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Following
the Bear Trail
Now that you have earned your Bobcat
Badge, you are ready to follow the Bear Trail.
The Bear rank is for boys who have completed second grade or
are 9 years old. There
are twelve (12) achievements to be a Bear Cub Scout.
You may pick the ones you want to do from four different
groups (GOD, COUNTRY, FAMILY, SELF).
When you have completed twelve (12) Bear achievements, you
become a Bear Cub Scout. You
will receive your Bear badge from an adult member of your family at
a designated pack meeting.
GOD (Do one).
1.
Ways We
Worship
a.
Complete the Character Connection for Faith.
b.
Make a list of things you can do this week to practice
your religion.
2.
Emblems of Faith
a.
Earn the
religious emblem of your faith.
COUNTRY
(Do three).
1.
What Makes America Special?
a.
Write or tell what makes America special to you.
b.
Find out about two famous Americans.
Tell the things they did or are doing to improve our way of
life.
c.
Find out something about the old homes near where you
live. Go see two of
them.
d.
Find out where places of historical interest are
located in your community. Go
visit one of them.
e.
Choose a state. Name
the state’s bird, tree, and flower.
Describe its flag and give the date it was admitted to the
union.
f.
Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for
your den or pack.
g.
Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three
national holidays.
h.
Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly.
i.
Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony.
j.
Complete the Character Connection for Citizenship.
2.
Tall Tales
a.
Tell in
your own words what folklore is.
List some folklore stories, songs, or historical legends from
your part of the country.
b.
Name at least five stories about American folklore.
Point out on a map where they happened.
c.
Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one
to your den.
3.
Sharing Your World With Wildlife
a.
Choose a bird or animal that you like and find out how
it lives. Make a poster
showing what you have learned.
b.
Build a bird feeder or birdhouse.
c.
Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does.
d.
Visit one of the following: zoo, nature center,
aviary, wildlife refuge, game preserve.
e.
Name an animal that has become extinct in the last 100
years and tell why it became extinct.
Name one animal that is on the endangered species list.
4.
Take Care of Your Planet
a.
Save five (5) pound of glass or aluminum or one (1)
month of daily newspapers and recycle them
b.
Plant a tree in your yard or other public place with
permission.
c.
Call city or county officials or your trash-hauling
company and find out what happens to your trash after it is hauled
away.
d.
List all the ways water is used in your home.
Repair dripping faucets or other ways water might be wasted.
e.
Discuss with an adult in your family the kinds of
energy your family uses.
f.
Find out more about your family’s use of
electricity.
g.
Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up
project.
5.
Law Enforcement is a Big Job
a.
Practice one way police gather evidence: taking
fingerprints, shoeprints, or tire track casts.
b.
Visit your local sheriff’s office or police station
or talk with an officer about crime prevention.
c.
Help with crime prevention for your home.
d.
Be sure you know where to get help in your
neighborhood.
e.
Learn the phone numbers to use in an emergency and
post them by each phone in you home.
f.
Know what you can do to help law enforcement.
FAMILY
(Do four).
1.
The Past is Exciting and Important
a.
Visit your library or newspaper office.
Ask to see back issues of newspapers or an almanac.
b.
Find someone who w as a Cub Scout a long time ago.
Talk with him about what Cub Scouting was like then.
c.
Start or add to an existing den or pack scrapbook.
d.
Trace your family back through your grandparents or
great-grandparents. Talk
to a grandparent about what it was like when he/she was younger.
e.
Find out some history about your community.
f.
Start your own history: keep a journal for 2 weeks.
g.
Complete the Character Connection for Respect.
2.
What’s Cooking?
a.
With an adult, bake cookies.
b.
With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting.
c.
With an adult, prepare on part of your breakfast, one
part of your lunch, and one part of your supper.
d.
Make a list of the “junk foods” you eat.
Discuss “junk food” with a parent or teacher.
e.
Make some trail food for a hike.
f.
With an adult, make a dessert for your family.
g.
With an adult, cook something outdoors.
3.
Family Fun
a.
Go on a day trip or evening out with members of your
family.
b.
Have a family fun night at home.
4.
Be Ready
a.
Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home.
b.
Tell what to do in case of a water accident.
c.
Tell what to do in case of a school bus accident.
d.
Tell what to do in case of a car accident.
e.
With your family, plan escape routes from your home
and have a practice drill.
f.
Have a health checkup by a physician (optional).
g.
Complete the Character Connection for Courage.
5.
Family Outdoor Adventures
a.
Go camping with your family!
b.
Go on a hike with your family.
c.
Have a picnic with your family.
d.
Attend an outdoor event with your family.
e.
Plan your outdoor family day.
6.
Saving Well, Spending Well
a.
Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult
member of your family.
b.
Set up a savings account.
c.
Keep a record of how you spend money for 2 weeks.
d.
Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family.
e.
Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian.
f.
Play a board game with your family that involves the
use of play money.
g.
With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each
person in your home to eat one meal.
SELF
(Do four).
1.
Ride Right
a.
Know the rules for bike safety.
Obtain a bicycle license.
b.
Learn to ride a bike, if you haven’t already.
c.
Keep your bike in good condition.
Identify the parts of a bike that should be checked often.
d.
Change a tire on a bicycle.
e.
Protect your bike from theft.
Use a bicycle lock.
f.
Ride a bike for 1 mile without rest.
Be sure to obey all traffic rules.
g.
Plan and take a family bike hike.
2.
Games, Games, Games!
a.
Set up the equipment and play any two of these outdoor
games with your family or friends: backyard golf, badminton,
croquet, sidewalk shuffleboard, kickball, softball, tetherball,
horseshoes, volleyball.
b.
Play two organized games with your den.
c.
Select a game that your den has never played.
Explain the rules. Tel
them how to play it, and then play it with them.
3.
Building Muscles
a.
Do physical fitness stretching exercises.
Then do curl-ups, push-ups, the standing long jump, and the
softball throw.
b.
With a friend about your size, compete in at least six
different two-person contests.
c.
Complete with your den or pack in the crab relay,
gorilla relay, 30-yard dash, and kangaroo relay.
4.
Information, Please
a.
With an adult in your family, choose a T.V. show.
Watch it together.
b.
Play a game of charades at your den meeting or with
your family at home.
c.
Visit a newspaper office or a T.V. or radio station
and talk to a news reporter.
d.
Use a computer to get information.
Write, spell-check, proofread, and print out a report on what
you learned.
e.
Write a letter to a company that makes something you
use.
f.
Talk with a parent or other family member about how
getting and giving facts fits into his or her job.
5.
Jot It Down
a.
Make a list of the things you want to do today.
Check them off when you have done them.
b.
Write two letters to relatives or friends.
c.
Keep a daily record of your activities for 2 weeks.
d.
Write an invitation to someone.
e.
Write a thank-you note.
f.
Write a story about something you have done with your
family.
g.
Write about the activities in your den.
h.
Complete the Character Connection for Honesty.
6.
Shavings and Chips
a.
Know the safety rules for handling a knife.
b.
Show that you know how to take care of and use a
pocketknife.
c.
Make a carving with a pocketknife.
Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.
d.
Earn the Whittling Chip card.
7.
Sawdust and Nails
a.
Show how to use and take care of four of these tools:
hammer, hand saw, hand drill, c-clamp, wood plane, pliers, crescent
wrench.
b.
Build your own toolbox.
c.
Use at least two tools listed in requirement “a”
to fix something.
8.
Build a Model
a.
Build a model from a kit.
b.
Build a display for one of your models.
c.
Pretend that you are planning to change the furniture
layout in one of the rooms in your home.
d.
Make a model of a mountain, a meadow, a canyon, or a
river.
e.
Go and see a model of a shopping center or new
building that is on display somewhere.
f.
Make a model of a rocket, boat, car, or plane.
g.
Complete the Character Connection for Resourcefulness.
9.
Tying It All Up
a.
Whip the ends of a rope.
b.
Tie a square knot, bowline, sheet bend, two half
hitches, and slip knot. Tell
how each knot is used.
c.
Learn how to keep a rope from tangling.
d.
Coil a rope. Throw
it, hitting a 2-foot-square marker 20 feet away.
e.
Learn a magic rope trick.
f.
Make your own rope.
10.
Sports, Sports, Sports!
a.
Learn the rules of and how to play three team sports.
b.
Learn the rules of and how to play two sports in which
only one person is on each side.
c.
Take part in one team and one individual sport.
d.
Watch a sport on T.V. with a parent or some other
adult member of your family.
e.
Attend a high school, college, or professional
sporting event with your family or your den.
11.
Be a Leader
a.
Help a boy join Cub Scouting or help a new Cub Scout
through the Bobcat trail.
b.
Serve as a denner or assistant denner.
c.
Plan and conduct a den activity with the approval of
your den leader.
d.
Tell two people they have done a good job.
e.
Leadership means choosing a way even when not
everybody likes your choice. Talk
about these hard choices with a parent or another adult.
f.
Complete the Character Connection for Compassion. |
