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Cub Scout Awards, Outings and Hikes with Patches, STEM-- Summer Fun – Roundtable 5/11/17

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National Den Award The National Den Award recognizes dens that conduct a quality, year-round program. Service projects, field trips, character development, and Cub Scout camping are areas that are emphasized. Dens earn the award as a team, not as individual den members. The recognition is a ribbon for the den flag or den doodle. To earn the National Den Award, a Cub Scout den must A. Have at least 50 percent of the den’s Tigers, Cub Scouts, or Webelos Scouts attend two Den meetings and one pack meeting or activity each month of the year. B. Complete six of the following during the year:

1. Use the denner system within the den. 2. In a Tiger den, use shared leadership and rotate the boy/adult host team. 3. Have 50 percent of the den go on three field trips per year. A field trip may be used in

place of a den meeting. 4. As a den, attend a Cub Scout day camp, Cub Scout or Webelos Scout resident camp, or a

council family camping event with at least 50 percent of the den membership. 5. Conduct three den projects or activities leading to a discussion of the Scout Law. 6. Have 50 percent of the den earn at least three elective adventure loops or adventure

pins. 7. Have 50 percent of the den participate in a patriotic ceremony or parade. 8. Have 50 percent of the den participate in a den conservation/resource project. 9. Have 50 percent of the den participate in at least one den service project. See page 43, new Cub Scout Leader Book

National Summertime Pack Award The pack can qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award certificate and streamer by planning and conducting three pack activities—one each in June, July, and August (or during other school vacations if your pack is in a year-round school). Dens with an average attendance of at least half their members at the three summer pack events are eligible for a colorful den participation ribbon. Boys who participate in all three pack events are eligible to receive the National Summertime Pack Award pin, which they can wear on the right pocket flap of their uniform. This is an individual recognition for boys, not adults. The award application may be found at www.scouting.org.

William T. Hornaday Unit Award The basic purpose of the Hornaday Awards program is to encourage learning about natural resource conservation and the environment. Understanding and practicing sound stewardship of natural resources and environmental protection strengthens Scouting's emphasis on respecting the outdoors. A Cub Scout pack may earn this award by completing a unique, substantial conservation project. At least 60 percent of registered unit members must participate. This award is granted through the Conservation Service of the BSA National Council. Packs must apply for the award through their local council.

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1-Den (and Pack) Outings Boys enjoy visiting museums, business establishments, parks, and other attractions. Here are some suggestions: ▪ How Things Are Made - Visit manufacturing plants such as aircraft, automotive, appliance, or electronic

firms; chemical, paper, plastic, paint, furniture, or toy plants; and handicrafts or other small-craft industries. ▪ How Your City Runs - Visit power, water, and sewage plants; a gas company; police and fire stations; city

hall; municipal buildings; the county jail; a telephone company; the post office; the Red Cross; hospitals; newspaper plants; and radio, television, and weather stations.

▪ How Your City Is Fed - Visit truck and dairy farms, flour mills, and bakeries; food processing, canning, or bottling plants; stockyards and meat or poultry packing houses; a fish hatchery; beverage, candy, and ice-cream companies; markets; and food distributors.

▪ Learn About Your Heritage - Visit art galleries, museums, and memorials; celebrated old homes, monuments, and other historic sites; places of worship; civic centers; important local buildings; summer theaters and band concerts; and local historical celebrations.

When these field trips are coordinated with the required and elective adventures, they can help bring learning to life by allowing boys to experience firsthand the things they have been learning about. Most adventures will include opportunities for a den outing that may fulfill part of an advancement requirement. Some Cool Free (mostly) Places to visit – google for more info and check times and availability Jelly Belly Factory, Fairfield 40 min walking tour Marin French Cheese Company, Petaluma (136 yr old) 7 days a week 10:00, 11:00, noon, 3:00 Mrs Grossman’s, Petaluma – lsrgest sticker manufacturer in US – 1 hour tour M-Th by reservation

$3 per person fee (800)429-4549 McRoskey Mattress Company, San Francisco – tours Thurs 1pm by reservation (877)499-9600 Mee Mee Bakery, San Franciso – fortune Cookie bakery M-Sat 10am-4pm (415)362-3204 Alembic, Santa Rosa - instrument maker Wed 11:00 reservations (707)523-2611 Heath Ceramics, Sausalito tableware and architectural tile Sat/Sun 11am reservations (415)332-3732X13 Paramount Theater Oakland – tours 1st and 3rs sat no reserve. required 10:00 am $1/person – 2 hours Corbin, Hollister – motorcycle factory – self guided walking tour M-F 8am-4pm/Sat 8am-noon Hilmar Cheese Company, Hilmar Self guided tours 8am-6pm, guided tours Sat/Sun 11 & 1 Oakdale Cheese Company, Oakdale no reservations – free Sun Empire Foods, Kerman handmade coated delicacies – chocolate, dried fruits, brittles

– half hour tours weekdays 9am-3pm Jan-Sept – reservations (800)242-4SUN Boudin Bakery, San Francisco – Docent tours $5/person, self-fuide $3/person It’s-It , Burlingame – M-F 10am-6 Dandelion Chocolate, San Francisco – closed toes shoes required – children’s classes (age 7-12) Cowgirl Creamery, Point Reyes Stateion $5/person- 15 person tours AT&T Park - $12.50 adults $7.50 children 10:30-12:30 except game days 415-972-2400 Cohn-Stone Studios, Richmond – hand blown glass by apt [email protected] Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael Ca – go to website guidedogs.com for info reservations reqrd for 7+ II Fiorello Olive Oil Company – Fairfield go t company website – open daily tours by apt Intel Museum, Santa Clara – M-F 9am-6pm Sat 10am to 5pm free Levi Strauss & Co, San Francisco M-F 9am-6pm, Sat/Sun 10am-5pm – 6 museum quality pavilions MvEvoy Ranch – oil oil – by appointment only $30-$90/person NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field – NASA Exploration Center Smyers Glass Studio, Benecia – working glass studio Open M-Sat 10-4, Sun 10-5 May-Dec reserve reqrd

– tours start at 10am free. Adult docent led tours $85.00 every 45 min, children/students free. 45 max TCHO – New American Chocolate, San Francisco – about 1 hour, 10:30 am and 2pm every day, free

– up to 29 people, arrive 5 min early – reservations requited – no open toe shoes, no children under 8, – no jewelry/watches/cell phones/ cameras, no bags/backpacks/purses.

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The Sewage Treatment Plant in Martinez – a really cool tour (925)229-7329 – must be age 10+ w/ parent (adult?) – closed toed shoes, long pants and sleeves - limited to 15 people USS Hornet – groups of 15 can make advanced reservations- discounts ($6.00 youth/$12.00 adults) and get a ride of the flight simulator $5.) and get lunch in the officer’s mess ($8.50 box/$12.00 hot – bring a bag lunch and eat on the warf). Have Living Ship Day, Overnight programs, History Mystery Tours, and Morning Flashlight Tours. www.uss-hornet.org Alcatraz – in advance especially in summer tour fees Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front, Richmond, CA also SS Red Oak Victory Ship www.nps.gov Oakland Zoo & San Francisco Zoo Black Diamond Mine, Antioch weekends only limited tour times check online $5/person Museums – DeYoung-Golden Gate first tues of every month/ first full weekend for BofA card Holders Asian Art Museum – free first Sunday California Academy of Sciences – Free 4 Sundays a year – once a quarter on Sundays International Art Museum – free admission and gift pass available online Legion of Honor – free first Tuesday Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – Free first Tuesday Museum of Craft and Design – free first Tuesday Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) – free third Thursday 5-8pm The Exploratorium – 5-6 days per year – Groundhog day (Feb 2nd), Pi day (March 14th) Mother’s Day, Engineering Day (late September), Founders day (mid-October) Oakland Museum of California – First Sunday $5 donation Contemporary Jewish Museum – Free first Tuesday SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – free for 18 and under - with periodic

“Free Family days” where an adult is free when accompanied by an 18 and under. BAMPFA – Berkeley Art Museum - Free First Thursday Bay Area Discovery Museum, Saucalito – free first Wednesday Conservatory of Flowers – free first Tuesday GLBT Museum, Castro Free First Wednesday Pez Museum, Burlingame Free First Thursday Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History – free first Friday SF Camerawork – SoMa – free every day – closed sun/mon Chinese Historical Society, SF Chinatown – free first Sunday Japanese Tea Garden (Golden Gate Park) Free Mon/ Wed/Fri for admission before 10am San Francisco Botanical Garden – free 2nd tues and 7:30-9:30 am every day Berkeley Botanical Garden – free first Wednesday Oakland Aviation Museum Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland African American Museum and Library, Oakland USS Patomac – FDR’s floating whitehouse - jack London square “nominal fee”

regular dockside tours every wed/fri/sun Oakland Asian Cultural Center Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment – admission $7 – open weekends 12-6/ fri 3-9 Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley Institute of Mosaic Art, Berkeley Robert Lowie Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley Berkeley Art Center

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Other Cool Places SF- Wave Organ where the ocean plays music Yacht Rd, SF SF- Tiles Staircase – 163 tiled steps – 1700 16th Ave SF – Seward Street Slides – long slides part of local park – free – bring your own cardboard to slide on

Corwin Community Garden & Seward Mini Park – Seward St and Douglass St

The Secret Sidewalk – Niles Canyon Aqueduct To get there you take Old Canyon Road, to the right of the

river, down to the dead end, where there is a gate marked San Francisco Water Dept - No Trespassing. Follow the gravel road for about 1/4 mile, then climb up the embankment to the right, over the train tracks, and up to a little hill with a trestle. There is a rope swing hanging from it. Climb up the left side of the trestle, and you will find the sidewalk.

SF The Audium-Theater of Sound-Sculptured Space - The Audium-Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space

consists of a foyer, main performance space, and what the owners call a sound labyrinth. It’s a building inside of a building, conceived and built specifically for this art form with the help of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Listeners - the show is performed once every Friday and Saturday night - sit in concentric circles in the theater and enveloped by speakers built inside of sloping walls, a floating floor, and a suspended ceiling. Compositions are performed live each night by a conductor who directs the sounds through a custom-designed console. The conductor uses any combination of the 169 speakers, sculpting the sound through direction, speed, movement, and intensity. “When the concept of Audium began taking shape in the late 1950s,” the venue’s official website explains of the theater’s founding, “space was a largely unexplored dimension in music composition. The composer who suspected space capable of revealing a new musical vocabulary found his pursuit blocked by the inadequacy of audio technology and performance spaces.” 1616 Bush St SF

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot 465 Mystery Spot Road, Santa Cruz Described as an “ineffable, natural phenomenon

that cannot be described or explained,” the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz, California is one of many such “gravitational anomalies” located around the world. Similar “Mystery spots” are found in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the Wisconsin Dells, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Jerusalem. The sites all bear similar “curious” properties: cars and balls roll uphill, people experience strange feelings of queasiness, and gravity seems to work peculiar tricks.

SF – Golden Gate Park/Lands End/Presideo 1-Labryinth at Lands End – Land’s End, SF San Francisco artist

Eduardo Aguilera was first inspired by learning about other historic labyrinths, and then moved to create his own after spending time along the rocky shoreline of Land’s End, lighting candles and creating a small shrine to, in the artist’s own

words, “peace, love and enlightenment.” 2- WoodLine – a haunting fairytale art talk through man-made eucalyptus grove

at Presidio designed 2011 by Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy – Presidio Blvd & West Pacific Ave 3- Mescaline Grove –

across from Conservatory of Flowers a forest of enormous tree ferns surrounds perennially damp, winding paths native to

Australia and New Zealand. 4- Three Gems – a hidden subterranean secret space in a grassy mound in the Osher Sculpture

Garden at the de Young Museum. Created in 2005 for the opening of the new museum, the piece features a concrete stupa containing a curved bench wrapping around the open space, allowing visitors a seat to view the sky or stars through the oculus at the top. The small changes in the blue are enhanced through the vantage point, as clouds drift in and out, and the

color of the room warms and cools. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, SF 5- Golden Gate Park Vintage Carousel 320 Bowling

Green Dr, Golden Gate Park, SF 6-– Golden Gate Park Druid Circles – stones from 12th century monastery in Ovila Spain –

near the California Academy of Science. Located just across Nancy Pelosi Drive from the back side of California Academy of

Science. The base of the train is marked with a solitary monastery stone. 7-Golden Gate Park – Arch of Colonial Trees –

near Pioneer Cabin near Stow Lake – 13 trees representing the original 13 colonies originally planted in 1896 with soil from

famous Civil War battlefields and with a trowel used by Martha Washington 8- Yoda Fountain – Outside the Letterman

Digital Arts Center on Dewitt Rd, Presidio 9-Windmills at west end of Golden Gate Park 10-Bison-Golden Gate Park SF – Magowan’s Infinite Mirror Maze – a psychedelic labyrinth at Pier 30 $5 fee – kids under 5 free.

SF – Musee Mecanique – Pier 45, Shed A Taylor Street, Fisherman’s Warf One of the last remaining links to San

Francisco’s oceanside Playland at the Beach amusement park, the Musée Mécanique is a unique hands-on arcade of vintage coin-operated contraptions of all kinds. Napa – Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway – the largest drain hole in the world Lake Berryessa

Berkeley – Fairy Post Office – in a tree hollow in Tilden Park at a fork of the Curran Trail - Park in the “Brook” picnic area – post office is across the creek at the start of the Curran Trail.

East Bay – Berkeley Mystery Walls - Stretching for over 50 miles, the East Bay “Mystery Walls” are found up

and down the hills of the East Bay from Berkeley to San Jose. The stone walls are up to five feet tall in places, and are constructed from boulders of varying sizes, some weighing up to a ton. The walls run in broken sections, anywhere from a few meters to half a mile in length, and are placed in unlikely and inaccessible places. They seem to serve no known purpose. They are not continuous or high enough to act as an enclosure, or measure of defense. They are clearly, visibly,


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very old. The heavy stones have sunk deep into the ground, and they are overgrown with lichen. After meandering throughout the Oakland hills, they head inland towards Mt. Diablo where they lead to mysterious stone circles, up to 30 feet in diameter. In one place the walls form a spiral 200 feet wide that circles a large boulder. Visitors can investigate the Mystery Walls for themselves at several East Bay parks including Tilden Regional Park in Orinda, Ed. R Levin County park in Santa Clara, and Mission Peak Regional Preserve in Alameda County.

San Jose – Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum – collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies Calistoga Petrified Forest 4100 Petrified Forest Rd, Calistoga Oakland – Mazzariello Labyrinth – a spiral labyrinth in the Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve – 6800

Skyline Blvd, Oakland. Berkeley- Adventure Playground – a playground built by kids – an incredible adventure for kids next to the

Berkeley marina. Take Interstate 80 to Powell Street exit. Turn left under the freeway and right onto Frontage Road. Follow Frontage Road to University Avenue (Seabreeze Market is on the corner). Turn left onto University Avenue (toward the bay). When you come to an intersection, veer left. Continue down University Avenue; the road quickly straightens out and you will see a parking lot on your left; park in this lot (it’s free). The Adventure Playground is at the west end of this lot; you will need to follow the path around the south side to the find the entrance

SF – Leroy King Carousel – a 100 year old vaudeville carousel 221 Fourths St, SF SF – Cable Car Museum 1201 Mason St San Jose – Monopoly in the Park – Discovery Meadow 900 sf concrete board. 330 W San Carlos, SJ Sausalito – The Bay Model – a working model of the entire SF Bay and Sacramento River Delta with

regular tides that change every 14 minutes 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito Berkeley – East Bay Vivarium – collection of reptiles, amphibians, spiders and insects 1827-C 5th Street, Mill Valley – Mount Tamalpais Aircraft Crash Site. WWII tragedy flying from Alameda Navel Air Station and

Developed engine trouble. Some debris remains. Take the Vic Haun Trail about a mile and a half from Panoramic Highway. Look for a side trail to the crash site. If you own a GPS, use the coordinates N 37° 55.376' W 122° 34.436'.

Palo Alto – Stanford University Arizona (Cactus) Garden San Quentin Gift Shop – just outside the east gate – items made by inmates – t-shirts, mugs and shot glasses,

clocks, music boxes and money clips-inmate funds for sundries, art supplies with 10% going for general funds for movies and other entertainment.

Santa Rosa – Charles M. Schulz Museum Sunol Water Temple – end of Paloma Way, Sunol-Midtown, CA where three water sources converged

and provided half of the water for San Francisco Sacramento-Safetyville, USA – a working miniature city designed to teach children about safety and city

planning 3909 Bradshaw Rd, Sacramento

San Jose – Olivera Egg Ranch – one tour a month – 15 people Farm Tours – Dairy Farms, Honey, all kinds of produce, beef, poultry . . . google it – lots in Sonoma

County and some in East Contra Costa, Napa, or go east towards Sacramento Valley - they make for a great Cub outing and learning experience.


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2-Go on a Hike and Earn SUPER BIG Patches a-Trail Trekker - San Francisco Bay Area Council 4 inch square center patch with 2 inch square rim patches for each hike

1-Angel Island (Ferry from SF or Tiburon), 2-Black Diamond Mines (Antioch-mine tour $5). 3-Coyote Hills (Fremont), 4-Flag Hill (Sunol Regional Wilderness), 5/6-Hoot Owl (Sycamore Grove Livermore or California Nursery Fremont), 7-Huckleberry (Huckleberry Botanical Preserve, Oakland), 8-Little Yosemite (Sunol Regional Wilderness 9-Morgan Territory (Livermore), 10-Redwood Creek (Redwood Regional Park, Oakland), 11-Rodeo Lagoon (Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin), 12-Sycamore Grove (Livermore), 13-Wildcat Peak (Tilden Nature Study Area, Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley

b-Highlander – Mt. Diablo Silverado Council 4 inch round patch with rim patches for each hike

1-Black Diamond Mines (Antioch – mine tour $5) 2-Briones Regional Park (Lafayette/Martinez) 3-Fages Trail (Camp Herms, El Cerrito) 4-Las Trampas Regional Wilderness (San Ramon) 5-Mt. Diablo State Park 6-9 Other hikes in Lake County see Mount Diablo Silverado

c-Cub Scout Historic Trail – Presidio Historic Trail Program – San Francisco Bay Area Council 3.5 mile hike – see San Francisco Bay Area Council website for a download document with map/instructions and information to share along the hike about old cannons, National Cemetery, Pet cemetery (the only one located on a military base),Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Rodman Guns at Battery East, Fort Point, Baker Beach (clothing optional), Battery Chamberlain with the last 6 inch “disappearing gun” on the West Coast—and Ohlone Indians and Spanish explorers. Camping allowed 4/1-10/31 at Rob Hill 2 sites for up to 30 people $50 reservation through Presidio Trust Special Events office (415)561-5444

d-Sacramento Historic Train Trail – Golden Empire Council 2.5 Mile urban hike plus light rail ride that follows the route of the first Railroad in the West – start at the Railroad Museum – download map and information at Golden Empire Council Website

There is also a Sacramento Historic Trail about 5 miles that goes from Sutter’s Fort to Old Sacramento and return.


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e-Monterey Bay Trekkers – Silicon Valley Monterey Council – HUGE patch-rim patches 1-Wlder Ranch, Santa Cruz (old Dairy ranch) 2-Pinnacles – east of Salinas Valley 3-Point Lobos - Marine Conservation - Carmel by the Sea 4-Pico Blanco – BSA camp on Coast Los Padres National Forest 5-Garland Ranch – Carmel Valley 6-Elkhorn Slough - National Estuarine Research Reserve, Castroville 7-Nisene Marks – Santa Cruz State Park, Aptos 8-Fremont Peak - San Juan Bautista, San Benito County

f-Gold Rusk Historic 49’er Trail – Greater Yosemite Council Visit Columbia State Park and answer 5 questions 1-what sound does a good anvil make? 2-What is the name of Columbia’s first fire engine 3-Where did the fire engines get their water? 4-How many years was the Columbia School used? 5-Why did they have to stop using the school? Visit 2 of the following museums 1-Amador County Museum, Jackson (whose diary documents the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill?), 2-Calivaras County Historical Complex, San Andreas (what infamous criminal was jailed here?), 3-Angel’s Camp Museum (how many stamps are in the model of the Carson Hill Mine?) 4-Tuolumne Company Museum and History Center, Sonora (what is the nickname for extremely high

grade ore?) 4-Northern Mariposa County Museum, Coulterville (what was the claim to fame of the rail line used by Whistling Billy?), 5-Mariposa Museum and History Center (name the process of using mercury to capture extremely fine gold) Read 5 of the historic markers located along roadsides, in parks or buildings – list their titles Name 2 main methods of mining gold Do 1 hour of service at Columbia SHP a museum or somewhere in the Mother Lode (arrange in advance) Camp at least 1 night in the Mothe Lode (Boy scour requirement-not required for Cubs)

g-Pacific Skyline Council Hike Patches details at the Pacific Skyline Council website http://www.pacsky.org/Activities/HistoricTrails download a map and narrative

Redwood Historic Trail Boulder Creek Scout Reservation –3.5 miles 18 stations about the redwood trees and California redwood logging industry/history

Pacific Skyline Council Camps Historic Trail 12.4 mile hike linking 3 Camps in Santa Cruz Mountains

Boulder Creek Scout Reservation Nature Trail – 3.5 miles - 34 stations to find and observe native plants in 3 ecological zones

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3- Cub Scout STEM/Nova – do a little Science

Science Everywhere This module is designed to help you explore how science affects your life each day. 1.

Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements.

A. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show about anything related to science. Then do the following:

1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Some examples include—but are not limited to—shows found on PBS ("NOVA"),

Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, TED Talks (online videos), and the History Channel. You may choose to watch a live performance or movie at a planetarium or science museum instead of watching a media production. You may watch online productions with your counselor's approval and under your parent's supervision.

B. Read (about one hour total) about anything related to science. Then do the following:

1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines

include but are not limited to Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids,

Highlights, and OWL or owlkids.com . C. Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about anything

related to science. Then do the following: 1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. 2.

Complete ONE adventure from the following list. (Choose one that you have not already earned.) Discuss with your counselor what kind of science, technology, engineering, or math was used in the adventure.

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Act like a scientist! Explore EACH of the following:

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A. With your counselor, choose a question you would like to investigate. Here are some examples only (you may get other ideas from your adventure activities):

1. Why do rockets have fins? Is there any connection between the feathers on arrows and fins on rockets?

2. Why do some cars have spoilers? How do spoilers work? 3. If there is a creek or stream in your neighborhood, where does it go? Does

your stream flow to the Atlantic or the Pacific ocean? With your parent's or guardian's permission and assistance, you may want to

use an online mapping application to follow the streams and rivers to the ocean. Keep track of the names of the streams, lakes, and rivers connecting your stream to the ocean. Is it possible for you to find out the name of your watershed? Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling C. Holling is a fun book on this topic.

4. Is the creek or stream in your neighborhood or park polluted?

You can do a stream sample to find out what kinds of things are living in the water and under the rocks. Some things can survive in polluted water; others can live only in clean water. You can discover if a stream is polluted by finding out what lives there.

5. What other activity can you think of that involves some kind of scientific questions or investigation?

B. With your counselor, use the scientific method/process to investigate your question. Keep records of your question, the information you found, how you investigated, and what you found out about your question.

You may do 3B with another Cub Scout if you would like, but you need to do and record your own work.

C. Discuss your investigation and findings with your counselor.

4.

Visit a place where science is being done, used, or explained, such as one of the following: zoo, aquarium, water treatment plant, observatory, science museum, weather station, fish hatchery, or any other location where science is being done, used, or explained.

A. During your visit, talk to someone in charge about science.

B. Discuss with your counselor the science done, used, or explained at the place you visited.

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Discuss with your counselor how science affects your everyday life.

Down and Dirty This module is designed to help you explore how earth science affects your life each day. 1. Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements: A. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show about Earth, the

weather, geology, volcanoes, or oceanography. Then do the following: 1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Some examples include—but are not limited to—shows found on PBS ("NOVA"),

Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, TED Talks (online videos), and the History Channel. You may choose to watch a live performance or movie at a planetarium or science museum instead of watching a


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media production. You may watch online productions with your counselor's approval and under your parent's supervision.

B. Read (about one hour total) about Earth, the weather, geology, volcanoes, or oceanography. Then do the following:

1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines

include but are not limited to Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids,

Highlights, and OWL or owlkids.com . C. Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about Earth, the

weather, geology, volcanoes, or oceanography. Then do the following: 1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. 2. Complete ONE adventure from the following list. (Choose one that you have not

already earned.) Discuss with your counselor what kind of science, technology, engineering, or math was used in the adventure.

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3. Investigate: Choose A or B or C or D and complete ALL the requirements: A. Volcanoes erupt 1. How are volcanoes formed? 2. What is the difference between lava and magma? 3. How does a volcano both build and destroy land? 4. Build or draw a volcano model. If you build a working model, make sure you follow

all safety precautions including wearing protective glasses for your volcano’s eruption. If you draw a volcano, be sure to draw a cross section and explain the characteristics of different types of volcanoes.

5. Share your model and what you have learned with your counselor.

B. Rock on

1. What minerals are common in your state? Make a collection of three to five common minerals and explain how they are used.

2. Are these minerals found in sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks?

3. Explain or demonstrate the difference in formation of the three major types of rocks. Which types of rocks are common in your area?

4. Share your collection and what you have learned with your counselor.

C. Weather changes our world

1. Make three weather instruments out of materials around your home. (Examples include a rain gauge, weather vane, barometer, anemometer, and weather journal.) Use these and another method that is readily available (i.e., thermometer, eyes, older person’s joints, etc.) for a total of four methods to




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monitor and predict the weather for one week. Keep a log of your findings. Which instrument provided the most accurate information?

2. Keep a weather journal for a week. Include your predictions and the predictions of a local meteorologist. Do your predictions match those of the local meteorologist? Do your predictions match the weather that occurred? How can the predictions become more accurate?

3. Discuss your work with your counselor.

D. Animal habitats: Choose TWO of the following animal habitats and complete the activity and questions. At least one habitat should be close to your home (within 50 miles). Visit at least one of the habitats. Once you have completed the activity and questions, discuss the habitats and the activities with your counselor:

1. Prairie Draw or model a food web with at least five consumers and two producers that live in the prairie habitat. What is the difference between consumers and producers? Predators and prey? What would happen if one of the animals in the food web disappeared?

2. Temperate forest Research the two main categories of trees in the temperate forest (coniferous and deciduous). Why are their leaves different? How are their seeds different? Put a twig from a coniferous tree (cone-bearing tree with needles) in a cup of water and tightly fasten a clear plastic bag around the needles. Put a twig from a deciduous tree (leafy tree that loses its leaves in the fall) in a cup of water and tightly fasten a clear plastic bag around the leaves. Observe what happens and draw pictures of your observations. Think of an explanation for what occurred and discuss your explanation with your counselor.

3. Aquatic ecosystem With a parent’s permission and guidance, visit an aquatic habitat near your home. Examples include a stream, river, lake, pond, ocean, and wetland (a marsh or swamp). Draw or photograph the area. What are the most common types of plants growing there? What animals did you see? Did you see, hear, or smell any evidence of other animals? (Your evidence might include things like bird calls, splashes of fish or frogs jumping, tracks, feathers, or bones.) How do aquatic ecosystems affect your life? How have humans affected the ecosystem? (Look for signs of humans such as trash and bridges or walkways.) How do you think humans have affected the ecosystem in ways you cannot see? (Think about fertilizer and pesticides washing off your lawn and flowing into a stream. How would this affect creatures that live in the water?) What can you do to improve the quality of the ecosystem?

4. Temperate or subtropical rain forest Describe the three main levels of the rain forest (canopy, understory, and forest floor). Make a drawing or model showing examples of animals and plants that live at each level. Choose an animal or plant from each level and explain how it is adapted to its particular place in the rain forest.

5. Desert Choose a desert animal or plant. Make a model of it, draw it, or describe it. Explain how it is particularly well adapted to survive in a place where there is


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very little water. How would the desert be different if this plant or animal were not there?

6. Polar ice Research an animal that can be found in the polar ice habitat. Draw or make a model of the animal and name three characteristics that make it well adapted for life in the very cold and snowy environment.

7. Tide pools Explain how a tide pool is formed and describe several animals that are found in tide pools. Make a model or draw a diagram of a tide pool at a high intertidal zone and a low intertidal zone. Include animals found in tide pools and explain how they adapt to their constantly changing environment.

4. Visit. Choose A or B and complete ALL the requirements.

A. Visit a place where earth science is being done, used, explained, or investigated, such as one of the following: cave, quarry or mine, geology museum or the gem or geology section of a museum, gem and mineral show, university geology department, TV or radio station meteorology department, weather station, volcano or volcano research station, or any other location where earth science is being done, used, explained, or investigated.

1. During your visit, talk to someone in charge about how people at the site use or investigate a particular area of science. How could this investigation make the world better?

2. Discuss with your counselor the science being done, used, explained, or investigated at the place you visited.

B. Explore a career associated with earth science. Find out what subjects you would need to study as you get older. What kind of education would you need in the future to help explore Earth? What types of people other than geologists explore Earth? Discuss with your counselor what is needed to have a career in earth science.

Nova WILD! This module is designed to help you learn about wildlife and the natural world around you. 1. Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements: A. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show about wildlife,

endangered species, invasive species, food chains, biodiversity, ecosystems, or wildlife habitats. Then do the following:

1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Some examples include—but are not limited to—shows found on PBS ("NOVA"),

Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, TED Talks (online videos), and the History Channel. You may choose to watch a live performance or movie at a planetarium or science museum instead of watching a media production. You may watch online productions with your counselor's approval and under your parent's supervision.

B. Read (about one hour total) about wildlife, endangered species, invasive species, food chains, biodiversity, ecosystems, or wildlife habitats. Then do the following:

1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.


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Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines include but are not limited to Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids,

Highlights, and OWL or owlkids.com . C. Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about wildlife,

endangered species, invasive species, food chains, biodiversity, ecosystems, or wildlife habitats. Then do the following:

1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. 2. Complete ONE adventure from the following list. (Choose one that you have not

already earned.) Discuss with your counselor what kind of science, technology, engineering, or math was used in the adventure.

Wolf Cub Scouts Bear Cub Scouts Digging in the Past A Bear Goes Fishing Grow Something Critter Care Spirit of the Water Webelos Scouts Into the Wild Into the Woods

3. Explore. A. What is wildlife? Wildlife refers to animals that are not normally domesticated

(raised by humans). B. Explain the relationships among producer, prey, predator, and food chain. (You may

draw and label a food chain to help you answer this question.) C. Draw (or find) pictures of your favorite native plant, native reptile or fish, native

bird, and native mammal that live in an ecosystem near you. Why do you like these? How do they fit into the ecosystem?

D. Discuss what you have learned with your counselor. 4. Act like a naturalist. Choose TWO from A or B or C or D or E or F, and complete ALL the

requirements for those options.

A. Investigate the endangered species in your state.

1. Make a list, drawing, or photo collection of three to five animals and plants that are endangered.

2. Design a display (a poster, PowerPoint presentation, or other type of display) to show at least 10 of the threatened, endangered, or extinct species in your state. (You may use your drawings or photo collection in your display.)

3. Discuss with your counselor the differences between threatened, endangered, and extinct species. Discuss how threatened animals or plants could become endangered or extinct. How might the loss of these animals or plants affect the ecosystem and food chain? What can be done to preserve these species?

B. Investigate invasive species.

1. Make a list, drawing, or photo collection of at least five mammals, plants, fish, birds, insects, or any other organisms that are invasive in your state or region of the country.

2. Design a presentation (a poster, PowerPoint presentation, or other display) including at least one of the invasive species from your list. Explain where they came from, how they got to your area, what damage they are causing, and what




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is being done to get rid of them. Share your presentation with your counselor and your family or your den.

3. Discuss with your counselor what an invasive species is, how invasive animals or plants cause problems for native species, and how these invasive species could affect an ecosystem and food chain.

C. Visit an ecosystem near where you live.

1. Investigate the types of animals and plants that live in that ecosystem.

2. Draw a food web of the animals and plants that live in this ecosystem. Mark the herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. Include at least one decomposer or scavenger.

3. Discuss with your counselor (using your food web drawing) how the animals or plants in the food web fit into a food chain. Which animals are predators and which can be prey? How does each plant and animal obtain its energy? Describe the energy source for all the plants and animals.

D. Investigate one wild mammal, bird, fish, or reptile that lives near you.

1. Create a diorama representing the habitat of this creature. Include representations of everything it needs to survive; its home, nest, or den; and possible threats. You may use a variety of different materials within your diorama (usually constructed in a shoebox or similar container).

2. Explain to your counselor what your animal must have in its habitat in order to survive.

E. Investigate your wild neighbors.

1. Make a bird feeder and set it up in a place where you may observe visitors. The feeder could be complex or as simple as a pinecone covered with peanut butter and rolled in birdseed and then tied with a string to an appropriate location, like a tree branch.

2. Fill the feeder with birdseed. (Make sure that your feeder does not remain empty once you have started feeding birds.)

3. Provide a source of water.

4. Watch and record the visitors to your feeder for two or three weeks. (It may take a while for visitors to discover your food source.)

5. Identify your visitors using a field guide, and keep a list of what visits your feeder. (Visitors are not always birds! Sometimes deer, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, and raccoons visit bird feeders—or the area under the feeder! The kinds of nonbird visitors will depend on where you live. You may want to investigate how to collect the tracks of any nighttime visitors.)

6. Discuss with your counselor what you learned about your wild neighbors.

F. Earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award (if you have not already earned them for another Nova award).

5. Visit a place where you can observe wildlife. Examples include parks (national, state, and local), zoos, wetlands, nature preserves, and national forests.

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1. The native species, invasive species, and endangered or threatened species that live there. If you visit a zoo, talk to someone about the ecosystems for different zoo animals and whether any of the zoo animals are invasive in different areas of the world. (For example, pythons are often found in zoos, but they are an invasive species in Florida.)

2. The subjects studied in school that enable him or her to work with wildlife. Examples of experts to talk to include forest ranger, wildlife biologist, botanist, park ranger, naturalist, game warden, zookeeper, docent, or another adult whose career involves wildlife.

B. Discuss with your counselor what you learned during your visit.

6. Discuss with your counselor:

A. Why wildlife is important

B. Why biodiversity is important

C. The problems with invasive species and habitat destruction

Out of This World This module is designed to help you discover the wonders of space exploration. 1. Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements. A. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show about the planets,

space, space exploration, NASA, or astronomy. Then do the following: 1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Some examples include—but are not limited to—shows found on PBS (“NOVA”),

Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, TED Talks (online videos), and the History Channel. You may choose to watch a live performance or movie at a planetarium or science museum instead of watching a media production. You may, with your parent’s permission, visit a website for young scientists or

astronomers and investigate the learning activities (Young Astronomer , Kids

Astronomy , Young Stargazers , and NASA StarChild .) B. Read (about one hour total) about the planets, space, space exploration, NASA, or

astronomy. Then do the following: 1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines

include—but are not limited to—Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids,

Highlights, and OWL or owlkids.com . C. Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about the planets,

space, space exploration, NASA, or astronomy. Then do the following: 1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched. 2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. 2. Complete ONE adventure from the following list. (Choose one that you have not already

earned.) Discuss with your counselor what kind of science, technology, engineering, or math was used in the adventure.

Wolf Cub Scouts Bear Cub Scouts Air of the Wolf A Bear Picnic Basket Collections and Hobbies Robotics Germs Alive! Super Science

http://www.youngastronomer.org/

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/


http://www.popastro.com/youngstargazers/index.php

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

http://owlkids.com/

http://www.youngastronomer.org/


http://www.popastro.com/youngstargazers/index.php

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

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Motor Away Webelos Scouts Adventures in Science Engineering Game Design

3. Choose TWO from A or B or C or D or E or F and complete ALL the requirements for the options you choose.

A. Have a star party with your den, pack, or family. (Make sure you wear proper clothing for the nighttime temperature.)

1. Choose a clear night to investigate the stars. A fun time to watch stars is during a

meteor shower. You may check http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials with your parent’s or guardian’s permission to find good times to watch meteors.

2. Find five different constellations and draw them. With your parent’s or guardian’s permission, you may use a free smartphone application such as Google Sky Map for Android phones or Night Sky for iPhones to help identify stars and constellations.

3. Share your drawings with your counselor. Discuss whether you would always be able to see those constellations in the same place.

B. Explain how “revolution,” or “orbit,” compares with “rotation” when talking about planets and the solar system. Show these by walking and spinning around your counselor. Do the following:

1. Choose three planets to investigate (you may include the dwarf planet Pluto). Compare these planets to Earth. Find out how long the planet takes to go around the sun (the planet’s year) and how long the planet takes to spin on its axis (the planet’s day). Include at least TWO of these: distance from the sun, diameter, atmosphere, temperature, number of moons.

2. Discuss what you have learned with your counselor. C. Using materials you have on hand (plastic building blocks, food containers, recycled

materials, etc.), design a model Mars rover that would be useful to explore the rocky planet’s surface. Share your model with your counselor and explain the following:

1. The data the rover would collect 2. How the rover would work 3. How the rover would transmit data 4. Why rovers are needed for space exploration D. Design on paper an inhabited base located on Mars or the moon. Consider the

following: the energy source, how the base will be constructed, the life-support system, food, entertainment, the purpose and function, and other things you think would be important. Then do the following:

1. Draw or build a model of your base using recycled materials. 2. Discuss with your counselor what people would need to survive on Mars or the

moon. E. Become an asteroid mapper. Obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission and map

an asteroid as part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology’s Dawn

project: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/DawnCommunity/asteroid_mappers.asp . Then discuss with your counselor your mapping activities, why mapping asteroids is important, and what you learned about space and asteroids.

F. Eclipses 1. Investigate and make models or diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses. (Example: You

may wish to use balls of different sizes and a flashlight to represent the sun.)

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/DawnCommunity/asteroid_mappers.asp

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/DawnCommunity/asteroid_mappers.asp


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2. Using your model or diagram, discuss eclipses with your counselor, and explain the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse.

4. Visit or explore. Choose A or B and complete ALL the requirements. A. Visit a place where space science is being done, used, explained, or investigated, such

as one of the following: observatory, planetarium, air and space museum, star lab, astronomy club, NASA, or any other location where space science is being done, used, explained, or investigated.

1. During your visit, talk to someone in charge about how people at the location use or investigate space science. Find out how this investigation could make the world a better place.

2. Discuss with your counselor the science being done, used, explained, or investigated at the place you visited.

B. Explore a career associated with space exploration. Find out what subjects you would need to study as you get older. Find out whether you must be an astronaut to explore space, and what other opportunities exist for people interested in space exploration.

5. Tell your counselor what you have learned about space exploration while working on this award.

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Tech Talk This module is designed to help you explore how technology affects your life each day. Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show about anything related to technology. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Some examples include—but are not limited to—shows found on PBS ("NOVA"), Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, TED Talks (online videos), and the History Channel. You may choose to watch a live performance or movie at a planetarium or science museum instead of watching a media production. You may watch online productions with your counselor's approval and under your parent's supervision. Read (about one hour total) about anything related to technology. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines include but are not limited to Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids, Highlights, and

OWL or owlkids.com . Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about anything related to technology. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Complete ONE adventure from the following list. (Choose one that you have not already earned.) Discuss with your counselor what kind of science, technology, engineering, or math was used in the adventure. Wolf Cub Scouts Webelos Scouts Finding Your Way Build It Motor Away Fix It Bear Cub Scouts Movie Making




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Make It Move A World of Sound Explore EACH of the following: Look up a definition of the word technology and discuss the meaning with your counselor. Find out how technology is used in EACH of the following fields: Communication Business Construction Sports Entertainment Discuss your findings with your counselor. Visit a place where technology is being designed, used, or explained, such as one of the following: an amusement park, a police or fire station, a radio or television station, a newspaper office, a factory or store, or any other location where technology is being designed, used, or explained. During your visit, talk to someone in charge about the following: The technologies used where you are visiting Why the organization is using these technologies Discuss with your counselor the technology that is designed, used, or explained at the place you visited. Discuss with your counselor how technology affects your everyday life.

Swing! This module is designed to help you explore how engineering and simple machines called levers affect your life each day. Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show about anything related to motion or machines. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Some examples include—but are not limited to—shows found on PBS ("NOVA"), Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, TED Talks (online videos), and the History Channel. You may choose to watch a live performance or movie at a planetarium or science museum instead of watching a media production. You may watch online productions with your counselor's approval and under your parent's supervision. Read (about one hour total) about anything related to motion or machines. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines include but are not limited to Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids,

Highlights, and OWL or owlkids.com . Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about anything related to motion or machines. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.




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Complete ONE adventure from the following list. (Choose one that you have not already earned.) Discuss with your counselor what kind of science, technology, engineering, or math was used in the adventure. Wolf Cub Scouts Webelos Scouts Motor Away Adventures in Science Paws of Skill Engineer Bear Cub Scouts Sportsman Baloo the Builder A Bear Goes Fishing Explore EACH of the following. Levers Make a list or drawing of the three types of levers. (A lever is one kind of simple machine.) Show: How each lever works How the lever in your design will move something The class of each lever Why we use levers On your own, design, including a drawing, sketch, or model, ONE of the following: A playground fixture that uses a lever A game or sport that uses a lever An invention that uses a lever Be sure to show how the lever in your design will move something. Discuss your findings with your counselor. Do the following: Visit a place that uses levers, such as a playground, carpentry shop, construction site, restaurant kitchen, or any other location that uses levers. Discuss with your counselor the equipment or tools that use levers in the place you visited. Visitations to places like carpentry shops, construction sites, restaurant kitchens, etc., will require advance planning by the counselor. The counselor should call ahead to make arrangements, and make plans to have appropriate supervision of all Scouts. The site will very likely have rules and instructions that must be followed. The counselor should help ensure that all the participants are aware of and follow those rules. This may include safety procedures and other instructions. Discuss with your counselor how engineering and simple machines affect your everyday life.

1-2-3 Go! This module is designed to help you explore how math affects your life each day. Math and physics are used in almost every kind of invention, including cars, airplanes, and telescopes. Math also includes cryptography, the use of secret codes. Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show that involves math or physics. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Some examples include—but are not limited to—shows found on PBS ("NOVA"), Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, TED Talks (online


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videos), and the History Channel. You may choose to watch a live performance or movie at a planetarium or science museum instead of watching a media production. You may watch online productions with your counselor's approval and under your parent's supervision. Read (about one hour total) about anything that involves math or physics. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines include but are not limited to Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids,

Highlights, and OWL or owlkids.com . Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about anything that involves math or physics. Then do the following: Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor. Complete ONE adventure from the following list. (Choose one that you have not already earned.) Discuss with your counselor what kind of science, technology, engineering, or math was used in the adventure. Wolf Cub Scouts Code of the Wolf Bear Cub Scouts Robotics Webelos Scouts Game Design Explore TWO options from A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements for those options. Keep your work to share with your counselor. The necessary information to make your calculations can be found in a book or on the Internet. (See the Helpful Links box for ideas.) You may work with your counselor on these calculations. Choose TWO of the following places and calculate how much you would weigh there. On the sun or the moon On Jupiter or Pluto On a planet that you choose Choose ONE of the following and calculate its height: A tree Your house A building of your choice Calculate the volume of air in your bedroom. Make sure your measurements have the same units—all feet or all inches—and show your work. Volume = Length × Width × Height Secret Codes Look up, then discuss with your counselor each of the following: Cryptography At least three ways secret codes or ciphers are made How secret codes and ciphers relate to mathematics Design a secret code or cipher. Then do the following: Write a message in your code or cipher. Share your code or cipher with your counselor. Discuss with your counselor how math affects your everyday life.



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