Scouting, Volume 39, Number 10, December 1951 Page: 14
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THEME
FOR JANUARY
The theme for this month will help you ex-
plore with your boys the wonders of our Solar
System. At night when a boy looks up at the stars
he experiences a feeling of awe mixed with one
of uncertainty. Let's help him understand some of
these wonders. On page 18 leaders will find some
helpful descriptions and facts.
Our Universe
The material and illustrations on these pages
will help leaders plan stunts and activities to keep
their boys busy for four Den meetings. Tell the
boys something about the giant telescopes that
we have today that bring the sun, moon, stars,
planets all closer to us. By means of pictures and
diagrams help the boys learn the relationship of
these planets to each other, the size and distances
involved. Explain an eclipse. What are comets and
meteors?
Paper Discs
Conspicuous Constellations
Den Mother and Den Chief together should help
the boys identify a few simple constellations, such
as the Big and Little Dippers, Cassiopeia or Big
W., Milky Way, North Star, and Venus, the Morn-
ing Star.
Handi-Craft Projects and Stunts
Special Den handicraft projects will help boys
understand the relationship of the stars and planets
in space. Some should be on a dad and son basis;
all of them will be important in the Den's exhibit
at the monthly Pack meeting. Each boy in a Den
might prepare a cardboard cutout showing the
relative size of his planet while a narrator gives
simple facts about it. Boys might move or stand
in position showing this. A tremendous telescope
might be made from a large paper rug cylinder.
One Den could build a stunt around Alley-Oop and
a Time Machine, Space men, Space cadets, etc.
Another Den might build a model of the universe
using varied size spheres such as a baseball,
ping pong ball and different size marbles. Another
Den could pin cutouts of the planets and constella-
tions on a sheet behind their exhibit table.
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