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Academics Program:
Belt Loop requirements:
- Make a list of common materials used to create visual art compositions.
- 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.
- 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
Primary Faith in God program equivalent requirement: Developing Talents 5
- Visit an art museum, gallery, or exhibit. Discuss with an adult the
art you saw. (Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirement: Developing
Talents
6)
- Create two self-portraits using two different art techniques, such
as drawing,
painting, printmaking, sculpture,
or computer illustration.
- Demonstrate how to make paper. Make a sample at least 4 inches by
4 inches.
- Make a simple silkscreen or stencil.
Print a card or T-shirt.
- Create a freestanding sculpture
or mobile using wood,
metal, soap, papier-mâché, or found objects.
- Create an object using
clay that can be fired, baked in the oven, or hardened in water.
- Photograph four subjects in one theme, such as landscapes, people,
animals, sports, or buildings.
- Make a collage
using several different materials.
- Use your artistic skills to create a postage stamp, book cover, or
music CD cover.
- Use a computer illustration
or painting program to create a work of art.
- Display your artwork in a pack, school, or community art show.
- Tasty
colors
- Slylockfox.com (free online drawing lessons for kids)
- More
Drawing Lessons
- Whale
mobile
- Collage
Ideas
- Collage
Machine!
- Make
your own comic book
- Acrylic
painting
- Watercolor
painting
- Mosaic
- Make
your own comic book
- Art beltloop/Pin
- Cool
Drawing Links
- Other Art Websites
Scouting
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(Dye & Fabrics Jewelry & Beads Food & Flowers & Candy
String & Cloth & Gimp Misc & Kites & Wizards Coloring
Pages & Crafts
Scrapbooking & Stamping Clay & Dough Paper Dolls & Masks)
Scouting
Web Crafts Page 2
(Paper Crafts, Origami & Flowers, Balloons, Instruments
Recycled Foam & Shrink Art, Candles & Sand, Dolls & Native,
Cosmetics, Sit Upons & Camp, International)
- Set up and demonstrate how to focus a simple telescope or binoculars.
- Draw a diagram of our solar system--identify
the planets and other objects.
- Explain the following terms: planet, star, solar system, galaxy, the Milky Way, black hole, red giant, white dwarf, comet, meteor, moon, asteroid, and universe.*
Earn the Astronomy belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Draw a diagram
of a telescope and explain how it works.
- Locate
and identify five constellations. You may use a telescope.
- Using a telescope, find at least one planet and identify it.
- Find
the North Star. Explain its importance.
- Interview an
astronomer. Learn
about careers that relate to Astronomy. What school subjects will help
you get a job in astronomy?
- Visit an observatory or a planetarium. Give a report on what you learned
to your den.
- Make a poster illustrating the different
kinds of stars. Include a diagram showing the life
cycle of a star.
- Learn
about some of the early space missions. Tell your den or family
about one of them.
- Find a current event
about a recent happening related to space. Tell your den or family
about this event.
- Make a chart to show the phases
of the moon over a two-month period. Define a blue
moon.
- Write a report on two famous
astronomers.
- Locate three major observatories on a map. Explain why these locations are good for astronomy.
- Identify the chess pieces and set up a chess board for play.
- Demonstrate the moves of each chess piece to your den leader or adult
partner.
- Play a game of chess.
Earn the Chess belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Demonstrate basic opening principles (such as development of pieces,
control center, castle, don't bring queen out too early, don't move
same piece twice).
- Visit a chess tournament and tell your den about it.
- Participate in a pack, school, or community chess tournament.
- Solve a pre-specified chess problem (e.g., "White to move and
mate in three") given to you by your adult partner.
- Play five games of chess.
- Play 10 chess games via computer or on the Internet.
- Read about a famous chess player.
- Describe U.S. Chess Federation ratings for chess players.
- Learn to write chess notation and record a game with another Scout.
- Present a report about the history of chess to your den or family.
- Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart
your progress for one week.
- Make a poster showing things
that you can do be a good citizen.
- Participate in a family, den, or school service project.
All Citizenship belt loop and pin requirements: Serving Others 8
Citizenship beltloop requirement 1: Developing Talents 8
Citizenship beltloop requirement 2: Developing Talents 5
Citizenship beltloop requirement 3: Developing Talents 8 and Serving Others 1
- Wolf Achievement #2
- Wolf Achievement #4
- Wolf Achievement #9
- Bear Achievement #3
- Bear Achievement # 7f
- Bear Achievement #24
- Webelos Citizen Activity Badge
- Good Turn for America.org
- Leave No Trace Awareness Award
Earn the Citizenship belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Interview someone who has become a naturalized citizen. Give a report
of your interview to your den or family.
- Write a letter to your newspaper about an issue that concerns you.
- Create a collage about America.
- Conduct a home
safety or energy
audit and inspect your home. Talk with your parent or adult partner
about correcting any problems you find.*
- Visit your
local site of government. Interview someone who is involved with
the governmental process.
- Visit a court room and talk with someone who works there.
- Go to the polls with your parents when they vote. Talk to them about
their choices.
- Take part in a parade with your den or pack.
- List
ways you can recycle various materials and conserve and protect the
environment.
- Attend a community event or visit a landmark in your community.
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
All citizenship pin reqs.: Serving
Others
8
Citizenship pin 3: Developing
Talents 5
Citizenship
pin 4: Developing
Talents 8
Citizenship
pin 7: Learning
and Living the Gospel 9
Citizenship pin 10: Serving
Others 7
* equivalent to Webelo's Family Member #6 and #7
- Begin a collection of at least 10 items that all have something in
common. Label the items and title your collection.
- Display your collection at a pack or den meeting.
- Visit a show or museum that displays different collections
Earn the Collecting belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Give a talk about your collection to someone other than your family.
Give a description of your collection, including a short history. Explain
how you got started and why you decided to collect what you do.
- Show how you preserve and display your collection. Explain any special
precautions you must take including handling, cleaning, and storage.
Note precautions for dampness, sunlight, or other weather conditions.
- Read a book about what you collect.
- Start a new collection of at least 20 items. Label the items, and
title your collection.
- Define numismatics
and philately.
- Join a club of collectors who share your hobby. This club may be a
group of your friends.
- Find out if there is a career that involves what you collect. Find
out what kind of subjects you need to study to prepare for such a career.
- If you collect coins or stamps, make a list of different countries
in your collection. Explain how to identify each country's issues. Make
a list of "clues" that help you identify the origin.
- With an adult partner, visit an online auction and look for items
you collect. What does it tell you about rarity and value of the things
you collect?
- Use a computer to catalog, organize, and keep track of your collection.
- Help a friend get started on a collection of his or her own.
- Tell a story or relate an incident to a group of people, such as your
family, den, or members of your class.
- Write a letter to a friend or relative.
- Make a poster about something that interests you. Explain the poster to your den.
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
Communicating belt loop req. #1: Learning
and Living the Gospel 2, 6,
and
7
Communicating belt loop req. #2: Serving
Others 2
Communicating belt loop req. #3: Developing
Talents 5
Earn the Communicating belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Write an original poem or story.
- Keep a journal of daily activities for at least seven days.
- Listen to a news story on television or the radio. Discuss the information
with an adult.
- Go to the library. Use the card catalog or computer reference system
to find a book, and then check it out.
- Read a book that has been approved by your parent or teacher. Discuss
the book with an adult.
- With a friend, develop
a skit. Perform it at a Scout meeting, family meeting, or school
event.
- Learn the alphabet in Sign
Language. Learn how to sign 10 words.
- With an adult, use the Internet to search for information on a topic
of interest to you.
- Watch three television commercials and discuss the information in
them with your parent or den leader.
- Read the directions for a new game. Explain to a family member or
friend how to play it.
- Learn about "reading"
materials for people who have poor vision or who are blind.
- While traveling, make a list of road signs, animals, or license plates that you see.
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
Communicating pin reqs. 1 and 6: Developing
Talents 4
Communicating pin req. #10: Serving
Others 5
- CUB-SAFE COMMUNICATING RESOURCES FOR KIDS
- Write and print your name in ASL
- ASL Guesstures
- Treasure Hunt- the all time favorite!
- 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.
Earn the Computers belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Use a computer to prepare a report on a subject of interest to you.
Share it with your den.
- Make a list of 10 devices that can be found in the home that use a
computer chip to function.
- Use a computer to maintain a balance sheet of your earnings or allowance
for four weeks.
- Use a spreadsheet program to organize some information.
- Use an illustration, drawing, or painting program to create a picture.
- Use a computer to prepare a thank-you letter to someone.
- Log on to the Internet. Visit the Boy Scouts of America homepage (http://www.scouting.org).
- Discuss personal
safety rules you should pay attention to while using the Internet.
- Practice a new computer
game for two weeks. Demonstrate an improvement in your scores.
- Correspond with a friend via e-mail. Have at least five e-mail replies
from your friend.
- Visit a local business or government agency that uses a mainframe computer to handle its business. Explain how computers save the company time and money in carrying out its work.
- 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.
- Learn 10
words that are in a different language than your own.
- Play two games that originated in another country or culture.
Earn the Language and Culture belt loop, and complete seven of the following requirements:
- Earn the BSA
Interpreter Strip.
- Write
the numbers 1-10 in Chinese or another number system other than
the one we normally use (we use the Arabic system).
- Visit an embassy, consulate, or charge d'affairs for another country.
- Make a display of stamps or postcards of another country. Explain
the importance or symbolism of the things depicted to that country's
culture.
- Learn 30 words in a language other than your own.
- Learn a song in
another country's language.
- Say
five words in American Sign Language. One of these words could be
your first name.
- Visit a restaurant that specializes in recipes from another country.
- Watch a TV show or movie in a foreign language. Tell how easy or difficult
it was to understand what was happening.
- Interview an interpreter. Find out what his or her job is like.
- Make a list of 30 things around your home that were made in another
country.
- Read a book or story about an immigrant to the United States.
If the Scout's native language is not English, then English may be used to satisfy the appropriate requirements.
International Children's Digital Library
- Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features.
Include a key or legend of map symbols.
- Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the
major landforms within 100 miles. Discuss with an adult what you learned.
- 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.
Earn the Geography belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Make a three-dimensional model of an imaginary place. Include five
different landforms, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, deltas, rivers,
buttes, plateaus, basins, and plains.
- List 10 cities around the world. Calculate the time it is in each
city when it is noon in your town.
- Find the company's location on the wrapper or label of 10 products
used in your home, such as food, clothing, toys, and appliances. Use
a world map or atlas to find each location.
- On a map, trace the routes of some famous explorers. Show the map
to your den or family.
- On a United States or world map, mark where your family members and
ancestors were born.
- Keep a map record of the travels of your favorite professional sports
team for one month.
- Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) in which geography plays an important
part.
- Take part in a geography bee or fair in your pack, school, or community.
- Choose a country in the world and make a travel poster for it.
- Play a geography-based board game or computer game. Tell an adult some facts you learned about a place that was part of the game. Draw or make a map of your state. Include rivers, mountain ranges, state parks, and cities. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
- Define geology.
- Collect a sample of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Explain
how each was formed.
- Explain the difference between a rock and a mineral.
Earn the Geology belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Make a plaster cast of a fossil.
- Make a special collection of rocks and minerals that illustrates the
hardness scale.
- Give examples of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
- Gather several different types of rocks. Compare them and put them
in groups according to physical properties such as color, texture, luster,
hardness, or crystals.
- Describe the effects of wind, water, and ice on the landscape.
- Make "pet rocks" using rocks, paint, and glue-on eyes. Tell
a creative story about your pet rocks.
- Draw a diagram showing different types of volcanoes or draw a diagram
that labels the different parts of a volcano.
- Make a crystal garden.
- Make a collection of five different fossils and identify them to the
best of your ability.
- Make a poster or display showing 10 everyday products that contain
or use rocks or minerals.
- Visit a mine, oil or gas field, gravel pit, stone quarry, or similar
area of special interest related to geology.
- Visit with a geologist. Find out how he or she prepared for the job.
Discuss other careers related to geology.
- Draw the inside of a cave showing the difference between stalactites and stalagmites.
- Talk with members of your family about your family heritage: its history,
traditions, and culture.
- Make a poster that shows the origins of your ancestors. Share it with
your den or other group.
- Draw a family tree showing members of your family for three generations.
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
All Heritages belt loop reqs.: Learning
and Living the Gospel 8
Heritages belt loop req 2: Developing
Talents 5
LDS Religious Patch Requirement:
- Bear
Achievement#2
- Webelo's Badge Requirement #8 (page 50)
- Wolf Achievement #11
Earn the Heritages belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Participate in a pack heritage celebration in which Cub Scouts give
presentations about their family heritage.
- Attend a family reunion.
- Correspond with a pen pal from another country. Find out how his or
her heritage is different from yours.
- Learn 20 words in a language other than your native language.
- Interview a grandparent or other family elder about what it was like
when he or she was growing up.
- Work with a parent or adult partner to organize family photographs
in a photo album.
- Visit a genealogy library and talk with the librarian about how to
trace family records. Variation:- Access a genealogy Web site and learn
how to use it to find out information about ancestors.
- Make an article of clothing, a toy, or a tool that your ancestors
used. Show it to your den.
- Help your parent or adult partner prepare one of your family's traditional
food dishes.
- Learn about the origin of your first, middle, or last name.
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
All Heritages pin reqs.: Learning
and Living the Gospel 8
Heritages pin 2: Serving
Others 7
Heritages pin 8: Developing
Talents 5
Heritages
pin 9: Serving
Others 4
Belt Loop requirements:
- Show how to
orient a map. Find three landmarks on the map
- Explain how a compass
works.
- Draw a map of your neighborhood. Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that you often visit.
Earn the Map and Compass belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Define
cartography.
- Make a poster showing 10 map
symbols and their meaning.
- Read a book or story about a famous
explorer or navigator. Tell your den or family what you learned.
- Make a simple compass
with a magnet and pin.
- Explain the difference between latitude
and longitude and show
them on a map or globe.
- Draw
a compass rose for a map. Label north, south, east, and west.
- Study a blank map of the
United States of America. Label
your state, and the states that share its boundary lines.
- In the field, show how
to take a compass bearing and how to follow it.
- Show
how to measure distances, using a scale on a map legend.
- Measure your pace. Then layout a simple compass course for your den
to try.
- Using a road map, determine how
many miles it is between two major cities or familiar destinations.
- Explain what the different map colors can mean on a map.
- Do five activities within your home or school that require the use
of mathematics. Explain to your den how you used everyday math.
- Keep track of the money you earn and spend for three weeks.
- Measure five items using both metric and non-metric measures. Find out about the history of the metric system of measurement.
Earn the Mathematics belt loop, and complete one from each of the five areas below:
I. Geometry is related to measurement but also deals with objects and
positions in space.
- Many objects can be recognized by their distinctive shapes: a tree,
a piece of broccoli, a violin. Collect 12 items that can be recognized,
classified, and labeled by their distinctive shape or outline.
- Select a single shape or figure. Observe the world around you for
at least a week and keep a record of where you see this shape or figure
and how it is used.
- Study geometry in architecture by exploring your neighborhood or community.
Look at different types of buildings-houses, churches, businesses, etc.-and
create a presentation (a set of photographs, a collage of pictures from
newspapers and magazines, a model) that you can share with your den
or pack to show what you have seen and learned about shapes in architecture.
II. Calculating is adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers.**
- Learn how an abacus or slide rule works and teach it to a friend or
to your den or pack.
- Go shopping with an adult and use a calculator to add up how much
the items you buy will cost. See whether your total equals the total
at check out.
- Visit a bank and have someone there explain to you about how interest
works. Use the current interest rate and calculate how much interest
different sums of money will earn.
III. Statistics is collecting and organizing numerical information and
studying patterns.
- Explain the meaning of these statistical words and tools: data, averaging,
tally marks, bar graph, line graph, pie chart, and percentage.
- Conduct an opinion survey through which you collect data to answer
a question, and then show your results with a chart or graph. For instance:
What is the favorite food of the Cub Scouts in your pack (chart how
many like pizza, how many like hamburgers, etc.).
- Study a city newspaper to find as many examples as you can of statistical
information.
- Learn to use a computer spreadsheet.
IV. Probability helps us know the chance or likelihood of something happening.
- Explain to your den how a meteorologist or insurance company (or someone
else) might use the mathematics of probability to predict what might
happen in the future (i.e., the chance that it might rain, or the chance
that someone might be in a car accident).
- Conduct and keep a record of a coin toss probability experiment.
- Guess the probability of your sneaker landing on its bottom, top,
or side, and then flip it 100 times to find out which way it lands.
Use this probability to predict how a friend's sneaker will land.
V. Measuring is using a unit to express how long or how big something
is, or how much of it there is.
- Interview four adults in different occupations to see how they use
measurement in their jobs.
- Measure how tall someone is. Have them measure you.
- Measure how you use your time by keeping a diary or log of what you
do for a week. Then make a chart or graph to display how you spend your
time.
- Measure, mix, and cook at least two recipes. Share your snacks with family, friends, or your den.*
* This can be part of Bear Achievement #9
- Explain why music is an important part of our culture.
- Pick
a song with at least two verses and learn it by heart.
- Listen to four different types of music either recorded or live.
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
Music belt loop req. 2: Learning
and Living the Gospel 9 and Developing
Talents 3
- Make a musical instrument and play it for your family, den, or pack.
- Teach your den a song.
- Play a song by yourself or in a group, in unison or in harmony.
- Create an original melody and/or original words for a song.
- Using a tape recorder, capture natural sounds of the environment or
record songs you create, and use your recording as a soundtrack for
a short skit or as background for a movement activity.
- Attend a live musical performance or concert.
- Demonstrate conducting
patterns for two songs using two different meters (two-, three-,
or four- beat meter) while your adult partner or den members sing or
play the songs you have selected.
- Take voice or dance lessons or lessons to learn to play an instrument.
- Create movements to a piece of music without words to demonstrate
the moods of the music: happy, sad, calm, excited, playful, inspired.
- Learn about a composer of some music that you enjoy.
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
Music belt loop pin 2 and 7: Developing
Talents 3
Music belt loop pin 6: Developing
Talents 6
- Explain the scientific method to your adult partner.
- Use the scientific method in a simple science project Explain the
results to an adult.
- 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.
Earn the Science belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Make a simple electric motor that works.
- Find a stream or other area that shows signs of erosion. Try to discover
the cause of the erosion.
- Plant seeds. Grow a flower, garden vegetable, or other plant.
- Use these simple machines to accomplish tasks: lever, pulley, wheel-and-axle,
wedge, inclined plane, and screw.
- Learn about solids, liquids, and gases using just water. Freeze water
until it turns into ice. Then, with an adult, heat the ice until it
turns back into a liquid and eventually boils and becomes a gas.
- Build models of two atoms and two molecules, using plastic foam balls
or other objects.
- Make a collection of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks and
label them.
- Learn about a creature that lives in the ocean. Share what you have
learned with your den or family.
- Label a drawing or diagram of the bones of the human skeleton.
- Make a model or poster of the solar system. Label the planets and
the sun.
- Do a scientific experiment in front of an audience. Explain your results.
- Read a book about a science subject that interests you.
- Make a poster that shows and explains the water cycle.
- Set up a simple weather station to record rainfall, temperature, air
pressure, or evaporation for one week.
- Watch the weather forecast on a local television station.
Earn the Weather belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Define the following terms: weather, humidity, precipitation, temperature,
and wind.
- Explain how clouds are made.
Describe the different kinds of clouds - stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus,
and cirrus - and what kind of weather can be associated with these cloud
types.
- Describe the climate in your state. Compare its climate with that
in another state.
- Describe a potentially dangerous weather condition in your community.
Discuss safety precautions and procedures for dealing with this condition.
- Define what is meant by acid rain. Explain the greenhouse effect.
- Talk to a meteorologist about his or her job. Learn about careers
in meteorology.
- Make a weather map of your state or country, using several weather
symbols.
- Explain the differences between tornadoes and hurricanes.
- Make a simple weather
vane. Make a list of other weather instruments and describe what
they do.
- Explain how weather can affect agriculture and the growing of food.
- Make a report to your den or family on a book about weather.
- Explain how rainbows are formed and then draw and color a rainbow.
- Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect
and conserve them.
- Make a poster that shows and explains the food
chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes
broken or damaged.
- 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.
Earn the Wildlife Conservation belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Visit a wildlife sanctuary, nature center, or fish hatchery.
- Collect and read five newspaper or magazine articles that discuss
conservation of wildlife and report to your family or den what you learn.
- Learn about five animals
that use camouflage to protect themselves.
- Make
a birdbath and keep a record for one week of the different birds
that visit it.
- Make a collage of animals
that are in the same class: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or
mammals.
- Make a plaster
cast of an animal track. Show it to your den.
- Visit with a person who works in wildlife
conservation, such as a park ranger, biologist, range manager, geologist,
horticulturist, zookeeper, fishery technician, or conservation officer.
- Visit a state park or national park.
- Participate in an environmental service project that helps maintain habitat for wildlife, such as cleaning up an area or planting trees.*
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent requirements:
Pin requirement 5: Developing
Talents 5
Pin req. 8: Serving
Others 7
|
Primary
Faith in God program equivalent
requirement: Developing
Talents 9
|
*Please read this first!
The Archery loop and pin can be awarded only by a certified Cub Scout Archery shooting director.
Archery, like BB-gun shooting, is a camp program. Boys can earn archery recognition items only at council/district day camp, resident camp, or council-managed family camping programs.
To be a qualified and trained archery range supervisor, adults must take part in an archery supervisor training program conducted by the local council with the help of a National Camping School-certified field sports director or a National Archery Association (NAA) instructor.
Although archery programs are not permitted at den and pack activities, leaders can help parents understand the importance of training and encourage attendance of boys at Cub Scout camps that offer this training.
Cub Scout Sports for Camp Only
Shooting Sports for Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts, and Parents in Camp, No.
13-550, has been developed for those who will give guidance to Cub Scouts
and Webelos Scouts in learning BB-gun and archery shooting-sports skills
while in camp.
The Archery belt loop and pin can only be awarded by a BSA range-trained shooting-sports director.
- Explain the rules for safe archery that you have learned in the district/council
camp or activity you are attending with your leader or adult partner.
- Demonstrate to your leader or adult partner good archery shooting
techniques,including the stance and how to nock the arrow, establish
the bow, draw, aim, release, follow-through and retrieve arrows.
- Practice shooting at your district or council camp for the time allowed.
A certified range officer must be present.
Earn the archery belt loop and complete five of the following:
- Explain the parts of a bow and demonstrate how to string the bowstring
in a proficient manner.
- Demonstrate how to properly use archery equipment, including arm guards,
finger tabs, and quivers and explain about proper clothing.
- Develop proficient shooting techniques by practicing for three hours.
- Learn the correct scoring techniques for target archery.
- Make a poster that emphasizes the four whistle codes.
- Draw to scale or set up an archery range.
- Shoot 30 arrows from a distance of 30 feet at a target and score at
least 50 points, or shoot 30 arrow from a distance of 90 feet and score
at least 30 points.
- Help make a type of target for the camp archery range.
- Show how to put away and properly store archery equipment.
- Tell five facts about an archer in history or literature.
Cub Scout Shooting Sports Award Certificate:
Before firing the Pro Archer course, the camper is to complete the following:
Explain how to string your bow and explain the use of archery equipment.
Be able to list and discuss nine points in 'Shooting Techniques."
Pro Archer Level
Shoot five groups (three arrows per group) trying to group each set within a circle the size of the nine-ring. (No specific score is required.)
Then fire for the Pro Archer score.
Level of Recognition Number of Arrows Distance Score
Pro Archer 30 15 feet 30
Archer I 30 20 feet 30
Archer II 30 20 feet 50
Archer III 30 20 feet 100
In Cub Scout archery, the camp awards the certificate when the Cub Scout or Webelos Scout qualifies for the different levels of recognition. It is possible to earn four certificates if every level of marksmanship has been accomplished.
*Please read this first!
The BB shooting loop and pin can be awarded only by a certified Cub Scout BB gun shooting director at a BSA approved camp.
Many Cub Scouts have BB guns or air rifles at home and will be exposed to some type of firearm while growing up. Parents should understand that safety is as necessary with BB guns and air rifles as it is in any other aspect of shooting. Training is essential in learning how to shoot well, and safe shooting habits developed early help provide the atmosphere for learning these skills.
Gun-shooting sports are not an approved part of the Cub Scout program, except at Cub Scout day or resident camp. At camp, boys might have an opportunity to take part in a BB-gun (rifle) safety and marksmanship program under the direction of a trained BB-gun range officer. These range officers must attend a three-hour training program conducted by a National Camping School-certified field sports director or National Rifle Association (NRA) instructor.
Although gun-shooting sports are not permitted as den and pack activities, leaders can help parents understand the importance of training and encourage attendance of boys at Cub Scout day camps that offer this training.
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Cub Scout Sports for Camp Only
Shooting Sports for Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts, and Parents in Camp, No.
13-550, has been developed for those who will give guidance to Cub Scouts
and Webelos Scouts in learning BB-gun and archery shooting-sports skills
while in camp.
The BB Gun safety and shooting participation belt loop and pin can only be awarded with approval of the camp BB-gun shooting-sports director to Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts who earn them at a BSA facility range.
- Explain the rules for Safe BB gun shooting you have learned to your
leader or adult partner.
- Demonstrate to your leader or adult partner good BB gun shooting techniques,
including eye dominance, shooting shoulder, breathing, sight alignment,
trigger squeeze, follow through.
- Practice shooting at your district or your council camp in the time allowed.
Earn the BB gun shooting Belt Loop and complete FIVE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Explain the parts of a BB gun and demonstrate how to properly load
the gun.
- Demonstrate the shooting positions.
- Develop proficient shooting techniques by practicing for three hours.
- Learn the correct scoring techniques for target BB gun shooting.
- Make a poster that emphasizes the proper range commands.
- Draw to scale or set up a BB gun shooting range.
- Show improvement in your shooting ability with an increase in scoring
points.
- Help make a type of target for the camp BB gun shooting range.
- Show how to put away and properly store BB gun shooting equipment
after use.
- Explain how to use the safety mechanism on a BB gun.
- Tell five facts about the history of BB guns.
Councils may provide extra opportunities for a boy and his adult partner to continue qualifying for a pin after the council camp experience is over. However, a certified range officer must be present for shooting credits to be valid.
Cub Scout Shooting Sports Award Certificate
Certificates may be awarded to the Cub Scout or Webelos Scout at any time he achieves a level of marksmanship. It is possible to earn five certificates if every level of marksmanship has been accomplished.
Score Requirements for BB Gun Recognition Certificate
. Before completing the Pro Marksman requirements below, the following
criteria must be met:
Instruction: Complete a basic BB gun marksmanship safety course. Shooting:
Fire five groups of shots (three shots per group) that can be covered
by a quarter, and then adjust the BB gun sights so that the group is centered
on a bull’s eye. (No specific score is required.) Then fire the Marksmanship
levels shown below.
| Marksman Level Target Position Number of Bull’s eyes Required
Number of Shots Required per Bull’s eye Minimum Score required
per Shot Pro Marksman TQ-40 Bench rest 5 5 8 . Marksman Levels Target Position Number of Bull’s eyes Required Number of Shots Required per Bull’s eye Minimum Score required per Shot Marksman I TQ-40 Standing 10 5 20 Marksman II TQ-40 Prone 10 5 35 Marksman III TQ-40 Kneeling 10 5 25 Marksman IV TQ-40 Sitting 10 5 30 |
- Explain the rules of badminton
to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30 minutes practicing badminton skills.
- Participate in a badminton game.
- Compete in a pack or community badminton tournament.
- Demonstrate your knowledge of the use and care of the equipment needed
to play badminton: shuttlecock (shuttle or bird), racket, court, net,
and comfortable clothes and shoes.
- Demonstrate skill in the following grip techniques: forehand
and backhand.
- Spend at least 60 minutes practicing to develop skills for shots and
strokes (clear, drive, drop, and smash).
Keep track of your time on a chart.
- Demonstrate skill in the following: hit the shuttle using forehand
or backhand; hit the shuttle, alternating forehand and backhand; hit
the shuttle against the wall with a forehand or backhand; hit the shuttle
against the wall, alternating forehand and backhand.
- Accurately lay out a badminton court, including net and lines.
- Play five games of badminton.
- Participate in a badminton skills development clinic.
- Play at least three games during which you make your own foul calls effectively to your leader's satisfaction.
- Explain the rules of baseball to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30 minutes practicing baseball skills.
- Participate in a baseball game.
Earn the Baseball belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Participate in a pack or community baseball tournament.
- Demonstrate skill in two of the following throwing techniques: overhand,
sidearm, underhand, and the relay throw.
- Demonstrate skill in two of the following catching techniques: fielding
a ground ball, fielding a pop-up, catching a line drive.
- Demonstrate correct pitching techniques.
- Demonstrate correct hitting techniques,
- Explain the rules of base running. Explain base coaching signals.
- Demonstrate skill in the following sliding techniques: the straight-in
slide, the hook slide, and the headfirst slide.
- Play five games of baseball using standard baseball rules.
- Draw a baseball field to scale or set one up for play.
- Attend a high school, college, or professional baseball game.
- Read a book about a baseball player and give a report about him or her to your den or family.
- Explain the rules of basketball to your leader or adult partner.
- Spend at least 30 minutes practicing basketball skills.
- Participate in a basketball game.
- Compete in a pack or community basketball tournament.
- Demonstrate effective passing using the chest pass, bounce pass, over-the-head
pass, and baseball pass.
- Successfully demonstrate the set shot and jump shot shooting styles.
- Demonstrate skill in the following dribbling techniques: high dribble,
low dribble, turnable dribble, change-of-pace dribble, and combination
dribble.
Spend at least 30 minutes on three different occasions developing individual - defensive skills.
- Explain and demonstrate 10 official basketball signals.
- Play three -shot-improving games with a member of your den or team.
- Play five games of basketball.
- Participate in a basketball clinic.
- Attend a high school, college, or professional basketball game.
- Explain the rules
of safe bicycling to your den leader or adult partner.
- Demonstrate how
to wear the proper safety equipment for bicycling.
- Show how to ride a bike safely. Ride for at least half an hour with an adult partner, your family, or your den.
- Make a chart to record at least 10 hours of bicycling. (Required)
- Participate in a pack, den, or community bike rodeo.
- Demonstrate how to repair a flat tire on a bicycle.
- Make a poster illustrating different types of early bikes and show
it to your den.
- Give a demonstration to your den or pack on the proper use of safety
equipment and gear.
- With the help of a parent or adult partner, register or reregister
your bicycle.
- Go on a "bicycle hike" with your family or den. Obey traffic
rules related to bicycling.
- Repair or restore a nonfunctioning bicycle to a safe condition. Include
the installation of all proper safety devices.
- Visit a bicycle race or exhibition.
- Help set up a bike rodeo or bike competition for your pack.
- Explain to your leader or adult partner the rules
of courtesy and safety for bowling.
- Show how to pick out a ball of proper
weight and with finger holes that fit your hand.
- Play a complete game with your family or den.
- Give a brief history of the
sport of bowling.
- Define the following terms: strike,
spare, split, miss, and foul. Show their symbols for scoring.
- Demonstrate proper
stance, delivery,
balance, and follow-through to your leader or adult partner.
- Try different types of delivery and hand positions and see which work
best for you.
- Score a complete game using a score sheet and the proper symbols.
- Play at least four games and chart your progress. Figure out your
average score.
- Compete in a Scout, family, school, or community bowling tournament.
- Take bowling lessons.
- Attend a parent, high school, college, or professional bowling competition.
- Visit a bowling alley and learn about the care and maintenance of the bowling lanes, pins, and racks.
- Review your local fishing regulations with your leader or adult partner.
Explain why they are important, and commit to following them.
- Demonstrate how to properly bait a hook.
- Try to catch a fish.
- Compete in a pack or community fishing tournament.
- Demonstrate how to clean a fish.
- Prepare a report on three different kinds of fish. Include information
on preferred habitats, feeding habits, and recommended fishing techniques,
baits, and equipment needed to catch it.
- Draw a picture of three different types of fishing reels. Explain
how each works.
- Tie three fishing flies. Use at least one to fish.
- Demonstrate proficiency in casting at a target 30 feet away.
- Select a species of fish and draw a picture of it, correctly labeling
each part and its function.
- Replace the line in a fishing reel.
- Make a simple pole and line fishing rig. Use it to catch a fish.
- Catch a fish using artificial bait or lures.
- Practice fishing on five occasions, complying with local fishing regulations and the Outdoor Code.
- Explain or discuss the simple rules of flag football with your den.
- Practice running, passing, and catching skills for at least 30 minutes.
- Play a game of flag football.
- Layout and properly mark a flag football field at a park or playground.
- Explain the difference between defense and offense in a flag football
game.
- Describe five different positions a player may play in flag football.
Name the position that you prefer to play.
- During three half-hour sessions, practice the skills of passing, hand-offs,
rushing, and running.
- Participate in a flag-football clinic.
- Consider all the people who make it possible to play a game of flag
football. List parents, coaches, team members, scorekeepers, referees,
groundskeepers, etc,
- Play in five flag football games without incurring a penalty.
- Explain and demonstrate at least six football officiating signals.
- Attend a high school, college, or community league football game.
- Read a book about a football player and tell your den or family about
the player's training and work ethics.
- Talk with a referee or offi