Wolf electives to earn a gold arrow point to wear beneath his wolf badge, the boy must complete any ten elective projects of the more than one hundred choices shown in the book. The cub book the cub book is the essential guide that every cub and cub leader should have as they go through the program. The book has a theme based on rudyard kiplings the jungle book jungle setting and characters. Some great secret message ideas wolf elective use a secret code. Visit a museum, a college, a laboratory, an observatory, a zoo, an aquarium, or other facility that employs scientists. He may work on his arrow point trail at any time, however he cannot receive arrow points until after he has earned the wolf badge. A cub scout can choose elective adventures to learn new hobbies and skills that will be useful during their years in a troop. Cub scouts cub scouts is a program designed to meet the needs of young boys, by offering fun and challenging activities to promote character development, citizenship, and physical fitness scouts bsa scouts bsa is a program for youth ages 11 through 17, designed to develop character, citizenship, and fitness venturing venturing is a youth development program for. They also visit collection on display and play a game related to collecting. All tiger cub activities are to be done with an adult partner. Adventures in coins complete requirements 14 and any others of your choice. And it appears a wolf cub scout may work on the elective re. Using a real yoyo string, a regular string, or a piece of yarn, show how to find the proper yoyo string length for you.
Wolf elective adventures adventures in coins complete requirements 14. When the boy is in the third grade or as soon as he completes the. Tell what the buddy system is and why we always use it in cub scouting. Hanging organizer holds cub scout book, neckerchief, slide, and belt. The new cub scout program the new cub scout program the new cub scout program is jam packed with adventures for your scouts. Use it as a workbook and write in it as you do activities and complete badge sections. Wolf badge requirements effective december 2016 rank advancement is awarded when each scout has done the following. Cub scout leaders approve only a few of the requirements, which are indicated in the book. Draw a picture of a fair test that shows what you need to do to test a fertilizers effects on plant growth. You might have crickets, ants, grasshoppers, a lizard, or a toad but be careful not to collect or move endangered species protected by federal or state law. West, chief scout executive, secured the rights for the american printing of british wolf cub handbook for sale to unofficial us wolf cub packs.
Count the number of shots it takes for each scout to sink five baskets. After a cub scout has earned the wolf badge, a wolf scout can work on the remaining 12 wolf electives until the cub scout finishes second grade or turns 9 years old. On the advancement trail, a cub scout progresses from rank to rank, learning new. Cub scout pack 96 chapman school cheshire, ct 06410. After a wolf cub scout earns his wolf badge he may begin earning arrow points in the electives section of his book. Collections and hobbies is one of the wolf cub scout elective adventures. Please see admissions and mention the discount code sct01 to receive this discount and your wristbands. For your convenience, this page also has the activities to be completed for each adventure. Wolf electives and arrow points clarification scouter forum.
With your parentguardian or other caring adult, find out the names of the stars that make up the constellation and how the constellation got. Understanding the new cub scout advancement program. He receives a bear scout handbook and bear neckerchief, but continues to use the wolf neckerchief slide when beginning the bear portion of the boy scout trail. For each adventure, the wolf scout must complete the requirements as outlined in the wolf cub scout handbook. Feats of skill wolf handbook, page 38 note for akela.
In addition to the other rank badge requirements, each scout must complete at least one of the elective adventures below to earn the wolf rank badge. Completion of adventures is how the aims of character, citizenship, leadership, and personal fitness are developed. If the cub scout has not previously earned the bobcat badge, it must be earned first. All requirements and electives are found in the wolf cub scout book. The following pages include a summary of the new requirements, electives, and sample activities for cub scouts. If a cub scout earns his bobcat rank during the same year that he begins working on his wolf rank, he needs to complete the requirement only one time. The new program is exciting for the boys and easier to implement for unit leaders. The adult partner can be a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc. I understand that electives are made up of multiple elective requirements. There is a big difference in the achievements for arrow points for bear. Electives earned outside of these activities will need to be purchased by the family.
Bsa originally published changes to cub scout advancement requirements in late november, 2016, in the form of an online document listing the original and proposed requirements. Learn the safety rules of using a yoyo and follow them at all times. It is much more than a list of badge requirements, filled with several related activities and useful information. To earn the wolf rank a cub scout must complete 58 tasks out of a possible 74 tasks that are offered in the book. There are electives in both the wolf and bear rank books. This would be a good thing to take on camp to keep all the parts of the uniform together. The boy may then work on any of the twentytwo other fields, called electives, until he completes second grade or is 9. How to get your cub scout handbooks online cub scout ideas.
Public bsa history cub scout pack 500 hinesville, georgia. Your graph should show each group that needed 5, 610, 1115, 1620, and more than 20 tries to sink their shots. Requirement 7 of bobcat and requirement 3 of wolf are identical. The bsas commitment to safety south georgia council. Elective a part of the cub scout advancement program.
My question is, are tiger cub electives done in a group or can they do them on their own. Use american sign language to communicate either a simple sentence or at least four points of the scout law. Fast start supplemental training program for new leaders. For webelos scouts and arrow of light, they receive adventure pins. If a physician certifies that a cub scouts physical condition for an indeterminable time wont permit him to do three of these requirements, the cubmaster and pack committee may authorize substitution of any three arrow point electives. Completed electives adventures in coins air of the wolf code of the wolf do 2 of the following. If a cub scout has completed the second grade or is 8 years old and has earned the bobcat badge, he may start earning the bear rank. Bsa originally published changes to cub scout advancement. When the cub scout has completed the twelve achievements, he receives the wolf badge in a ceremony during a monthly pack meeting.
The wolf rank is for boys who have finished first grade or who are 8 years old. Collect and care for an insect, amphibian, or reptile zoo. Observe in the sky or select from a book or chart two constellations that are easy to see in the night sky. After a bear cub scout earns his bear badge he may begin earning arrow points in the electives section of his book. Make a rain gauge or some other measuring device, and use it. Observe in the sky or select from a book, chart, computer, or electronic device two constellations that are easy to see in the night sky. To earn their rank badge, cub scouts complete seven adventures, which are collections of themed, multidisciplinary activities. Ive even had a college aged sibling do activities with a tiger cub. The revised requirements were later published in addendum booklets to be inserted in the cub scout handbooks for each level until they can be revised and republished.
The wolf electives after a wolf cub scout earns his wolf badge he may begin earning arrow points in the electives section of his book. If he does ten more, he qualifies for a silver arrow point to wear beneath the gold. Cub scout glossary crescent bay district wlacc bsa. Cub scouts earn adventures that are specific to their grade and rank. Wolf badge, a scout must complete six required adventures and one elective. Cub scout pack 177 in chagrin falls, ohio is chartered through the united methodist church, and has regularly earned the bsa journey to excellence gold unit award. Book by boy scouts of america staff books for boys.
And arrow points are earned for each time a cub scout earns 10 elective requirements, not electives. To earn the wolf badge, a boy must complete six required adventures and one elective adventure. As an amazon associate, i earn from qualifying purchases. Gone is the multitude of achievements, electives, arrow points and activity badges that confused leaders and parents plus the beads that skittered across floors during pack meetings.
Depending upon a boys rank, a variety of different achievements and requirements are available that he must complete to earn his next rank within the cub scout program. The bear achievements are as follows, page number references to the bear book are in parenthesis. As a scout advances through the ranks, the requirements get more challenging, to match the new skills and abilities each scout has learned as they get older. Note that these activities are primarily done at home and signed off by the parent after the boy has completed each task. The advancement chair can secure these for the scout, but the pack will require reimbursement. Early editions were written and illustrated by robert badenpowell with later editions being extensively rewritten by others. Cub scout wolf handbook robert depew, boy scouts of america on.
For every 10 electives completed, a cub scout earns an arrow point. Nov 8, 2015 code of the wolf elective requirement 4b cyphers. A number of adventures must be completed to earn the badge of rank for each grade level. With your adult partner, find out the names of the stars. Before you go, write down questions you might want to ask. This fall, cub scouts everywhere are blazing new trails in advancement. The cub book is the essential guide that every cub scout and cub scout leader should have as they go through the program. This book was sold by the bsa for 10 years before the introduction of cubbing. This post may contain affiliate links which means we receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase. He may work on his arrow point trail at any time, however he cannot receive arrow points until after he has earned the bear badge. The wolf cubs handbook is an instructional handbook on wolf cubs training, published in various editions since december 1916. Cub scouts and scouts bsa workshops discovery world. He can begin his bear cub scout trail to advancement.
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