes.
e. With an adult, help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal.
a. Study the Food Guide Pyramid. Name some foods from each of the food groups shown in the pyramid.
b. 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.
c. Help fix at least one meal for your family. Help set the table, cook the food, and wash the dishes.
d. Fix your own breakfast. Wash and put away the dishes.
e. With an adult, help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal.
Wolf Achievement - Your Living World
YOUR LIVING WORLD
a. This achievement is also part of the Cub Scout World Conservation Award and Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Award.
Complete the Character Connection for Respect.
-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?
-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.
-Practice. Practice being respectful while doing the requirements for "Your Living World."
b. Land, air and water can get dirty. Discuss with your family ways this can happen.
c. 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.
d. With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood. Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs and cuts from sharp objects.
e. With an adult, find three stories that tell how people are protecting our world. Read and discuss them together.
f. Besides recycling, there are other ways to save energy. List three ways you can save energy, and do them.
a. This achievement is also part of the Cub Scout World Conservation Award and Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Award.
Complete the Character Connection for Respect.
-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?
-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.
-Practice. Practice being respectful while doing the requirements for "Your Living World."
b. Land, air and water can get dirty. Discuss with your family ways this can happen.
c. 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.
d. With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood. Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs and cuts from sharp objects.
e. With an adult, find three stories that tell how people are protecting our world. Read and discuss them together.
f. Besides recycling, there are other ways to save energy. List three ways you can save energy, and do them.
Wolf Achievement - Start A Collection
START A COLLECTION
a. Complete the Character Connection for Positive Attitude.
-Know . Discuss with your family how a cheerful and positive attitude will help you do your best at school and in other areas of your life.
-Commit. Discuss with your family how gathering items for a collection may be difficult. How does a hopeful and cheerful attitude help you to keep looking for more items. Why is a positive attitude important?
-Practice. Practice having a positive attitude while doing the requirements for "Start a Collection."
b. Make a collection of anything you like. Start with 10 things. Put them together in a neat way.
c. Show and explain your collection to another person.
a. Complete the Character Connection for Positive Attitude.
-Know . Discuss with your family how a cheerful and positive attitude will help you do your best at school and in other areas of your life.
-Commit. Discuss with your family how gathering items for a collection may be difficult. How does a hopeful and cheerful attitude help you to keep looking for more items. Why is a positive attitude important?
-Practice. Practice having a positive attitude while doing the requirements for "Start a Collection."
b. Make a collection of anything you like. Start with 10 things. Put them together in a neat way.
c. Show and explain your collection to another person.
Wolf Achievement - Tools For Fixing and Building
TOOLS FOR FIXING AND BUILDING
a. Point out and name seven tools. Do this at home, or go to a hardware store with an adult. Tell what each tool does.
b. Show how to use pliers.
c. Identify a Philips head and a standard screw. Then use the right tool to drive and then remove one from a board.
d. Show how to use a hammer.
e. Make a birdhouse, a set of bookends, or something else useful.
a. Point out and name seven tools. Do this at home, or go to a hardware store with an adult. Tell what each tool does.
b. Show how to use pliers.
c. Identify a Philips head and a standard screw. Then use the right tool to drive and then remove one from a board.
d. Show how to use a hammer.
e. Make a birdhouse, a set of bookends, or something else useful.
Wolf Achievement - Know Your Home and Community
KNOW YOUR HOME AND COMMUNITY
a. Make a list of phone numbers you need in case of an emergency. Put a copy of this list by each phone or in a central place in your home. Update it often.
(List given in Book.)
b. Tell what to do if someone comes to the door and wants to come in.
c. Tell what to do if someone calls on the phone.
d. When you and your family leave home, remember to ...
(List given in Book.)
e. Talk with your family members. Agree on the household jobs you will be responsible for. Make a list of your jobs and mark off when you have finished them. Do this for one month.
f. Visit an important place in your community, such as a historic or government location. Explain why it is important.
a. Make a list of phone numbers you need in case of an emergency. Put a copy of this list by each phone or in a central place in your home. Update it often.
(List given in Book.)
b. Tell what to do if someone comes to the door and wants to come in.
c. Tell what to do if someone calls on the phone.
d. When you and your family leave home, remember to ...
(List given in Book.)
e. Talk with your family members. Agree on the household jobs you will be responsible for. Make a list of your jobs and mark off when you have finished them. Do this for one month.
f. Visit an important place in your community, such as a historic or government location. Explain why it is important.
Wolf Achievement - Keep Your Body Healthy
KEEP YOUR BODY HEALTHY
a. Make a chart and keep track of your health habits for two weeks.
b. Tell four ways to stop the spread of colds.
c. Show what to do for a small cut on your finger.
a. Make a chart and keep track of your health habits for two weeks.
b. Tell four ways to stop the spread of colds.
c. Show what to do for a small cut on your finger.
Wolf Achievement - Your Flag
YOUR FLAG
a. Give the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Tell what it means.
b. Lead a flag ceremony in your den. Here are some ideas:
(Ideas shown in book)
c. Tell how to respect and take care of the U.S. flag. Show three ways to display the flag.
d. Learn about the flag of your state or territory and how to display it.
e. Learn how to raise a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony
f. Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony.
g. With the help of another person, fold the U.S. flag.
a. Give the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Tell what it means.
b. Lead a flag ceremony in your den. Here are some ideas:
(Ideas shown in book)
c. Tell how to respect and take care of the U.S. flag. Show three ways to display the flag.
d. Learn about the flag of your state or territory and how to display it.
e. Learn how to raise a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony
f. Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony.
g. With the help of another person, fold the U.S. flag.
Wolf Achievement - Feats Of Skill
FEATS OF SKILL
NOTE for Akela: If a physician certifies that a Cub Scout's physical condition for an indeterminable time won't permit him to do three of these requirements, the Cubmaster and pack committee may authorize substitution of any three Arrow Point electives.
a. Play catch with someone 10 steps away. Play until you can throw and catch.
b.Walk a line back and forth. Do it sideways too. Then walk the edge of a board six steps each way.
c. Do a front roll.
d. Do a back roll.
e. Do a falling forward roll.
Do one of the following (f, g, h, i, j, k, or l):
f. See how high you can jump.
g. Do the elephant walk, frog leap, and crab walk.
h. Using a basic swim stroke, swim 25 feet.
i. Tread water for 15 seconds or as long as you can. Do your best.
j. Using a basketball or playground ball, do a -
- Chest pass
- Bounce pass.
- Overhand Pass
k. Do a frog stand.
l. Run or jog in place for 5 minutes.
NOTE for Akela: If a physician certifies that a Cub Scout's physical condition for an indeterminable time won't permit him to do three of these requirements, the Cubmaster and pack committee may authorize substitution of any three Arrow Point electives.
a. Play catch with someone 10 steps away. Play until you can throw and catch.
b.Walk a line back and forth. Do it sideways too. Then walk the edge of a board six steps each way.
c. Do a front roll.
d. Do a back roll.
e. Do a falling forward roll.
Do one of the following (f, g, h, i, j, k, or l):
f. See how high you can jump.
g. Do the elephant walk, frog leap, and crab walk.
h. Using a basic swim stroke, swim 25 feet.
i. Tread water for 15 seconds or as long as you can. Do your best.
j. Using a basketball or playground ball, do a -
- Chest pass
- Bounce pass.
- Overhand Pass
k. Do a frog stand.
l. Run or jog in place for 5 minutes.
Bear Achievement - Be A Leader
- BE A LEADER
Do requirement f and two other requirements.- Help a boy join Cub Scouting, or help a new Cub Scout through the Bobcat trail.
- Serve as a denner or assistant denner.
- Plan and conduct a den activity with the approval of your den leader.
- Tell two people they have done a good job.
- Leadership means choosing a way even when not everybody likes your choice.
- Complete the Character Connection for Compassion.
- Know. Tell why, as a leader, it is important to show kindness and concern for other people. List ways leaders show they care about the thoughts and feelings of others.
- Commit. Tell why a good leader must consider the ideas, abilities, and feelings of others. Tell why it might be hard for a leader to protect another person's well-being. Tell ways you can be kind and compassionate.
- Practice. While you complete the requirements for this achievement, find ways to be kind and considerate of others.
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