Going on the camp out this weekend? Preview some of the pages that will make life easier, keep you informed, and help you earn those badges/loops/pins!
24
Apr
Here is an awesome resource for Leave No Trace awareness programs. So much information to choose from.
http://www.lnt.org/training/educationaltraining.php
Everyone is invited to come and see LIVE ANIMALS at the National Scouting Museum on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 12 p.m. Join us as The Fort Worth Zoo presents Wild Wonders, an educational program for everyone!!!
Attention Cub Scouts!!! Want to earn the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop?!!! Come early (11 a.m.), and we’ll have an instructor on hand to teach the requirements!
Reservations are required for the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop workshop. To make your reservation, please call 972-580-2467. Admission is $5 each.
Mr. Wolfe has requested we not have a pack meeting this month so that the kids can get in bed early. We will have a leader meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, at 6:00 p.m. at the church to go over the Family Campout coming up on May 1. All leaders should attend.
“Explore career possibilities of the 21st century this month. Host a pack career fair, inviting several adults to share what they do for a living and how these career opportunities might change as you grow up and technology advances. Discover how having a positive attitude is essential in reaching career goals.
Den meeting plans could include field trips to learn about different occupations of interest to the boys and playing games centered on different jobs.
This would be a good month to work on any of the Cub Scout Academics and Sports belt loops and pins - let the boys vote on the one that fits best with what they want to be when they grow up.
For those future astronauts this month is a perfect time for a space derby!” [bold added]
1
Mar
Before television became dominant, kids tended to aspire to the careers they were exposed to in real life. But today, children develop a picture of the adult work world from what they see on television.
As the Center for Media Literacy points out in the article “When I Grow Up: Children and the Work-World of Television,” tv programming is designed to be entertainment, not a realistic look at working adults. On television, characters tend to be doctors, lawyers, or detectives, and they spend most of their work time talking and socializing with each other. When they are doing actual work, it tends to be glamorous things like arguing multi-million-dollar jury lawsuits or doing life-saving surgery.
You usually do not see the mundane aspects of most careers portrayed. How many tv lawyers do you see filling out time sheets or summarizing deposition transcripts?
And most jobs are never even shown on television. When did you last see a show about civil engineers, actuaries, school teachers, or electricians?
As adults, we can help children have a more accurate picture of the adult world of work by pointing out television’s distorted image of working adults and by highlighting the many attractive job opportunities not portrayed in prime time.
March Roundtable Notes from the Buckeye Council
Simon Kenton Council’s Buckeye District roundtable packet for March 2009 (When I Grow Up) has been posted on the SKC website.
The Buckeye District puts together a great roundtable packet each month. It has games, cooking ideas, crafts, songs, skits, ceremonies, and more. Thanks Buckeye’s!
Link (pdf)
The February 2009 Cubcast from BSA National is available (free). It has ideas for den meetings and more utilizing the March “When I Grow Up” theme.
The program also has a number of tips on leading kids in singing songs.
March 2009 Baloo
The February 2009 Baloo’s Bugle (by Commissioner Dave) is available for free download. Baloo’s Bugle is a monthly unofficial publication with games, activities, ceremonies, puzzles, crafts, and other ideas for den and pack meetings. This one covers the March “When I Grow Up” theme.
And there is also stuff about making sure that den and pack events provide a safe haven and about spring recruiting.
Click here (link) to download it in pdf format or here (link) to download it in Word format.
I’ll be working with any interested cub scouts on earning their Wild Life Conservation belt loops and/or pins during the month of March. Anyone interested in participating, see or call Shelly for help.
Requirements for the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop
- 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.
Requirements for the Wildlife Conservation Pin
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.
Wildlife Conservation Worksheet
