We would like to thank everyone that came to our Open House last night. It was a great time for returning scouts and visiting scouts alike. The scouts participated in a wide assortment of activities, round-robin style, that provided a sample of the types of activities available at the various levels of the Cub Scout program.
The Activities
Station 1 – Create a Secret Code: This stems from the Tiger handbook and is an activity that plays off of the mystery and intrigue of cracking a code and solving mysteries. The scouts learned about Morse Code as well as made their own spy decoder tool. Coding is based in mathematics and is a very basic introduction into thinking mathematically without “doing math” per se.
Station 2 – Paper Airplanes/Effects of Air: This activity comes from the Wolf handbook and is part of a STEM based adventure that helps wolves explore the basic aspects of air. In this activity the scouts learn how to conduct an investigation, make a hypothesis, and experimentation. Not only did the scouts get to make different kinds of paper airplanes, they also could use different kinds of paper to test weight against air. And to add to the fun the scouts got to fly their planes seeing whose went higher, further, and faster.
Station 3 – Fish Identification: This activity is found in the Bear handbook but touches on other activities (i.e. art) in other handbooks. The scouts learned about different types of freshwater fish, including how to identify them, their preferred habitat, and their preferred foods. Afterwards the scouts drew the fish they learned about. In this activity the scouts learn about the hidden world around them, they practice observation skills, committing things to memory, and then recalling them later.
Station 4 – A Bear Goes Fishing: Also from the Bear Handbook and part of the same Adventure as Station 3. Fishing is a skill, one that can become a lifelong hobby or possible a career. It can be done alone or with family and friends. While one scout said it best “you have to be patient if you want to catch a fish”. This activity taught the scouts how to make a rod out of basic items and then test their hand eye coordination try to catch a “fish”. It also help them work on problem solving skills as they had to try and hook a fish and adjust their lines – fishing as a whole can be used to teach several points of the scout law such as trustworthy, helpful, courteous, obedient, thrifty, cheerful, clean, and even reverent.
Stations 5 & 6: These two activities are part of the Aware and Care adventure in the Webelos handbook from the Webelos handbook that aims to foster an awareness and understanding of disabilities and challenges associated with different disabilities. Such an understanding leads to acceptance and with this understanding they can help educate their peers and prevent the hurtful exclusion of others.
Blindfolded activities: The scouts were blindfolded and took a moment to see life from someone else’s point of view. While blindfolded and had to try to perform simple tasks like walk around the table, locate a chair and take a seat, and get a drink off the table. To their surprise the cups were not of water but of a few plain M&M’s.
American Sign Language: This activity teaches that one can speak with their hands and listen with their eyes as they tried to recite the Scout Oath in American Sign Language
In doing all of the above, the following advancement requirements were completed:
Lions
- On your Mark requirement 1
Tigers
- Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries requirement 4
- Stories in Shapes requirement 1b
Wolves
- Howling at The Moon requirement 1
- Air of the Wolf requirement 1c
- Code of the Wolf requirement 4b
- Cubs Who Care requirement 2f
- Motor Away requirement 1a
Bears
- A Bear Goes Fishing requirements 1 & 3
Webelos/Arrow of Light
- Aware and Care requirements 1 & 7e
- Into the Wild requirement 6
Announcements
Wreath Fundraiser: On Monday we will be starting our wreath fundraiser. We will be selling Christmas wreaths and related items. For each item sold, scouts will earn $5 towards their dues.
Revolutionary Germantown Festival: Remember on Saturday October 7th, we will be attending the Germantown historical festival which includes a reenactment of the Battle of Germantown. More details coming soon.
Fall Fest Camping Trip: This date is rapidly approaching and we are going to start registering those who have paid. If you wish to guarantee your spot, be sure to get your money in. Details are on the pack calendar.
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