Elective Wolf Adventures

1. Identify the type of water you will be fishing in and what type of fish live in the water.

2. Learn about the different types of bait used to attract fish.

3. Demonstrate a proper cast for the pole or rod you are using.

4. Learn the rules of fishing safely.

5. With your den, pack, or family, go fishing.

1. Identify different parts of a coin.

2. Find the mint mark on a coin and identify the mint facility where it was made and the year it was made.

3. Play a coin game.

4. Choose a coin that interests you and make a cion rubbing. List information next to the coin detailing the pictures on it, the year it was made, and the mint where it was made.

1. Make a paper airplane and fly it five times. Record the flight distance and time.

2. Make a paper airplane of a different design and fly it five times. Record the flight distance and time.

3. Compare and contrast the two paper airplanes by distance and flight times.

4. Build a flying machine that is not a paper airplane.

1. Discover the difference between renewable natural resources and nonrenewable natural resources.

2. Learn about the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle.

3. Discover what happens to the recyclables in your community.

4. Participate in a conservation project.

1. Create a secret code. Send a message to a member of your den or family. Have that person send a message back to you using the same secret code.

2. Build and play a game that requires the use of codes or patterns.

3. Select a single shape. Observe the environment around you. Write down where you see that shape and how it is being used.

4. Using a package that contains a number of different colored items, discover the most common color.

1. Discover the basic components of a computer.

2. Determine how to properly dispose of computer components.

3. Using a digital device application of your choice, create a story that you can share withothers.

4. With your parent or legal guardian, set up a policy for safely using digital devices.

1. Explore what it is to have a physical disability.

2. Explore what it is to have a visual impairment.

3. Explore what it is to have a hearing loss.

4. Explore barriers to getting around.

1. Play a dinosaur game that shows what you know about them.

2. Create an imaginary dinosaur. Share with your den or family its name, what it eats, its size, and where it lives.

3. Be a paleontologist and dig through a dinosaur dig.

4. Build a fossil layer.

1. Using a map, locate where you live.

2. Draw a map for a friend to locate your home or school. Create a key for the map.

3. Find the directions north, east, south, and west and the compass rose on a map.

4. Find the directions north, east, south, and west using a compass.

5. Practice using both a map and a compass.

1. Wash your hands with soap and water while singing the "Happy Birthday" song two times.

2. Play Germ Magnet with our den or your family. Wash your hands afterward.

3. Conduct the sneeze demonstration.

4. Conduct the mucus demonstration.

5. Grow a mold culture. Show what formed at a den or pack meeting.

1. Learn about the buddy system and how it works in the outdoors.

2. Know the Cub Scout Six Essentials.

3. In addition to your Cub Scout Six Essentials, list the personal items you need for your campout.

4. Learn a camping skill.

5. Attend a council or district Cub Scout overnight camp or attend a campout with your pack.

1. Learn about the swimming safety rules that you need to follow.

2. Demonstrate how to enter the swimming area properly.

3. Using the buddy system and staying within your ability group, go swimming with your den or family for 30 minutes.

4. Attempt at least one swimming stroke: front crawl, restful backstroke, or breaststroke.

5. Jump feet first into water that is chest high or deeper.

6. Demonstrate how to exit the swimming area properly.

*This adventure may be earned by completing the requirements above OR enrolling in and completing a swimming instruction program offered by an accredited instructor OR passing the Scouting America swimmer test.

1. With your den, discuss sportsmanship and what it means to be a good sport. Make the connection between sportsmanship and the Scout Oath and the Scout Law.

2. Learn the rules of a team sport that you can play with your den, pack, family, or friends. After learning the rules, play the game for 30 minutes.

3. Visit or watch a team sporting event with your family or den. Look for ways the team works together and share with your family or den.

1. Show how to properly wear a bicycle helmet. Show you can take off and put on without help.

2. Decide what you should wear when riding a bike.

3. Learn about different types of bikes and when/where you might ride these different types.

4. Demonstrate you can start and stop your bicycle without help.

5. Demonstrate proper hand signals.

6. With your den, pack, or family, follow the buddy system and take a bike ride.

1. With an adult, build either a Pinewood Derby car or a Raingutter Regatta boat.

2. Learn the rules of the race for the vehicle chosen in requirement 1.

3. Identify how you could increase the speed of your chosen vehicle.

4. Before the race, discuss with your den how you will demonstrate good sportsmanship during the race.

5. Participate in a Pinewood Derby or a Raingutter Regatta.

1. Discover where the water in your home comes from.

2. Discuss how water can become polluted.

3. Share some ways you can conserve water in your home.

4. Discover how water in your community is treated to become safe to drink.

1. Anytime during May through August participate in a total of three Cub Scout activities.