AIDAN ROMUALDO
CUB SCOUT
2006 - 2007 / DEN 6 / Fourth Grade
2007 - 2008 / DEN 6 / Fifth Grade
MY ADVENTURES IN SCOUTING
Cub Scout Pack 16 (0216)
Chartered by St. Philomena's Church
Livingston, New Jersey
Boy Scouts of America
Northern New Jersey Council # 333
Orange Mountains District # 47
Webelos 2
THE WEBELOS ACTIVITY PINS
Engineer
Do both of these:

  1. Talk to an engineer, surveyor, or architect in your area about the different occupations in
engineering. Create a list that tells what they do.
2. Draw a floor plan of your house. Include doors, windows, and stairways.


And do four of these:

3. Visit a construction job. Look at a set of plans used to build the facility or product. Tell your Webelos den leader about these. (Get permission before you visit.)
4. Visit a civil engineer or surveyor to learn how to measure the length of a property line. Explain how property
    lines are determined.
5. Tell about how electricity is generated and then gets to your home.
6. Construct a simple working electrical circuit using a flashlight battery, a switch, and a light.
7. Make drawings of three kinds of bridges and explain their differences. Construct a model bridge of your choice.
8. Make a simple crane using a block and tackle and explain how the block and tackle is used in everyday life.
9. Build a catapult and show how it works.
10. While you are a Webelos Scout, and if you have not earned it for another activity badge, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Mathematics.
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Bobcat
Tiger Cub 1
Tiger Cub 2
Wolf Cub 1
Wolf Cub 2
Wolf Cub 3
Bear Cub 1
Naturalist
Bear Cub 2
Do these:
1. With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Respect Character Connection.

    a. Know: Tell what interested you most when completing the requirements for this activity badge.
        Tell what you learned about how you can show appreciation and respect for wildlife.

    b. Commit: Tell things that some people have done that show a lack of respect for wildlife. Name
        ways you will show respect for and protect wildlife.

  1. Practice: Explain how completing the requirements for this activity badge gives you the opportunity
  2.         to show respect.
 
And do five of these:

2. Keep an "insect zoo" that you have collected. You might have crickets, ants, or grasshoppers.
    Study them for a while then release them. Share your experience with your Webelos den.
3. Set up an aquarium or terrarium. Keep it for at least a month. Share your experience with your Webelos
   den by showing them photos or drawings of your project, or having them visit to see your project.
4. Visit a museum of natural history, a nature center, or a zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.
5. Watch for birds in your yard, neighborhood, or town for one week. Identify the birds you see and write down where
    and when you saw them.
6. Learn about the bird flyways closest to your home. Find out which birds use these flyways.
7. Learn to identify poisonous plants and venomous reptiles found in your area.
8. Watch six wild animals (snakes, turtles, fish, birds, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest,
   field, marsh, yard, or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing.

Give examples of:
  1. A producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food chain of an ecosystem
  2.    One way humans have changed the balance of nature
       How you can help protect the balance of nature
10. Identify a plant, bird, or wild animal that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it survives only in your area.
11. Learn about aquatic ecosystems and wetlands in your area. Discuss with your Webelos den leader or activity badge counselor the important role aquatic ecosystems and wetlands play in supporting lifecycles of wildlife and humans.
12. Look around your neighborhood and identify how litter might be dangerous to the birds and other animals. Clean up the litter. Identify what else you might do to make your neighborhood safer for animals.
13. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Wildlife Conservation.
WEBELOS 1
WEBELOS 2
WEBELOS 3
Arrow of Light
My Cub Awards 1
My Cub Awards 2
My Cub Awards 3
My Family Web Site
Dad's Scouter Site
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Outdoorsman
Do two of these:

1. Present yourself to your Webelos den leader, properly dressed, as you would be for an overnight campout.
    Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.
2. With your family or Webelos den, help plan and take part in an evening outdoor activity that includes a campfire.
3. With your parent or guardian, take part in a Webelos den overnight campout or a family campout. Sleep in a tent
    that you have helped pitch.
4. With your parent or guardian, camp overnight with a Boy Scout troop. Sleep in a tent that you have helped pitch.

And do five of these:

  1. During a Webelos den meeting, discuss how to follow the Leave No Trace Frontcountry Guidelines during
  2.     outdoor activities.
6. Participate in an outdoor conservation project with your Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop.
7. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the rules of outdoor fire safety. Using these rules, show how to build
    a safe fire and put it out.
  1. With your accompanying adult on a campout or outdoor activity, assist in preparing, cooking, and cleanup for one
  2.     of your den's meals. Tell why it is important for each den member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and
        explain the importance of eating together.
9. Discuss with your Webelos den leader the things that you need to take on a hike. Go on one 3-mile hike with your
    Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop.
10. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
11. Demonstrate setting up a tent or dining fly using two half hitches and a taut-line hitch. Show how to tie a square
     knot and explain how it is used.
12. Visit a nearby Boy Scout camp with your Webelos den.
Citizen
Do this:

1. With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Citizenship Character Connection.

    a. Know: List some of your rights as a citizen of the United States of America. Tell ways you can show
        respect for the rights of others.

    b. Commit: Name some ways a boy your age can be a good citizen. Tell how you plan to be a good citizen
        and how you plan to influence others to be good citizens.

    c. Practice: Choose one of the requirements for this activity badge that helps you be a good citizen.
        Complete the requirement and tell why completing it helped you be a good citizen.

Do all of these:

  1. Know the names of the president and vice-president of the United States, elected governor of your state,
  2.     and the head of your local government.
3. Describe the flag of the United States and give a short history of it. With another Webelos Scout helping
    you, show how to hoist and lower the flag, how to hang it horizontally and vertically on a wall, and how to
    fold it. Tell how to retire a worn or tattered flag properly.
4. Explain why you should respect your country's flag. Tell some of the special days we fly it. Tell when to
    salute the flag and show how to do it.
5. Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance from memory. Explain its meaning in your own words.
6. Tell how our national anthem was written.
7. Explain the rights and duties of a citizen of the United States. Explain what a citizen should do to save
    our natural resources.
8. As a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Citizenship. At a Webelos den meeting,
    talk about the service project Good Turn that you did.

And do two of these:

9. Tell about two things you can do that will help law enforcement agencies.
10. With your Webelos den or your family, visit a community leader. Learn about the duties of the job or
      office and tell what you have learned.
11. Write a short story of not less than 50 words about a former U.S. president or some other great American.
      Give a report on this to your Webelos den.
12. Tell about another boy you think is a good citizen. Tell what he does that makes you think he is a good citizen.
13. List the names of three people you think are good citizens. (They can be from any country.) Tell why you chose
      each of them.
14. Tell why we have laws. Tell why you think it is important to obey the law. Tell about three laws you obeyed this week.
15. Tell why we have government. Explain some ways your family helps pay for government.
16. List four ways in which your country helps or works with other nations.
17. Name three organizations, not churches or other religious organizations, in your area that help people.

     Tell something about what one of these organizations does.
Communicator
Do seven of these:

1.Play the Body Language Game with your den.
2. Prepare and give a three-minute talk to your den on a subject of your choice.
3. Invent a sign language or a picture writing language and use it to tell someone a story.
  1. Identify and discuss with your den as many different methods of communication as you can
  2.     (at least six different methods).
5. Invent your own den secret code and send one of your den members a secret message.
6. With your den or your family, visit a library and talk to a librarian. Learn how books are catalogued to
    make them easy to find. Sign up for a library card, if you don't already have one.
7. Visit the newsroom of a newspaper or a radio or television station and find out how they receive information.
  1. Write an article about a den activity for your pack newsletter or Web site, your local newspaper, or your school
  2.     newsletter, newspaper, or Web site.
9. Invite a person with a visual, speaking, or hearing impairment to visit your den. Ask bout the special ways he
    or she communicates. Discover how well you can communicate with him or her.
  1. With your parent or guardian or your Webelos den leader, invite a person who speaks another language
  2.     (such as Spanish, French, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.) as well as English to visit your den. Ask questions about
        the other language (its background, where it is spoken, etc.), discuss words in that language that den members
        are already familiar with, or ask about ways to learn another language.
11. Use a personal computer to write a letter to a friend or relative. Create your letter, check it for grammar and
    spelling, and save it to a disk. Print it.
  1. Under the supervision of a parent or other trusted adult, search the Internet and connect to five Web sites
  2.     that interest you.
13. Under the supervision of a parent or other trusted adult, exchange e-mail with a friend or relative.
14. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Academics belt loop for Computers.
15. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Academics belt loop for Communicating.
16. Find out about jobs in communications. Tell your den what you learn.
Family Member
Do all of these:

1. Tell what is meant by family, duty to family, and family meetings.
2. Make a chart showing the jobs you and other family members have at home. Talk with your family
    about other jobs you can do for the next two months.
3. Make a list of some things for which your family spends money. Tell how you can help your family save money.
4. Plan your own budget for 30 days. Keep track of your daily expenses for seven days.
5. Take part in at least four family meetings and help make decisions. The meetings might involve plans for family
    activities, or they might be about serious topics that your parent wants you to know about.
6. With the help of an adult inspect your home and surroundings. Make a list of hazards or lack of security that you find. 7. Correct one problem that you found and tell what you did.

And do two of these:

8. With the help of an adult, prepare a family energy-saving plan. Explain what you did to carry it out.
9. Tell what your family does for fun. Make a list of fun things your family might do for little or no cost. Plan a family fun night.
10. Learn how to clean your home properly. With adult supervision, help do it for one month.
11. Show that you know how to take care of your clothes. With adult supervision, help at least twice with the family laundry.
12. With adult supervision, help plan the meals for your family for one week. Help buy the food and help prepare three
    meals for your family.
13. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Academics belt loop for Heritages.
14. Explain why garbage and trash must be disposed of properly.
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