Cub Scout Den Meeting: October 30, 2013

    DATE: October 30, 2013    

Mini Day Camp

TIME	ACTIVITY	EQUIPMENT NEEDED	BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity:
4:00	Opening Ceremony      - Opening Prayer: _____________      - Grand Howl      -Attendance: ________________	Attendance Book Stamp and Ink
4:05	Travel to Adventure Area
4:20	BADGEWORK: Bird watching: Recognize and describe habits of 6 birds.		Observer #2
4:35	BADGEWORK: Bird calls	Straws Scissors	Observer #3
4:45	BADGEWORK: SEEDS 1. Different kinds of seeds - travel by helicopter, parachute, sling shot, hitchhiker, animal express. Discuss how seeds are dispersed		Naturalist #1
4:55	BADGEWORK: Observation Go for a walk and discuss the following points: Animal habitiat, ground soil, animal tracks,	Camera for taking photos of animal tracks	WSEA – NH - #1 Black Star #1B Observer #10 Naturalist #3 Naturalist #8
5:10	TRAVEL BACK TO MEETING PLACE
5:20	SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP      -Spiritual Thought: ____________	Assignment:
5:20	Closing Ceremony      -Cub Promise (review line 2)      -Closing Prayer      -Badge worksheets or other information
5:30	Dismiss and Go Home

THEME ACTIVITY: Bird Watching

Materials Needed:

q  Binoculars

q  Bird book for your area

Anywhere you go there will be birds. Get a book from the library to find out what kind of birds you can expect to see in your area. Birds owe their success as a species to their ability to fly. Flight enables birds to feed where other animals cannot, escape enemies, and move with the seasons. Birds in flight are a beautiful sight. Take your binoculars and look for birds flying and resting. A few things to look for when bird-watching:

o   Type of bird

o   Different beak shapes to cope with main food source—long or hooked beaks for tearing at prey, short and stout cone shapes to crack seeds.

o   Feet—for different purposes like perching on twigs, running, clinging to trees, grasping prey, paddling in water.

o   Color—to blend with environment or to stand out.

o   Nests and eggs

BADGEWORK: Bird Calls

Materials Needed:

q  Drinking Straw

q  Scissors

 

Bite the end of a drinking straw to flatten it. Try to make it as flat as possible.

Cut this flat end at both sides so it forms a point.

Bite down on it again to re-flatten it.

Put the pointed end of the straw into your mouth, until it is just past your lips.

Blow hard into the straw. A duck call sound should come from the straw. If it does not, blow harder or start over with another straw and modify the pointed end. Do this by cutting either more or less of the straw to make the point.

THEME ACTIVITY: Seeds

Find a variety of seeds and use the attached worksheet to  identify the method by which they are dispersed. 

THEME ACTIVITY: Observation

Do the following:

• Take a photo of an animal track (Naturalist #3)
• Identify 4 different animal tracks or animal signs (Observer #10)
• Observe any wild animal and report on what you learned from its behavior (Naturalist #8)
• Observe the soil and talk about what it contains to the best of your ability. (WSEA)
• Search for and observe animal habitats. Discuss how the plants and animals depend on one another (Black Star 2B)