Tiger Elective Adventures
To earn the Tiger Badge a Scout
must complete the six required adventures and at least one elective adventure of
your den or family’s choosing completion.
Although the Scout is free to
welcome as many electives, the Pack dues will include the elective awards
completed as a Pack or Den. Electives earned outside of these activities will
need to be purchased by the family. The Advancement Chair can secure these for
the Scout, but the Pack will require reimbursement.
Remember, there are NO
performance requirements for a boy. Simply participating and doing one's best in
an activity constitutes completion.
Parents:
Be sure to sign off on
each elective in the handbook and report it to your Den Leader at least one week
before the Pack Meetings. It is up to you and your Den Leader to ensure the
scout gets the proper recognition at the Pack Meetings.
Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical
Mysteries
- Learn a magic trick. Practice
your magic trick so you can perform it in front of an audience.
- Create an invitation to a magic
show.
- With your den or with your
family, put on a magic show for an audience.
- Create a secret code.
- With the other Scouts in your
den or with your family, crack a code that you did not create.
- Spell your name using sign
language, and spell your name in Braille.
- With the help of your adult
partner, conduct a science demonstration that shows how magic works.
- Share what you learned from your
science demonstration.
Earning Your
Stripes
- Bring
in and share with your den five items that are the color orange.
- Demonstrate
loyalty over the next week at school or in your community. Share at your next
den meeting how you were loyal to others.
- With
your adult partner, decide on one new task you can do to help your
family, and
do it.
- Talk
with your den and adult partner about polite language. Include a discussion
about the use of “please,” “thank you,” “you’re welcome,” “excuse me,” “yes,
sir,” “no, ma’am,” and last names. Learn how to shake hands properly and
introduce yourself.
- Play
a game with your den. Then discuss how your den played politely.
- With
your adult partner and den, work on a service project for your pack’s meeting
place or chartered organization.
Family Stories
- Discuss
with your adult partner and/or family where your family originated. Discuss
their history, traditions, and culture—your family heritage. Share a story or
bring something to share with your den about yourself and your family.
- Make a
family crest.
- Visit
your public library to find out information about your heritage.
- Interview
one of your grandparents or another family elder, and share with your den what
you found.
- Make a
family tree.
- Share
with your den how you got your name or what your name means.
- Share
with your den your favorite snack or dessert that reflects your cultural
heritage.
- Learn
where your family came from, and locate it on a map. Share this information with
your den. With the help of your adult partner, locate and write to a pen pal
from that location.
Floats and
Boats
- Identify
five different types of boats.
- Build
a boat from recycled materials, and float it on the water.
- With
your den, say the SCOUT water safety chant.
- Play
the buddy game with your den.
- Show
that you can put on and fasten a life jacket the correct way.
- Show
how to safely help someone who needs assistance in the water, without having to
enter the water yourself.
- Show
how to enter the water safely, blow your breath out under the water, and do a
prone glide.
- Do
the following:
- With
your den or adult partner, say the Scout Law. Explain to your den one of the 12
points of the Law and why you think a knight would have the same
behavior.
- If
you have not already done so, make a code of conduct with your den
that will
describe how each person should act when you are all together. If your den has a
code of conduct, discuss with your den the updates it might need. Vote on which
actions should go in your den code of conduct.
- Create
a den shield and a personal shield.
- Using
recycled materials, design and build a small castle with your adult partner to
display at the pack meeting.
- Think
of one physical challenge that could be part of an obstacle course. Then help
your den design a Tiger knight obstacle course. With your adult partner,
participate in the course.
- Participate
in a service project.
Rolling Tigers
- With
your den or adult partner, discuss two different types of bicycles and their
uses.
- With
your den or adult partner, try on safety gear you should use while riding your
bike. Show how to wear a bicycle helmet properly.
- With
your den or adult partner, learn and demonstrate safety tips to follow when
riding your bicycle.
- Learn
and demonstrate proper hand signals.
- With
your den or adult partner, do a safety check on your bicycle.
- With
your den or family, go on a bicycle hike wearing your safety equipment. Follow
the bicycling safety and traffic laws.
- Learn
about a famous bicycle race or famous cyclist. Share what you learn with your
den.
- Visit
your local or state police department to learn about bicycle-riding laws.
- Identify
two jobs that use bicycles.
Sky is the Limit
- With
your den or adult partner, go outside to observe the night sky. Talk about
objects you see or might see.
- Look
at a distant object through a telescope or binoculars. Show how to focus the
device you chose.
- Observe
in the sky or select from a book or chart two constellations that are easy to
see in the night sky. With your adult partner, find out the names of the stars
that make up the constellation and how the constellation got its name. Share
what you found with your den.
- Create
and name your own constellation. Share your constellation with your den.
- Create
a homemade constellation.
- Find
out about two different jobs related to astronomy. Share this information with
your den.
- Find
out about two astronauts who were Scouts when they were younger. Share what you
learned with your den.
- With
your den or family, visit a planetarium, observatory, science museum, astronomy
club, or college or high school astronomy teacher. Before you go, write down
questions you might want to ask. Share what you learned.
- Visit
an art gallery or a museum, explore an art website, or visit your library. Do
each of the following:
- Look
at pictures of some abstract art with your den or family. Decide what you like
about the art, and share your ideas with the other Tigers.
- Create
an art piece.
- Do the
following:
- Draw
or create an art piece using shapes.
- Use
tangrams to create shapes.
Complete 1–3 and one from
4–6.
- Play
at least two different games by yourself; one may be a video game.
- Play a
board game or another inside game with one or more members of your den.
- Play a
problem-solving game with your den.
- With
your parent’s or guardian’s permission:
- Play a
video game with family members in a family tournament.
- List
at least three tips that would help someone who was learning how to play your
favorite video game.
- Play
an appropriate video game with a friend for 30 minutes.
- With
other members of your den, invent a game, OR change the rules of a game you
know, and play the game.
- Play a
team game with your den.
- Do the
following:
- Memorize
your address, and say it to your den leader or adult partner.
- Memorize
an emergency contact’s phone number, and say it to your den leader or adult
partner.
- Take
the 911 safety quiz.
- Do the
following:
- Show
you can “Stop, Drop, and Roll.”
- Show
you know how to safely roll someone else in a blanket to put out a
fire.
- Make a
fire escape map with your adult partner.
- Explain
your fire escape map, and try a practice fire drill at home.
- Find
the smoke detectors in your home. With the help of your adult partner, check the
batteries.
- Visit
an emergency responder station, or have an emergency responder visit
you.
Tiger Tag
- Choose
one active game you like, and tell your den about it.
- Do
the following:
- Play
two relay games with your den and your adult partner.
- Tell
your adult partner or the other Tigers what you liked best about each
game.
- Have
your den choose a relay game that everyone would like to play, and play it
several times.
- With
your adult partner, select an active outside game that you could play with the
members of your den. Talk about your game at the den meeting. With your den,
decide on a game to play.
- Play
the game that your den has chosen. After the game, discuss with your den leader
the meaning of being a good sport.
Tiger Tales
- Create
a tall tale with your den.
- Create
your own tall tale. Share your tall tale with your den.
- Read a
tall tale with your adult partner.
- Create
a piece of art from a scene in the tall tale you have read, using your
choice of
materials. Share it with your den.
- Play a
game from the past.
- Sing
two folk songs.
- Visit
a historical museum or landmark with your adult partner.
Tiger Theater
- With
your den, discuss the following types of theater: puppet shows, reader’s
theater, and pantomime.
- As
a den, play a game of one-word charades with your adult partners.
- Make
a puppet to show your den or display at a pack meeting.
- Perform
a simple reader’s theater. Make a mask afterward to show what your character
looks like.
- Watch
a play or attend a story time at a library.
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