Cyber Chip
Grades 1-3: - Read, commit to, and sign the Level I Internet Safety Pledge. (BSA Cyber Chip blue card)
- Watch the video “Bad Netiquette Stinks.” (NetSmartz.org/scouting )
- Play the Router’s Birthday Surprise Interactive Adventure, and print the completion certificate to give to your den leader. (NetSmartz.org/scouting )
- Show and tell your family, den leader, den, or pack what you have learned.
Grades 4-5: - Read, commit to, and sign the Level I Internet Safety Pledge. (BSA Cyber Chip blue card)
- Watch the video “The Password Rap” and another video of your choosing. (NetSmartz.org/scouting)
- As
an individual or with your den, use the Teachable Recipes to
demonstrate Internet safety rules to your den leader, den, or pack. (NetSmartz.org/scouting)
- Discuss
with your unit leader the acceptable standards and practices for using
allowed electronic devices, such as phones and games, at your meetings
and other Scouting events.
Note:
All Cyber Chips will expire annually. Each Scout will need to
“recharge” the chip by going back to the Netsmartz Recharge area. This
space will hold new information, news, and a place for the Scout to
recommit to net safety and netiquette. Then, with the unit leader, the
Scout can add the new date to the Cyber Chip card or certificate. National Den Award The
National Den Award recognizes dens that conduct a quality, year-‐round
program. It can be earned only once in any 12 months. The 12-‐month
period (charter year, calendar year, etc.) is determined by the pack
committee. Service
projects, field trips, character development, and Cub Scout camping are
areas that are emphasized. Dens earn the award as a team, not as
individual den members. The recognition is a ribbon for the den flag or
den doodle. Requirements - Have
at least 50 percent of the den’s Tiger, Cub, or Webelos Scouts attend
two den meetings and one pack meeting or activity each month of the
year.
- Complete six of the following during the year:
- Use the denner system within the den.
- In a Tiger den, use shared leadership and rotate the boy/adult host team.
- Have 50 percent of the den go on three field trips per year. A field trip may be used in place of a den meeting.
- As
a den, attend a Cub Scout day camp, Cub Scout or Webelos Scout resident
camp, or a council family camping event with at least 50 percent of the
den membership.
- Conduct three den projects or activities leading to a discussion of the Scout Law.
- Have 50 percent of the den earn at least three elective adventure loops or adventure pins.
- Have 50 percent of the den participate in a patriotic ceremony or parade.
- Have 50 percent of the den participate in a den conservation/resource project.
- Have 50 percent of the den participate in at least one den service project.
National Summertime AwardsPack: The
pack can qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award certificate and
streamer by planning and conducting three pack activities—one each in
June, July, and August. Dens: Dens
with an average attendance of at least half their members at the three
summer pack events are eligible for a colorful den participation
ribbon. Individuals: Boys
who participate in all three pack events are eligible to receive the
National Summertime Pack Award pin, which they can wear on the right
pocket flap of their uniform. This is an individual recognition for
boys, not adults. The
pin is worn permanently on the right pocket flap of the Cub Scout
Uniform, pinned onto the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award, if present.
This is one of the few awards that can be earned each year of Cub
Scouts.
Outdoor Achievement Award Cub
Scouts can earn the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award in each of the
program years as long as the requirements are completed each year. The
first time the award is earned, the boy will receive the pocket flap
award, which is to be worn on the right pocket flap of the uniform
shirt. Each successive time the award is earned, a Wolf Track pin may be
added to the flap. All Ranks: Attend
Cub Scout day camp or Cub Scout/Webelos Scout resident camp.
Additionally, complete the rank-‐specific requirements as follows: Tiger Scouts: Complete the "Backyard Jungle" adventure, and complete four of the outdoor activities listed below. Wolf Scouts: Complete the "Paws on the Path" adventure, and complete five of the outdoor activities listed below. Bear Scouts: Complete the “Bear Necessities” adventure, and complete six of the outdoor activities listed below. Webelos Scouts: Complete the "Webelos Walkabout" adventure, and complete seven of the outdoor activities listed below. Outdoor Activities: These
activities must be in addition to any similar activities counted toward
rank advancement and can be accomplished as a family, a den, or a pack. - Participate
in a nature hike in your local area. This can be on an organized,
marked trail, or just a hike to observe nature in your area.
- Participate in an outdoor activity such as a picnic or a fun day in a park.
- Explain the buddy system, and tell what to do if lost. Explain the importance of cooperation.
- Attend a pack overnighter. Be responsible by being prepared for the event.
- Complete an outdoor service project in your community.
- Complete
a nature/conservation project in your area. This project should involve
improving, beautifying, or supporting natural habitats. Discuss how
this project helped you to respect nature.
- Participate in your pack’s earning the Summertime Pack Award.
- Participate in a nature observation activity. Describe or illustrate and display your observations at a den pack meeting.
- Participate in an outdoor aquatics activity. This can be an organized swim meet or just a den, pack, or family swim.
- Participate in an outdoor campfire program. Perform in a skit, sing a song, or take part in a ceremony.
- Participate in an outdoor sporting event.
- Participate in an outdoor Scouts Own or other worship service.
- Explore a local city, county, state, or national park. Discuss with your den how a good citizen obeys park rules.
- Invent an outside game, and play it outside with friends for 30 minutes.
World Conservation Award
The
World Conservation Award provides an opportunity for individual Wolf
Scouts, Bear Scouts, Webelos Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and
Venturers to “think globally” and “act locally” to preserve and improve
our environment. This program is designed to make youth members aware
that all nations are closely related through natural resources, and that
we and our world environment are interdependent. Requirements for this award must be completed in addition to any similar requirements completed for rank. You may earn the World Conservation Award by doing the following: Wolf Scouts: Bear Scouts: Webelos Scouts: (Including Boys Earning Arrow of Light Rank)
Emergency Preparedness

From
its beginning, the Scouting movement has taught young people to do
their best, to do their duty to God and country, to help others, and to
prepare themselves physically, mentally, and morally to meet these
goals. The basic aims of Scouting include teaching young people to take
care of themselves, to be helpful to others, and to develop courage,
self-reliance, and the ability to be ready to serve in an emergency. The
Emergency Preparedness BSA Award, first introduced in 2003 and updated
in 2014, was designed with the aims mentioned above in mind. The award
has been earned by tens of thousands of Scouts and Scouters
individually, with their unit, or at a large event such as a jamboree.
By developing these lifelong skills, Scouts have been instrumental in
helping their communities recover from emergencies. When
an emergency does occur, it can affect every BSA youth and adult member
in the immediate area. Earning the award teaches participants to
respond first, as an individual; second, as a member of a family; and
third, as a member of a Scouting unit serving their neighborhood and
community. This award will allow all Scouts and Scouters to become
informed, be prepared, and act promptly and appropriately in the event
of emergencies, whether they are natural or man-made.Individual Emergency Preparedness Award Requirements Tiger Scouts: - Cover a family fire plan and drill, and what to do if separated from the family.
- Discuss a family emergency plan with the family.
- Create, plan, and practice summoning help during an emergency.
- Take
a nationally recognized first-aid course geared toward children such as
American Red Cross First Aid for Children Today (FACT).
- Join a safe kids program such as McGruff Child Identification, Internet Safety, or Safety at Home.
- Show and tell your family household what you have learned about preparing for emergencies.
Wolf Scouts: - Create a checklist to keep your home safe.
- Discuss a family emergency plan with the family.
- Create, plan, and practice summoning help during an emergency.
- Learn
emergency skills and care for choking, wounds, nosebleeds, falls, and
animal bites. The emergency skills should include responses for fire
safety, poisoning, water accidents, substance abuse, and more.
- Join
a safe kids program such as the McGruff Child Identification program.
Put on a training program for your family or den on stranger awareness,
Internet safety, or safety at home.
- Make a presentation to your family on what you have learned about preparing for emergencies.
Bear Scouts: - Create, plan, and practice summoning help during an emergency.
- Learn how to shut off utilities to your home in an emergency.
- Learn simple rescue techniques.
- Learn
emergency skills and care for choking, wounds, nosebleeds, falls, and
animal bites. The emergency skills should include responses for fire
safety, poisoning, water accidents, substance abuse, and more.
- Put together a family emergency kit for use in the home.
- Organize
a safe kids program such as the McGruff Child Identification program.
Put on a training program for your family or den on stranger awareness,
Internet safety, or safety at home.
- Make a small display or give a presentation for your family or den on what you have learned about preparing for emergencies.
Webelos Scouts:- Learn rescue techniques.
- Build a family emergency kit, with an adult family member participating in the project.
- Take a first-aid course.
- Learn to survive extreme weather situations.
- Learn about stranger awareness, Internet safety, or safety at home.
- Give a presentation to your den on preparing for emergencies.
Religious Emblem Purpose: To recognize youth and adults who demonstrate faith, observe the creeds or principles of the faith, and give service. Many
religious-faith groups have programs for individual Cub Scouts.
Religious emblems are not Scouting awards; they are presented by
religious groups to boys who earn them. Description: This is a special award that can be worn permanently above the left pocket and transferred to Boy Scout and Adult uniforms. Eligibility: Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos, Boy Scouts, and Venturers Requirements: Varies by religion. Pastor Curtis conducts a God and Me (Tigers, Wolves & Bears) and God and Family (Webelos) program.
The Recruiter Strip This
is awarded the first time a scout is successful in getting a friend,
relative, classmate, or other acquaintance to join the Pack. It is worn permanently below the right pocket.
Messenger of PeacePurpose: To inspire more young men and women to help Scouting create a better world Description: In
1920, just two years after the most terrible war the world had ever
known, 8,000 Scouts from 34 countries came together for the first world
jamboree. At the closing ceremony, Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell
called on participants to carry the spirit of the jamboree home “so that
we may help to develop peace and happiness in the world and goodwill
among all Scouts.” Scouts who complete Messenger of Peace Projects will be eligible for a special recognition: a ring patch that is worn permanently around
the World Crest to symbolize their participation in an ever-widening
circle of Scouts who are not just visualizing world peace but are
helping to make it a reality. Requirements: Go
online and register the Messenger of Peach related community service
projects they undertake. Doing so adds pins to a global Messengers of
Peace map, which Scouts from around the world can click on to learn how
their fellow Scouts are making a difference.
Outdoor Ethics Awareness Award
Purpose: To encourage Scouts to learn more about outdoor ethics and Leave No Trace Description: This award can be worn as a temporary patch on the right pocket. Eligibility: Cub Scouts & Adult Leaders Requirements: - Describe what the Outdoor Code means to you.
- Complete the Leave No Trace online course
and print the certificate. - Complete the Tread Lightly! TL! Kids Outdoor Quiz
and print the certificate. Click on the "Outdoor Quiz" arrow. - Participate
in an outdoor ethics activity facilitated by a person who has completed
the BSA outdoor ethics orientation course or is a BSA outdoor ethics
trainer or master.
Outdoor Ethics Action Name badge
Purpose: To reward those who wish to deepen their understanding of outdoor ethics and improve their skills in implementing those outdoor ethics Description: This name
badge bearing the BSA outdoor ethics insignia also has the appropriate
insignia for each program division level that a youth completes. Eligibility: Cub Scouts & Adult Leaders Requirements (Cub Scouts): - Do the following:
- Earn the Outdoor Ethics Awareness Award.
- Describe to your den leader or parent/guardian what the Leave No Trace front country guidelines mean to you.
- Boys
in a Tiger Cub den complete the activities for Achievement 5, "Let's Go
Outdoors"; boys in a Wolf den complete Requirement 7, "Your Living
World"; boys in a Bear den complete Requirement 12, "Family Outdoor
Adventures"; boys in a Webelos den earn the Outdoorsman activity badge.
- Complete one of the following:
- With
your family, put on a short activity (such as a skit or demonstration)
at an outdoor activity or den meeting on a principle of Leave No Trace
or Tread Lightly!
- With
your den, put on a short activity (such as a skit or demonstration) at
an outdoor activity or pack meeting on a principle of Leave No Trace or
Tread Lightly!
- Follow
the Leave No Trace principles or frontcountry guidelines on three
outings. Explain to your unit leader or an individual who has completed
the BSA outdoor ethics orientation course one thing you did on each
outdoor activity to Leave No Trace.
- On
a pack or den outing, participate in a service project that reduces
impact from our use of the outdoors. Examples might be collecting
litter, cleaning fire rings or grills, or other activities approved by
the landowner or land manager.
- With
your family or den, make a poster about the skill you learned in
Requirement 3 or the project you did in Requirement 4 and display it at
your pack meeting.
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