Scouting, Volume 77, Number 3, May-June 1989 Page: 12
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Engineer Activity Dodge
DEN MEETINGS
Technology Group
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
BEFORE Supplies: materials for But-
THE tonholer trick, page 68, Den
MEETING Chief Handbook; Cub Scout
STARTS Songbook; balloon and
string for Balloon Volleyball,
page 2-8, Cub Scout Leader
How-To Book; bricks, heavy
paper for bridges.
Supplies: Cub Scout Leader
How-To Book, U.S. flag,
materials for coat-hanger
pulleys (page W27); paper
and pencils for electrical
transmission drawings; Cub
Scout Songbook, Webelos
Scout Book.
Supplies: materials for Paper
Plane Catapults (this page);
Cub Scout Songbook, Den
Chief Handbook.
Supplies: U.S. flag, tape
measure, paper, pencils and
rulers for floor plan and
drawings; catapults and
objects to catapult; blocks
and tackle.
GATHERING
(Keep early
arrivals
busy).
Have den chief show
Buttonholer trick. Let each
boy make one and try it.
Play Izzy Dizzy (page 2-42,
how-to book).
Have den chief referee
Indian leg wrestle (Den
Chief Handbook).
Have contest in firing
catapults for distance and
accuracy.
OPENING Sing "I've Been Workin' on
(Ceremony) the Railroad" (Cub Scout
Songbook). Denner leads
den yell.
Brief business period
Assistant denner presents
colors. Denner leads Pledge
of Allegiance.
Boys respond to roll call by
naming a type of engineer.
Sing den's favorite song.
Have Webelos Scout nearest
graduation lead flag
ceremony.
-roll call, dues, uniform inspection.
ACTIVITY
BADGE
FUN
(Instruction,
practice,
games, and
contests
related to
Webelos
skills.)
Play Balloon Volleyball.
Discuss Engineer require-
ments and types of engi-
neering. Show plans for
projects. Using bricks and
heavy paper, show bridge
construction principles.
Measure dimensions of
meeting place and show
how to make simple floor
plan. Let boys sketch floor
plans of their houses to be
completed at home.
Make Paper Plane Catapults.
Try them. Have contests.
Make blocks and tackles and
show how they are used.
Discuss how electricity is
generated and transmitted.
Make drawings of transmis-
sion (Webelos Scout Book).
PREPARATION
(Making props
and equipment.
Getting set
for future
special events.)
Announce Cub Scout theme
for this month and tell how
Webelos den is involved.
Plan visit to a construction
job or some other place
where boys can see drawings
and talk with an engineer.
(Check possibilities
beforehand.)
Begin planning pack
meeting display and
demonstration.
Work on pack meeting dis-
play and demonstration.
Complete pack meeting dis-
play and demonstration.
Sign boys' books for activity badge requirements passed.
CLOSING Den forms circle. Denner or
(Announce- den chief leads Scout bene-
ments, diction: ' 'And now may the
ceremony) great Master of all Scouts
be with us till we meet
again."
Denner retires colors. Sing
"Scout's Good-Night Song"
(Cub Scout Songbook).
Ask Webelos Scout nearest
graduation to troop to pre-
pare opening flag ceremony
for next week. Form broth-
erhood circle with arms
around each other's
shoulders and sing or hum
"Taps," (Cub Scout Song-
book).
Name next month's activity
badge. Den chief leads in
repeating Scout Oath.
DEN MEETING CLEANUP UNDER SUPERVISION OF DENNER.
FOR MORE PROGRAM AIDS, READ BOYS' LIFE, SCOUTING, and ATTEND DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE.
RUBBER BAND
Pull
Release
second
Direction of flight
V
PAPER
PLANE
CATAPULT
Pull
Release
first
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 77, Number 3, May-June 1989, periodical, June 1989; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353552/m1/38/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.