Scouting provides young people with opportunities to participate in programmes, events, activities and projects that contribute to their growth as active citizens. As a scout, this patch may be worn on the right pocket of uniform shirt as a temporary patch. Fs315074format revision aug 2000 103848 the scout association, information centre, gilwell park, bury road, chingford, london e4 7qw. Map and compass the information below was effective through may 31, 2015, when the cub scout advancement program was completely revised. To be eligible to receive the custom cub scout challenge you must be registered. Finding your way cub scouts go orienteering in a box. Show how to measure distances on a map using an orienteering compass. Completion of requirement 8e does not qualify a youth to receive the religious emblem of his faith. Cub scout unit guide for stem nova activities introduction stem stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Take this quiz and see how much you and your scouts know about wilderness navigation. But at some point in time, outdoor enthusiast or not, youll want to be.
The packs hiking program tracks how many miles we hike as cub scouts. Complete the challenge and receive the exclusive, limited 2020 cub scout challenge patch. An allpurpose full size square would be much more practical, and help a scout to be prepared. Cub scout patch placement can be very confusingespecially for a new cub scout family.
The direction you need to go in this case, 60 degrees. In accordance with their level of skill, patrols can stay intact while doing these activities. Cub scout overnight camp 2020 summer camp its why youth join scouts webelosarrow of light camp weeklong register why go. If you can have a map of where you activity is held. After the compass points emblem is earned, the webelos scout may earn a metal compass point for each four additional activity badges he earns.
Test your knowledge of map symbols, a compass, pacing, knots, lashings and more. Shop official boy scouts of america compasses and tools, for the highly skilled scout or the newest scout to navigate the wilderness with confidence. A 5 mile cub scout hike was also developed to allow cub scouts to explore local history. See more ideas about cub scouts, scout activities and girl scouts. Cub scout map and compass us scouting service project. Navigator staged activity badge the scout association scouts. Our facilities offer an openair, natural environment that lend themselves perfectly to the ideals of scouting and we welcome scouts to enjoy overnight camping as well as our various team development and leadership programs. Cub scouts go orienteering in a box cub scout ideas.
Cubo is an orienteering event designed for everyone to enjoy. Cub scout pack 3665 chicago ridge, illinois homepage. Help for girl scouts and cub scouts geocaching topics. Scouts hiking these four trails must have hiking experience. Registration is now open for the 2020 merit badge university, hosted by the south georgia council.
An additional function of this compass is to direct artillery fire. Vintage cub scout merit badge belt slip map and compass. Cub scout ranks edible cake stickers decals cupcakes, cub scout cake, lion. Finding your way badge for girl scout juniors the new. Each began with a fun belt loop award as an introduction and has an optional pin award for more practice or learning. Cub scout overnight camp 2020 boy scouts of greater. Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that you often visit.
This page is mainly intended for scouts, to provide resources and examples on how to use a map and a compass, as well as the different features associated with maps and compasses. We plan to have a lot of fun this year, while benefitting from the characterbuilding values of scouting. Walk around the area with your group and a compass and show the group how the needle always points north no matter which way they are walking. They might even have the fun of geocaching or special activities to complete on the journey. With the orienteering kit, units can learn to use a map and compass to make their own map and run a real orienteering course. Information on the packs hiking program put on your hiking boots, grab your map and compass, and take a hike. Any scout may hike any trail except the school craft, daniel boone, taum sauk and lost creek. From april 1st to 30th, the great rivers council will be commencing the 30 day cub scout challenge. For the finding your way adventure, wolves learn map and compass skills. Click here for cubo 2020 final scores a day trip or a weekend camp, cubo is the most popular orienteering event in. Help for girl scouts and cub scouts sign in to follow this. A large part of the cub scout award scheme focuses on the environment and scouting has a strict environmental charter. Geoscouting use geocaching to promote scouting, recruiting.
Plus, it features polypropylene baseplate floats, so its virtually unsinkable. Firelands has a rich history of serving scouting, and has operated as a scout camp since 1938. Download the activity packs now and find lots of great ideas to get your cubs scouts mapping their way to the navigator activity badge. An engineers or lensatic compass maintains a primary function of taking accurate bearings for land navigation. A compass helps us find our bearings and figure out which direction to go from where we are to reach our goal. Cub adventure camp is scheduled with our parents in mind. But can he correct his compass for magnetic declination. Cub scouts may hike the shippey color trails 29 miles at beaumont. Cub scout academics map and compass belt loop and pin. The youth completes the requirements and earns the nova award. Reliable outdoor gear boy scout compass liquid filled.
Completing the initial nova award results in the scout earning a patch for wear on the uniform, while each subsequent award earns the scout a pin to be worn on the patch. Geoscouting gps geocoins are now available for those cub scouts working on the the geocaching rank requirement. The cub scout orienteering event at sid richardson scout. Boy scout compass for kids hiking compass waterproof map compass for orienteering navigation compass for boy scout survival kit compass backpacking camping motoring. Youll soon be making friends with the other cub scouts and having a terrific. You will battle each other from ship to ship in a sponge war, use a map and compass to find your way to the missing treasure, and enjoy the piratethemed fun all session long. Jul 3, 2019 the wolf cub scout elective, finding your way, teaches the boys how to use a map and compass. Vintage cub scout merit badge belt slip map and compass ebay. Alright, so everyone knows a few fundamentals of navigation north is always up, the sun rises in the east, and compasses usually point towards magnetic north. Have an adult member of your family read the webelos scout parent guide that comes with this book pages 122 and sign here. New best sellers top rated product name price set ascending direction. Pitting one patrol against another in a competition can also be lots of fun.
Give scouts multiple opportunities to practice their map and compass skills. There is a maximum number of 3 metal compass points that may be earned. Have them lay the compass along themap north arrow and rotate the map until the compass lines up with the map north arrow and huzzah. Through these initiatives, young people become agents of positive change who inspire others to take action. The most common nova awards involve a group of requirements and activities in one of the stem areas. Jul 11, 2005 this really helps when you talk about orienting the map to match the ground. Cub scouts live in one of five themed villages for three days and two nights.
January, 20 requirements for the orienteering merit badge. I am a junior girl scout leader and i volunteer for the cub scout day camp in our area. This really helps when you talk about orienting the map to match the ground. Orienteering information troop meetings main event printable pdf file of meeting plans and ideas for orienteering objectives this months activities should. Cub scout and girl scout programs piedmont park education. Cub scout academics and sports program meritbadgedotorg. Check out the easiest way ever to sew on cub scout patches. Using colored golf tees or other markers, set up a. To earn their rank badge, cub scouts complete seven adventures, which are collections of themed, multidisciplinary activities. Orienteering merit badge information for scouts and leaders cub scouts webelos scouts my blog. Cub scout overnight camp 2020 boy scouts of greater saint louis.
Information about beavers, cubs, scouts, explorer and network scouts. The chandlers ford 15th cubs loved the splashmaps which we put through their paces. If patrols are organized by age, dividing the troop into equallyskilled. While there they participate in campwide activities such as boating and fishing, swimming, nature, archery, and shooting sports as well as themed village programs. Welcome to cub scout pack 3665, chicago ridge we are excited about our cub scout program. Click here to see the cubo feature in the januaryfebruary 2016 issue of scouting magazine. Learn the eight points of a compass and use them in an activity. In this article, well cover the basic cub scout patches and badges so that you can get your childs uniform ready for their first cub scout meeting. Study guide online webelos badge test compass points emblem requirements. The newly revised 2nd edition of the geocaching for the cub scout program ebook is here. At home cub scout activities we realize with schools closed for extended periods kids and families will be looking for educational and fun activities. Lot 30 cub scouts merit activity award belt metal skills loop slide badge patch. Camp patches are another area of boy scout collecting that has grown in popularity recently.
The scout shop, unit 5 bray south business park killarney road, bray, co. If you earned your faiths religious emblem earlier in cub scouting and your faith does not have a webelos religious emblem, you must complete requirement 8e. Locate the two points on the map and plot a bearing from the first point to the second. The second scout then sets the compass in the spot where the beanbag landed, stands to face his given direction and throws the beanbag. There are thousands and thousands of different ones. H e then throws the beanbag as far as he can in that direction. These challenges provide scouts with an opportunity to put their basic compass skills into action. It shows us landmarks and we can see the best ways to move from place to place. Map and compass presentation 20120414 boy scouts on.
For more advanced units, there is a 21stake permanent orienteering course available by reservation. This post may contain affiliate links which means we receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase. May 14, 2012 map and compass powerpoint map and compass pdf introduction to maps map quiz. Orienteering merit badge and worksheet boy scout trail. Help scouts work toward the orienteering merit badge. The cub scout academics and sports program was for tiger, wolf, bear, and webelos cub scouts with 40 subjects ranging from art to volleyball. Northstar adventure at dutch springs hosts a wide variety of boy scout merit badge programs for scouts of all ages. Interpret topographic dangers like falls and canyons.
One scout form each team sets the compass and stands to face his given direction. Boy scouts of america icon tiger cub scout youth short sleeve tee. Youll learn the scout salute, the handshake, the motto, the grand howl, pack calls, the cub scout law and the cub scout promise. Turn the compass housing until north on the dial is aligned with north on your map. Finding your way, geocaching cub scout outdoor activity. The compass points emblem is worn attached to the button on the right pocket of the webelos uniform shirt. With just a little planning, its possible to earn the entire finding your way badge at an neoc scouto event either a oneday event or a weekend. Label your state, and the states that share its boundary lines. Write the patrol name and bearing on the card and take it to the judge. Click the link below for the trail guide for cub scouts. Webelos scouts that earn the map and compass belt loop while a webelos scout also satisfy requirement for the traveler activity badge. Please observe all national park guidelines and file travel permits if a scouting organization. Orienteering iron on scout badges, map compass, vintage logo.
The cub scout orienteering event at sid richardson scout ranch cubo is an orienteering event designed for everyone to enjoy. Run back to hand the compass and map to the next scout in line. Map and compass parts of a compass, map of missouri and map of surrounding states. Navigation tools boy scouts of america javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. All tigers, cub scouts, webelos, leaders, and parents are invited. At your first pack meeting you may feel a bit shy to begin with but it wont take long to get to know everyone. Girl scout juniors will also complete requirement 5 of the hiker badge. What gets me isnt that they used to be square, but that theyre cheap triangles now. Boy scout compass hiking survival map reading compass orienteering mirror compass hunting. Show that you know first aid for the types of injuries that could occur while orienteering, including cuts, scratches, blisters, snakebite, insect stings, tick bites, heat and cold reactions sunburn, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, hypothermia, and dehydration. Put your compass down on a flat surface and align one edge of the compass with your starting point in this case, camp 22. Perfect for any outdoor activity, this trekking compass is a compact design thats easy to pack, and a brightorange color thats easy to keep track of. A grand slam award patch will be presented to the eligible scouts during. For the lake erie council, firelands serves as the home base for all cub scout and webelos resident camps, but it open to all scouts for yearround camping and activities.
Suggestions for how junior and cadette girls can earn the compass skills patch. For cub, boy, brownie, girl, venture scouts, and scouters. Click the link below for the challenge trail leaders guide. Using colored golf tees or other markers, set up a scavenger hunt.
Reliable outdoor gear boy scout compass liquid filled, rotating bezel, magnetic heading for navigation, orienteering and survival. How to set up a treasure hunt compass, map compass. Stem has been part of scouting since its very beginningsbuilding a fire, identifying plants and animals, orienting a map, and using a compass are all stem activities. Below are several different resources for scouts to make use of. Finding your way is one of the wolf cub scout elective adventures. As part of the program changes, the cub scout academics and sports programs, including the belt loop and pin mentioned here, was discontinued as of june 1, 2015. They won our our best scouting cartographer competition. If patrols are organized by age, dividing the troop into equallyskilled scout teams can be a practical alternative.
Every first class scout can compute a bearing from a map and follow it on the ground. Due to limited financial resources, we now charge for the cost of printing, laminating, and shipping maps. We offer a range of programs that fit with many adventures and electives, and can be customized to work towards or complete requirements for all sorts of badges, for scouts of all levels. Join us for cub scout orienteering event at sid richardson scout ranch. On go signal, patrol leader will run out and pick a card. This weeklong camp for scouts going into 4th and 5th grade fall 2020 offers the most program opportunities, the most advancement, and is the best way to prepare your scouts and you.