Belt
Academic
Art
1. Make a list of common materials used to create visual art compositions.
2. Demonstrate how six of the following elements of design are used in a drawing: lines, circles, dots, shapes, colors, patterns, textures, space, balance, or perspective.
3. Identify the three primary colors and the three secondary colors that can be made by mixing them. Show how this is done using paints or markers. Use the primary and secondary colors to create a painting.
Astronomy
1. Demonstrate how to focus a simple telescope or binoculars. (A local astronomy club may be a resource for this activity.
2. Draw a diagram of our solar system - identify the planets and other objects.
3. Explain the following terms: planet, star, solar system, galaxy, the Milky Way, black hole, red giant, white dwarf, comet, meteor, moon, asteroid, star map, and universe.
Chess
1. Identify the chess pieces and set up a chess board for play.
2. Demonstrate the moves of each chess piece to your den leader or adult partner.
3. Play a game of chess.
Citizenship
1. Develop a list of chores you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.
2. Make a poster of things you can do to be a good citizen.
3. Participate in a family, den, or school service project. (Fundraising? Parade? Church clean-up?)
Collecting
1. Begin a collection of at least 10 items that all have something in common. Label the items and title your collection.
2. Display your collection at a pack or den meeting.
3. Visit a show or museum that displays different collections.
Communicating
1. Tell a story or relate an incident to a group of people, such as your family, den, or members of your class.
2. Write a letter to a friend or relative.
3. Make a poster about something that interests you. Explain the poster to your den.
Computers
1. Explain the parts of a personal computer: central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, and printer.
2. Demonstrate how to start-up and shut-down a personal computer properly.
3. Use the computer to prepare and print a document.
Geography
1. Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and man-made features. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
2. Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify major landforms within 100 miles. Discuss with an adult what you learned.
3. Use the 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.
Geology
1. Define Geology.
2. Collect a sample of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Explain how each was formed.
3. Explain the difference between a rock and a mineral.
Heritages
1. Talk with members of your family about your family heritage; its history, traditions, and culture.
2. Make a poster that shows the origins of your ancestors. Share it with your den or other group.
3. Draw a family tree showing members of your family for three generations.
Language and Culture
1. Talk with someone who grew up in a different country than you did. Find out what it was like and how it is different from your experience.
2. Learn 10 words that are in a different language than your own.
3. Play two games that originated in another country of culture.
Map and Compass
1. Show how to orient a map. Find three landmarks on the map.
2. Explain how a compass works.
3. Draw a map of your neighborhood. Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that you often visit.
Mathematics
1. Do five activities within your home or school that require the use of mathematics. Explain to your den how you used everyday math.
2. Keep track of the money you earn and spend for three weeks.
3. Measure five items using both metric and non-metric measures. Find out about the history of the metric system of measurements.
Music
1. Explain why music is an important part of our culture.
2. Pick a song with at least two verses and learn it by heart.
3. Listen to four different types of music either recorded or live.
Science
1. Explain the scientific method to your adult partner.
2. Use the scientific method in a simple science project. Explain the results to an adult.
3. Visit a museum, a laboratory, an observatory. a zoo, an aquarium, or other facility that employs scientists. Talk to a scientist about his or her work.
Weather
1. Make a poster that shows and explains the water cycle.
2. Set up a simple weather station to record rainfall, temperature, air pressure, or evaporation for one week.
3. Watch the weather forecast on a local television station.
Wildlife Conservation
1. Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them.
2. Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged.
3. Learn about an endangered species. Make a report to your den that includes a picture, how the species came to be endangered, and what is being done to save it.
SPORTS
Badminton
1. Explain the rules of badminton to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing badminton skills.
3. Participate in a badminton game.
Baseball
1. Explain the rules of baseball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing baseball skills.
3. Participate in a baseball game.
Basketball
1. Explain the rules of basketball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing basketball skills.
3. Participate in a basketball game.
Bicycling
1. Explain the rules of safe bicycling to your den leader or adult partner.
2. Demonstrate how to wear the proper safety equipment for bicycling,
3. Show how to ride a bike safely. Ride for at least half an hour with an adult partner, family, or den.
Bowling
1. Explain to your leader or adult partner the rules of courtesy and safety for bowling.
2. Show how to pick out a b all of proper weight and with finger holes that fit your hand.
3. Play a complete game with your family or den.
Fishing
1. Review your local fishing regulations with your leader or adult partner. Explain why they are important and commit to follow them.
2. Demonstrate how to properly bait a hook.
3. Try to catch a fish.
Flag Football
1. Explain or discuss the simple rules of flag football with your den.
2. Practice running, passing, and catching skills for at least 30 minutes.
3. Play a game of flag football.
Golf
1. Explain the rules of golf to your leader or adult partner. Explain the need for caution concerning golf clubs and golf balls.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing golfing skills.
3. Participate in a round of golf (9 holes).
Gymnastics
1. Explain the six events of men's gymnastics: floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vaulting/side horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.
2. Participate in three of the six events using the proper equipment.
3. Explain the safety rules you should follow to learn gymnastics.
Ice Skating
1. Explain the ways to protect you while ice skating, and the need for proper safety equipment.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing the skills of skating.
3. Go ice skating with a family member or den for at least three hours. Chart your time.
Marbles
1. Explain the rules of Ringer or another marble game to your leader or adult partner,
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skills to play the game of Ringer or another marble game.
3. Participate in a game of marbles.
Physical Fitness
1. Give a short report to your den or family on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
2. Practice finding your pulse and counting your heartbeats per minute. Determine your target heart rate.
3. Practice five physical fitness skills regularly. Improve your performance in each skill over a month. Skills could include pull-ups, sit-ups, the standing long jump, the 50-yard dash, and the softball throw.
Roller Skating
1. Explain ways to protect you while roller skating or inline skating, and the need for proper safety equipment.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing the skills or roller skating, or inline skating.
3. Go skating with a family member or den for at least three hours. Chart your time.
Soccer
1. Explain the rules of soccer to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing soccer skills.
3. Play a game of soccer.
Snow Ski and Board Sports.
1. Explain the conditioning, clothing, equipment, and planning needed for snow skiing or boarding.
2. Explain "Your Responsibility Code", the rules of safety and courtesy for the slopes.
3. Go skiing or snow boarding. Demonstrate how to stop and turn.
Your Responsibility Code
Skiing can be enjoyed in many ways. At ski areas you may see people using alpine, snowboard, telemark, cross country and other specialized ski equipment, such as that used by disabled or other skiers.
Always show courtesy to others and remember that there are elements of risk in skiing that common sense and person awareness can help reduce.
Know the Code. It's your responsibility.
Officially endorsed by the NSAA.
1. Always stay in control.
2. People ahead of you have the right of way.
3. Stop in a safe place for you and others.
4. Whenever starting downhill or merging, look uphill and yield.
5. Use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.
6. Observe signs and warnings, and keep off closed trails.
7. Know how to use lifts safely.
Softball
1. Explain the rules of softball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing softball skills.
3. Participate in a softball game.
Swimming
1. Explain the rules of Safe Swim Defense. Emphasize the buddy system.
2. Play a recreational game in the water with your den, pack, or family.
3. While holding a kick board, propel yourself 25 feet using a flutter kick across the shallow end of a swimming pool.
Safe Swim Defense
Qualified Supervision. A responsible adult of at least 21 years of age must supervise.
Physical Fitness. Require evidence of fitness for swimming activity, using a health history.
Safe Area. Before swimming in unknown waters, check the swimming area for varying depth, currents, holes, rocks, or other dangerous conditions.
Lifeguard on Duty. Swim where lifeguards are on duty.
Lookout. Station an adult on shore where he or she can see and hear everything in all areas.
Ability Groups. Divide Cub Scouts into non-swimmers, beginners, and swimmers. Mark off areas in the swimming area for the different ability groups.
Buddy System. Pair each boy with another boy in his ability group. They must stay together the entire time they are swimming.
Discipline. Insist upon strict but fair discipline.
Table Tennis
1. Explain the rules of table tennis to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing table tennis skills.
3. Participate in a table tennis game.
Tennis
1. Explain the rules of tennis to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing tennis skills.
3. Participate in a tennis game.
Ultimate
1. Explain the rules of ultimate or disc golf to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing ultimate or disc golf skills.
3. Participate in a game of ultimate or disc golf.
Volleyball
1. Explain the rules of volleyball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skills to play the sport of volleyball.
3. Participate in a volleyball game.
12/27/08