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Day Camp 2023 Adventures

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Adventure requirements that campers may have completed partially or fully at daycamp.
Each camper has a different adventure at camp so be sure to check with the camper what they did

Tiger

  • Bobcat Requirements - Partial
    • 1. Learn and say the Scout Oath, with help if needed.
    • 2. Learn and say the Scout Law, with help if needed.
    • 3. Show the Cub Scout sign. Tell what it means.
    • 4. Show the Cub Scout handshake. Tell what it means.
    • 5. Say the Cub Scout motto. Tell what it means.
    • 6. Show the Cub Scout salute. Tell what it means.

  • Tiger Adventure: Tigers in the Wild - Complete
    Complete Requirements 1-3 plus at least one other.
    • 1. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, name and collect the Cub Scout Six Essentials you need for a hike. Tell your den leader what you would need to add to your list to prepare for rain.
    • 2. Go for a short hike with your den or family, and carry your own gear. Show you know how to get ready for this hike. (Twice: to Webelos Land; to Nature Center)
    • 3. Do the following:
      • A. Listen while your leader reads the Outdoor Code. Talk about how you can be clean in your outdoor manners.
      • B. Listen while your leader reads the for Leave No Trace Principles Kids. Discuss why you should "Trash Your Trash."
      • C. Apply the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Principles for Kids on your Tiger den and pack outings. After one outing, share what you did to demonstrate the principles you discussed.
    • 4. While on the hike, find three different kinds of plants, animals, or signs that animals have been on the trail. List what you saw in your Tiger handbook. (Mustard plant, California Buckwheat, Silk Oak, Pine trees, Cypress tree, tadpoles, baby frog, too many squirrels, baby squirrel (am), crow, stinkbug (am)
    • 5. (Partial) Participate in an outdoor pack meeting or pack campout campfire. Sing a song and act out a skit with your Tiger den as part of the program. (Day Camp – lots of Mighty Tigers song, Walk the Plank acting)
    • 6. Find two different trees and two different types of plants that grow in your area. Write their names in your Tiger handbook. (Western Sycamore, Silk Oak; California Buckwheat, Mustard plant)
    • 7. Visit a nature center, zoo, or another outside place with your family or den. Learn more about two animals, and write down two interesting things about them in your Tiger handbook. (Nature Center – saw a rodent’s habitat, saw chart of egg to caterpillar to Monarch butterfly, guessed what animals made which paw prints, saw lots of taxidermy – stuffed aninlas)

  • Tiger Adventure: Games Tigers Play Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least two others.
    • 1. Do the following:
      • A. Play two initiative or team-building games with the members of your den.
      • B. Listen carefully to your leader while the rules are being explained, and follow directions when playing.
      • C. At the end of the game, talk with the leader about what you learned when you played the game. Tell how you helped the den by playing your part.
    • 2. (Partial) Talk with your den or family about why good nutrition helps you to be strong and active. Bring a nutritious snack to a den meeting. Share why you picked it and what makes it a good snack choice.
    • 3. Make up a game with the members of your den, and play it with den members. After playing the game, talk with your den about the experience.

  • Tiger Adventure: My Tiger Jungle Complete Requirement 1 plus at least two others.
    • 1. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, go for a walk outside, and pick out two or more sights or sounds of "nature" around you. Discuss with your partner or den.
  • Tiger Elective Adventure: Tiger-iffic! Complete requirements 1-3 and plus at least one other.
    • 5. With other members of your den, invent a game, OR change the rules of a game you know, and play the game.
    • 6. Play a team game with your den
  • Tiger Elective Adventure: Tiger Tag Complete Complete requirements 1 and 2 plus at least one other.
    • 1. Choose one active game you like, and tell your den about how to play and why you like this game.
    • 2. Play two team or relay games with your den. Tell your parent, guardian, or other caring adult or the other Tigers what you liked best about each game.
    • 3. Have your den choose a team or relay game that everyone can play, and play it at least twice.
    • 4. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, select an active outside game that you could play with the members of your den. Talk with den members about the games suggested by all Tigers. With your den, decide on a game to play and play the game that your den has chosen. After the game, discuss with your den the meaning of being a good sport.

Wolf

  • Call of the Wild (Partial - Can complete with den leaders in camp)
    • Requirement 1C - Day Camp - all week
    • Requirement 3a - Recite the Outdoor Code with your leader - Thursday Hike
    • Requirement 3b - Recite the Leave No Trace principles. Discuss how these principles support the Outdoor Code - Thursday Hike
    • Requirement 5 - tie an overhand knot and a square knot - Friday - Knots and Flags

  • Wolf Adventure: Paws on the Path
    • Requirement 3 - Choose appropriate clothing to wear on a hike
    • Requirement 4 - Recite Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Principles Thursday

  • Wolf Elective Adventure: Code of the Wolf - COMPLETE


  • Wolf Elective Adventure: Finding Your Way - COMPLETE
    • Requirement 1A - Push Pin Maps - Monday
    • Requirement 1B - Draw a map - Monday
    • Requirement 2A - Identify Compass Rose - Monday
    • Requirement 2B - Use Compass - Identify North, South, East, West - Wednesday
    • Requirement 3 - Scavenger hunt - Wednesday
    • Requirement 4 - Use compass go on hike - Thursday

  • Wolf Elective Adventure: Paws of Skill
    • Requirement 1 - What does it mean to be physically fit - Monday
    • Requirement 2 - Demonstrate warm up exercises - Monday and throughout week
    • Requirement 4 - What does it mean to be a member of a team - play team sport (Soccer) 30min Wednesday
    • Requirement 6 - Sportsmanship - Tuesday and throughout week

Bear

  • Baloo the Builder
    • Requirement 1 - Best tools to have in toolbox and Tool safety- Tuesday
    • Requirement 2 - Select plan and define materials needed to build - Tuesday
    • 1/2 Requirement 3 - Build useful/fun project - Tuesday

  • Bear Necessities
    • Requirement 1 - Day Camp

  • Marble Madness - COMPLETE
    • Requirement 1 - Learn the history of marbles, size and type - Friday
    • Requirement 2 - Learn 3, Play 1 marble game - Friday
    • Requirement 3 - Learn 4-5 marble terms - Friday
    • Requirement 4C - Construct a Marble Raceway - Friday

Webelos and Arrow of Light

  • Sports - Complete
    • 1. Show the signals used by officials in one of these sports: football
    • 2. Participate in two sports, either as an individual or part of a team.
    • 3. Complete the following requirements:
      • A. Explain what good sportsmanship means.
      • B. Role-play a situation that demonstrates good sportsmanship.
      • C. Give an example of a time when you experienced or saw someone showing good sportsmanship.

  • Stronger Faster Higher
    • 1 Understand and explain why you should warm up before exercising and cool down afterward. Demonstrate the proper way to warm up and cool down.
    • 4 Try a new sport that you have never tried before.

  • Webelos Walkabout
    • 1 Plan a hike or outdoor activity.
    • 5 Describe and identify from photos any poisonous plants and dangerous animals and insects you might encounter on your hike or activity.

  • Aquanaut
    • 1 State the safety precautions you need to take before doing any water activity.
    • 2 Discuss the importance of learning the skills you need to know before going boating.

  • Build It
    • 1 Learn about some basic tools and the proper use of each tool. Learn about and understand the need for safety when you work with tools.
    • 2 With the guidance of your Webelos den leader, parent, or guardian, select a carpentry project and build it.

  • Game Design
    • 1. Decide on the elements for a game.
    • 3. Create your game.
    • 4. Teach an adult or another Scout how to play your game.


7/4/2023