Theme: Space

TIME	ACTIVITY	EQUIPMENT NEEDED	BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity: Discuss and collect information for badges that have been completed at home.	A record book or papers to record accomplishments
4:00	Opening Ceremony - Opening Prayer: _____________ - Grand Howl -Attendance: ________________	Attendance Book Stamp and Ink
4:05	GAME: Continuity Balloon	Balloons
4:15	BADGEWORK: Preparing for a Trip	Worksheets	Trailcraft #1a,b,d,e
4:20	THEME ACTIVITY: Phases of the Moon/Tides	Moon Worksheet Water Balloons	Astronomer #5 p. 45
4:40	GAME: Newspaper Race (Moon walk)	Newspapers
5:00	THEME ACTIVITY: Star Charts	Copies of Charts	Astronomer #2 p. 45
5:10	BADGE WORK:
5:15	SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP -Spiritual Thought: ____________	Assignment:
5:20	Closing Ceremony -Cub Promise -Closing Prayer -Badge worksheets or other information
5:30	Dismiss and Go Home

GATHERING ACTIVITY: Continuity Balloon

Materials Required:

Balloons, blown up 1-2 per Cub

How to Play:

Give each Cub one balloon and instruct them to keep them in the air without letting them touch the floor. Have them work together to keep both balloons in the air. Make the game harder by adding additional balloons. Point out the need to cooperate and work together to keep the balloons aloft.

GAMES: Newspaper Race

Two newspaper sheets required per player.

Each player must race to the turning point and back, stepping only on his newspapers.

He steps on one, lays the other in front of him steps on it, moves the first forward, and steps on it and so on.

BADGEWORK: Preparing for a Trip

Work together on worksheets to complete the Trailcraft Badge requirement #1.

THEME ACTIVITY: Phases of the Moon / Tides

Materials Needed:

Worksheet
Resource materials
Small Water balloons half full of water

Discuss:

1. The phases of the moon

2. How the moon rotates

3. The effect of the moon on the tides

4. Different kinds of tides and how often they occur

Have the Cubs swing the partially filled water balloon in an arc, or spin with it to feel the pull of the balloon. Use this activity to help explain the pull of the moon on the water levels in the world.