Space Exploration - May 11, 2013

DATE: May 11, 2013

                                               

TIME	ACTIVITY	EQUIPMENT NEEDED	BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
9:00	Gathering Activity:      -
9:10	Opening Ceremony      -Opening Prayer: _____________      -Cub Promise      -Attendance: ________________      -Welcome/Introduction	Attendance Sheets Stamp and Ink
	THEME ACTIVITY: Presentation by an Astronaut		Space Exploration #1 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS that we touched on: Space Exploration #2, #3, #4, #6, #7
10:15	Closing Ceremony      -Grand Howl      -Closing Prayer
10:30	Promptly Cleanup & Go Home

 

We have an astronaut in our midst! Sister Andersen is trained as an astronaut and agreed to come and share some of her knowledge and experience with our Cub group. She shared some really interesting information and taught us a great deal about space.

Space Exploration Badge:
1. We learned how space technology helps with weather forecasts, communications, search and rescue operations, map making and more.
3. We learned about the robotic arm on the Space station - the Canadarm. We will draw or make a robotic arm in Cubs to finish this requirement.
4. We learned about (and even sampled) the food they eat on the space station. How they get water, grow and store food, produce power and even how they sleep, exercise, work and relax. We will make a model out of food to finish this requirement.
2, 6, 7. We talked about each of these badge requirements and will finish them up in Cubs before we disperse for the summer.

Thank you so much to Sister Andersen for coming to Canada to our little group and sharing your knowledge with us. You have made it possible for us to complete all the requirements for this badge! Thank you Thank you Thank YOU!

Here are some of the handouts she shared with us:

May 1, 2013

There will be no Cubs this week due to reduced numbers.
Thanks,
Akela

Cub Scout Den Meeting: April 24, 2013

Theme:    Space                    

Bring a 2 L pop bottle    

TIME	ACTIVITY	EQUIPMENT NEEDED	BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity: Making Paper Airplanes	Paper Instruction book if desired
4:00	Opening Ceremony      - Opening Prayer: _____________      - Grand Howl      -Attendance: ________________	Attendance Book Stamp and Ink
4:05	GAME:  Making and Flying Paper Airplanes
4:15	BADGEWORK: Airplanes and Their Cargo http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/air-freight4.htm		International Trade #5
4:20	THEME ACTIVITY: Making a Bottle Rocket	2 L pop bottle each Craft foam Glue and glue gun Drinking straws Duct tape Scissors	Space Exploration Badge #5
4:40	GAME:  Shadow Tag
5:00	THEME ACTIVITY: Making the Launcher	Paint Paintbrushes Hammer/Drill and Screws Pliers/Crescent Wrench	Space Exploration Badge #5
5:10	BADGE WORK:  Preparing for a Trip		Trailcraft #1c
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 and GAME:  Paper Airplanes

Materials:

•         Paper

Ideas

Nice weather? Have it outside... Bad weather? Hold it inside in a gym or large space! Create and decorate paper-airplanes. Come up with categories for the fun.

·         Example: Who's can go the farthest? Straightest? Highest?

·         Can anyone fly it through a hula hoop? Do loops?

·         Make a 'bull's-eye' similar to what you would use for playing darts; can anyone hit the bulls eye...or the outer circles.

GAMES: Sunny Day Tag

  You will need a SUNNY DAY for this game.

"It" chases free players and when "it" steps on their shadow... the free player becomes "it."

BADGEWORK: Foil Footprints

  Materials Needed:

•          Towel
•          Tin Foil

Place a foot sized piece of tin foil on top of the folded towel. Have the Cubs one at a time make a footprint by stepping carefully into the center of the towel. Save the foot print in a sheet protector in their Cub binders.

BADGEWORK: Airplanes and Their Cargo

  Materials Needed:

•          Airplane Photos

Print pictures of different planes and explain their functions using the following link as a resource: http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/air-freight4.htm or you can use the following resource sheets:

THEME ACTIVITY: Making and Launching a Bottle Rocket

Make the rocket and build the launch pad according to instructions from the Bottle Rocket Blog post.

Cub Scout Den Meeting: April 17, 2013

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.

THEME ACTIVITY: Seasonal Star Charts

Hand out and discuss the star charts of the 4 seasons. Teach Cubs how to read the charts.