Cub Scout Pack Meeting: May 15, 2013

DATE: May 15, 2013

Theme:    Good Health                                                                  

TIME	ACTIVITY		EQUIPMENT NEEDED		BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity: Taste Test		Tasters table items, papers, pencils, toothpicks
4:00	Opening Ceremony      -Opening Prayer: _____________      -Cub Promise: Carrots Presentation      -Attendance: ________________      -Welcome/Introduction		Attendance Sheets Stamp and Ink Carrot Seeds / Carrot tops
4:05	GAME: Mini Olympics	BUSINESS: -Upcoming Day Camp in July -Focus on Religion in Life award -Badge worksheets review -WSEA books	Choose 1-2 events for this portion of the den meeting. The rest will be done during the next game segment.	May Calendar Badge Worksheets
4:15	RECOGNITION: Olympic Awards Theme      -Den Demonstrations (have cubs talk about some of the projects they have on display)      -Certificates of accomplishment/Badge presentations      -Allow a couple of minutes for parents to help their cubs update their cub books and check off completed requirements		Certificates Cub Books Pencils
4:25	CUBMASTERS MINUTE: GOOD HEALTH
4:27	WRAPUP PACK MEETING: -Handout schedule for next month -Pertinent information to upcoming activities INVITE PARENTS TO STAY IF THEY WISH		Assignment Sheets      -bird feeders      -plant growth tracker
4:30	GAME: Mini Olympics		Complete the mini Olympics games.
4:40	BADGEWORK: Fires, Whistles or Yells		Cub Book Page 91		Trailcraft #2g
4:45	THEME ACTIVITY: Bottle Rockets		Stopper, copper pipe, needle valve, bike pump, hack saw		Space Exploration #5
5:05	GAME: Launching Bottle Rockets		Gallon sized jug of water
5:15	SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP      -Spiritual Thought: ____________		Assignment on assignment sheet
5:20	Closing Ceremony      -Grand Howl      -Closing Prayer
5:30	Promptly Cleanup & Go Home

Gathering Activity: Taste Test

Materials:

q  Liquids to be tasted

q  Toothpicks

q  Numbers

q  Papers and pencils

Premix a dozen different flavors in liquid form and have them in small sampling jars, such as mason jars or baby food jars. Flavors can include extracts (like vanilla and almond), drink flavors (like cherry and grape juices), diluted vinegar, etc. Place the flavors at numbered stations and hand out cards with the numbers next to blank lines. Have plenty of toothpicks at each station so that each person can use a different toothpick for the flavors. Let everyone try each flavor and identify as many as they can. The winners are those that identify the most flavors. 

Game: Mini Olympics

q  Paper Plates

q  Drinking Straws

q  Masking Tape

q  Water balloon size balloons filled with air

q  10 clothes pins

Preparation: Tape a line on the floor as a start line. Place 4 more pieces of tape at equal intervals to use as a measure for how far the object was thrown.

RULES: Toes must NOT cross the starting line at any time or the throw is disqualified.

Discus: Have boys hold the paper plate like a discuss, spin around once and let the plate fly as they come around.

Javelin: Have the boys run and throw the drinking straw like a javelin.

Shot-Put: Push the balloon from the chest.

High Dive: Each player stands on a chair and without bending at all at the waist, drops 10 clothes pins into an empty bottle on the floor.

Track Race: Each player lines up at the start line and race by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the next. The first one to the end of the track and back wins.

High Jump: Each contestant takes a deep breath and whistles. The contestant who holds the note the longest wins.

Game: Bottle Rockets

How to Play Limbo:

Pump air into and launch bottle rockets.

Theme Activity: FINISHING BOTTLE ROCKETS

As outlined in April 24 activity

Cub Masters Minute:

We take our bodies and good health for granted when we are well, strong, and feeling good, but injuries and illness can strike at any time. We should do our best to take care of ourselves by practicing good healthy habits and eating the proper foods. Each one of us needs to be strong and healthy in mind and body to be able to contribute to our family, community, and nation.

OPENING CEREMONY: Cub Scout Promise

CUBMASTER: (Show package of carrot seeds.) Inside this package are tiny carrot seeds. They don’t look like much because they are tiny and fragile. But if we plant them in good soil and we make sure they get plenty of sunlight, air, and water, they will grow to be big healthy carrots like these. (Show some carrots.)

Cub Scouts are like carrots, they also need certain things to grow, like good food, rest, and exercise. But Cub Scouts also need something more. They need to have healthy minds and spirits if they are going to be the kind of men we all admire. In Cub Scouting, boys can develop these qualities. They do it by following the Cub Scout Promise.

Please stand and join us in repeating the Cub Scout Promise

Recognition: Gold Medal Status  

Materials Needed:

q  Platforms equal in height

q  Olympic-style music (optional).

q  Attach rank badge or award with thread to each Cub

AKELA:  Now it's time to recognize those Cub Scouts who did their best in achieving gold medal status. These Cub Scouts have practiced and sweated, and deserve recognition for their excellence, their diligence, and their accomplishments. We would like to call up our first medalists and their coaches-his parents. (Call boys up by rank or den and present awards.)