Finding Your Way

Wolf Elective Achievement: Finding Your WayAncient Greeks went on many adventures. Their writings told of faraway lands and treasures. To explain where their adventures took them, they created the word geography. “Ge” meaning “earth” and “grapho” for “to write”. Geography is the science of the earth’s surface. Much like the ancient Greeks, you too can travel on an adventure!

 

Rationale for Adventure

Learning to read and use a map and a compass is a valuable skill. Scouts will be given an introduction to maps, symbols, cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west as well as basic functions of a compass.

Requirements

Complete the following requirements

  1. Do the following:
    1. Using a map of your city or town, locate where you live.
    2. Draw a map for a friend so he or she can locate your home, a park, a school, or other locations in your neighborhood. Use symbols to show parks, buildings, trees, and water. You can invent your own symbols. Be sure to include a key so your symbols can be identified.
  2. Do the following:
    1. Identify what a compass rose is and where it is on the map.
    2. Use a compass to identify which direction is north. Show how to determine which way is south, east, and west.
  3. Go on a scavenger hunt using a compass, and locate an object with a compass.
  4. Using a map and compass, go on a hike or walk with your den or family

Takeaways for Cub Scouts

  • Following and giving directions
  • Observing and reading a map
  • Cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west
  • Navigating with a compass
  • Working with others
  • The buddy system

Historical Requirements

2015 Handbook Requirements

Wolf Handbook, page 220
Wolf Den Leader Guide, page 127

  1. Do the following:
    1. Using a map of your city or town, locate where you live.
    2. Draw a map for a friend so he or she can locate your home, a park, a school, or other locations in your neighborhood. Use symbols to show parks, buildings, trees, and water. You can invent your own symbols. Be sure to include a key so your symbols can be identified.
  2. Pick a nutritious snack, and find where it came from. Locate that area on a map.
  3. Do the following:
    1. Identify what a compass rose is and where it is on the map.
    2. Use a compass to identify which direction is north. Show how to determine which way is south, east, and west.
  4. Go on a scavenger hunt using a compass, and locate an object with a compass.
  5. Using a map and compass, go on a hike with your den or family.