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Forester Activity Badge
DEN MEETINGS
August Cub Scout Theme: Rodeo Trail
Outdoor Group
Fifth grade
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
BEFORE
THE MEETING
STARTS
GATHERING
(Keep early
arrivals
busy.)
OPENING
(Ceremony)
ACTIVITY
BADGE
FUN
(Instruction,
practice,
games, and
contests
related to
Webelos skills)
PREPARATION
(Making props
and equipment;
getting set
for future
special events)
Supplies: materials for experi-
ment on A Tree's Needs (page
W30); U.S. flag.
Supplies: materials for experi-
ments on A Tree's Needs
(page W30); Cub Scout Song-
book, leaves, twigs, and seeds
from local trees; field guide to
trees.
Set up one of the experiments
on A Tree's Needs.
Check last week's experiment
on A Tree's Needs and set up
one or two more. Go outside
and play Tree Tag (players are
safe when they are touching a
tree).
Sing "I'm a Nut" (Cub Scout
Songbook).
Form den in horseshoe forma-
tion. Assistant denner pre-
sents U.S. flag at open end.
Denner leads Pledge of
Allegiance.
Brief business period—roll call, dues, uniform inspection
Discuss Forester require-
ments. Explain how trees
grow. Begin A Tree's Needs
experiments.
Make charts for requirement
4.
Announce Cub Scout theme
and tell how Webelos den will
be involved.
Show how to identify trees
using a field guide. Let boys
examine local tree leaves,
twigs, and seeds and find
them in field guide.
CLOSING
(Announcements,
ceremony)
In turn, boys step forward,
give Scout salute to U.S. flag,
and step back. As they leave
they give Scout handshake to
den chief.
Den chief leads Scout Law and
then reads "A Scout is thrifty"
in full (page 350, Webelos
Scout Book). Ask boys what it
means to be a Forester.
MEET IN WOODS
OR
WOODED PARK,
IF POSSIBLE.
Collect leaves, twigs, and
cones or seeds. Use field
guide to identify trees.
OR,
HOLD REGULAR
MEETING.
Work on posters showing life
history of a tree (requirement
3).
Sign boys' books for activity badge requirements passed.
Supplies: Webelos Den Activ-
ities, specimens collected last
week, materials for Forester
display, Cub Scout Songbook.
Check results of experiments
on A Tree's Needs. Have
Tree Climbing Contest (page
42, Webelos Den Activities).
Boys respond to roll call by
naming a tree they learned to
identify last week. Denner
leads den yell.
Using leaves collected last
week, have a Leaf Identi-
fication Contest (page 42,
Webelos Den Activities).
Continue work on Forester
requirements.
Make Tree Identification
Board (below) or other pro-
ject for display at pack meet-
ing.
Sing "This Land is Your
Land" (Cub Scout Songbook).
Ask boys to observe moment
of reverence.
DEN MEETING CLEANUP UNDER SUPERVISION OF DENNER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AIDS, READ BOYS' LIFE, SCOUTING, and ATTEND DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE.
TREE IDENTIFICATION BOARD. Use pegboard and
thin wire. Frame with molding, if desired. Cover
leaves with clear plastic or cellophane and tape to
board.
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LEAVE6 WITH
cellophane:
amp tape
to the
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