1^st Huntingdon Cubs

Stars and Badges

If you would like to jump to a certain star, use the links below:

Tawny Star                 Red Star            Blue Star
Green Star                  Black Star         Purple Star

Creative Expression - Tawny Star Activities

The Tawny Star Activities will give you a whole variety of creative activities. Try as many as you like and let your imagination go wild! 

TAWNY STAR                                            
CARPENTER BADGE                                        COLLECTOR BADGE
COMPUTER BADGE                                          ENTERTAINER BADGE
HANDICRAFT BADGE                                       MUSICIAN BADGE
PHOTOGRAPHER BADGE                                 READER BADGE
CANADIAN ARTS AWARD                                 ARTIST BADGE

To earn the Tawny Star, choose and do any six of the A requirements and any three of B requirements:
A. Requirements
1. Show how to safely use simple tools, including a pocket knife.
2. Make a simple article such as a puppet, toy or game, papier-mache item, woggle, etc.
3. Type a simple message, letter, story or poem.
4. Make a working model and demonstrate its operation.
5. Build and fly a model airplane or kite.
6. Make and play a simple musical instrument.
7. Make and use a simple periscope.
8. Write a story, skit, poem or limerick.
9. Produce an original and imaginative piece of art such as a mobile, sculpture, driftwood article, display of sketches or photographs, picture puzzle, or collage.
10. Send and receive a message in code, such as morse code, semaphore or a secret code you made up yourself.
B. Requirements
1. Tell a story using photographs, slides, video tape, or puppets.
2. Make and set up something related to the environment, such as a weather vane, nest box, bird feeder, or composter.
3. Paint a mural or do a poster for an event such as Fire Prevention Week, Scoutrees for Canada, National Wildlife Week, Scout-Guide Week or any other special occasion.
4. From scrap material, make equipment for games: tetherball equipment, bean bags, rope rings, a slide, swing, trapeze, etc.
5. Without hurting nature, make a decorative piece such as a wall plaque, framed picture, lamp shade or lamp stand from a collection of natural articles. Recite, sing or perform a skit from a story you have read or written, such as the life of Baden-Powell.

BADGE ACTIVITIES

ARTIST BADGE
Do any five of the following:
1. Draw or paint an original illustration of an incident or character from a story such as the Jungle Book.
2. Draw or paint, from life or memory, any animal or person you have seen.
3. Draw or paint a landscape while looking at it.
4. Arrange some items and draw or paint them.
5. Keep and use a sketch book for a period of one month.
6. Illustrate an incident from a story, such as the Jungle Book, using characters in a series of four or more sketches.
7. Make a greeting card of your own design.
8. Make an original model from any suitable material.
9. Create a print using original designs cut into linoleum, potatoes, or other kinds of blocks.

CARPENTER BADGE
1. Show the proper and safe use of five basic tools such as: saw; hammer, square, smooth plane, rule and tape measure.
2. Show how to take care of basic tools.
3. Using basic tools, construct a project such as a lair divider or curtain, toy storage box, flower box, trinket box, shoe box, model house, tool box, bird house, etc.
4. Explain the purpose of the following supplementary tools: hand drill, set of screwdrivers, mitre box, file, wrench, pliers, and vise grip.
5. Show how to use two of the supplementary tools.

COLLECTOR BADGE
Collect and organize a group of objects of your choice and keep your collection for a period of at least three months. Some examples: coins, stamps, photos, books, comics, sports player cards, leaves, matchbox toys, etc. Show and talk about your collection at a pack meeting.

COMPUTER BADGE  (Updated April 2001)
1. From the following list, identify three input devices, three output devices, two storage devices and one processing device. Briefly explain the function of each:

2. Explain how to care for a computer and disks.
3. Do either (a) or (b): 
     a) List ten uses of computers in your home and/or school.
     b) Explain how computers are used in entertainment, education and business or visit a local business, community service or research organization that uses computers, and report on how they use computers in their activities. (Do no use video arcades.)
4.
     a) Briefly explain what the World wide Web is.
     b) Using the World Wide Web with an adult, find a site that has information about a Cub badge or award.  If you believe that other Cubs would benefit from this information, e-mail the URL to program@scouts.ca
5.  Explain the function of five commands in any computer application.
6. Explain to a person who has never used a computer before how to start a computer, open an application, save work, shut down a program and turn off a computer.
7. Do either (a) or (b): 
     a) Write a story or report using word processing, doing all the revisions on a computer.  Print the first draft and final revision.  Explain how you made revisions.
     b) Using a computer, design a new Cub badge or camp crest.  You may not use clip art.

ENTERTAINER BADGE 
Do any six of the following:
1. Play a simple melody on an instrument.
2. Dress in appropriate costume and act or mime an incident from literature.
3. Perform a recitation.
4. Sing three songs and lead the pack in singing the chorus.
5. Lead and sing two folk songs.
6. Tell a story using puppets.
7. Perform two magic tricks.
8. Perform a solo dance.
9. Lead the pack in some form of folk dancing.
10. Direct a group in a skit.
11. Do a play or dance from the Jungle Book.

HANDICRAFT BADGE
1. Make a toy from recycled odds and ends.
2. Make a toy of some reasonable size, such as a boat, model locomotive, KubKar, airplane, animal, etc.
3. Make a project such as a farmyard, village, Noah's Ark with animals, Jungle Book scene, cottage with furniture, railroad station, etc.
4. Repair two toys.  Show them to one of your leaders before and after you work on them.
5. Make two useful or decorative articles from wool, leather, string or other suitable material.
6. Build a model kit that takes time and effort to complete.
7. Make a puppet or marionette.
8. Make and fly a kite.

MUSICIAN BADGE
1. Identify the notes of the staff and the values of notes and rest signs.
2. Explain the meaning of piano, forte, moderato, staccato, largo, pianissimo, fortissimo.
3. Do three of the following:  
     a) Play a simple tune on a recognized instrument
     b) Demonstrate ability with a rhythm instrument such as castanets, drum, etc.
     c) Sing a major scale ascending and descending, and the three notes of a major and minor triad
     d) Tap or clap the rhythm of a four-bar phrase previously played by an adult
     e) Sing a short solo
     f) Be a member of a recognized choir, band or ensemble

PHOTOGRAPHER BADGE
Can be completed using a camera or video recorder:
A. Do the following:
1. Understand and explain the features of the camera you are using and how to properly care in the equipment.
2. Explain and demonstrate how to property load, focus, hold and shoot the camera, along with knowing some common mistakes in taking pictures.
3. Understand the different types of film or tape available for your camera and their uses.
B. Using the above skills, complete any three of the following:
1. Make a family tree using pictures or video tape.
2. Create a display of photographs or video on a subject of your choice.
3. Write a short safety story and illustrate it through pictures or video using members of your pack, six or friends as the cast.
4. Create a short skit and tell it through photos or video tape using members of your pack, six or friends as the cast.
5. Take a set of nature pictures or video and display it to your pack.
6. Take a roll of pictures or video of interesting people and places in your community.
7. Interview a senior citizen about what life was like at your age using photos or video to record your interview.
8. Create a display of photographs or video showing your six or pack at a meeting, outing or camp and show this at a Scouting event.

Health and Fitness - Red Star Activities

No matter who you are, having an active life is the first step in being fit and healthy. These activities will teach you the basics of how to take care of your body and keep it in shape.

RED STAR
ATHLETE BADGE                                             CYCLIST BADGE
SKATER BADGE                                               SKIER BADGE
SNOWBOARDER BADGE                                  SWIMMER BADGE
TEAM PLAYER BADGE
CANADIAN HEALTHY LIVING AWARD

RED STAR
Choose and do any five of the A Requirements and any two of the B Requirements. 
A. Requirements
1. Choose and do any five of the athletic activities illustrated in this chapter (front roll, back roll, etc.).
2. Develop and follow your own personal active living program, with at least 15 minutes per day of activity for a two-week period.
3. Describe some safety rules for water activities.
4. Lead a group in an active game, and explain why good sportsmanship is important.
5. Discuss how to protect your body from injury in different sports (e.g. using eye protectors, mouth guard, helmets or padding).
6. Show the proper way to sit, stand, walk and run. Learn how to take your pulse rate before and after exercise.
7. Plan balanced meals for home or camp.
8. Describe the dangers of the common cold, and explain three ways to prevent it from spreading.
9. Describe how to take care of your own clothing and belongings, and explain why such care is important.
10. Describe how to take care of your hair, ears, eyes, teeth, nose, nails and feet, and explain why. Explain the importance of washing your hands before handling food, before eating, and after using the washroom.
B. Requirements
1. Meet with a health worker or other knowledgeable adult to discuss, or make a display showing the effects tobacco use has on your body.
2. Meet with a health worker, police officer or other knowledgeable adult to discuss, or make a display showing the effects alcohol and drug abuse have on your body.
3. Design, build and use a simple gym or an outdoor obstacle course.

BADGE ACTIVITIES

ATHLETE BADGE
1. Show the proper way to sit, stand, walk, and run. Learn how to take your pulse rate before and after exercise.
2. Explain to an adult and your six the importance of diet, sleep, and exercise to the development of your body.
3. Take part in an ongoing personal fitness program. Explain the importance of warm-up and cool down exercises.
4. Demonstrate your best in any seven (7) of the following:  
     a) a 50 metre run 
     b) a 200 metre run 
     c) a running high jump 
     d) a running long jump 
     e) a standing long jump
     f) sit-ups
     g) push-ups
     h) a rope or pole climb 
     i) a baseball or frisbee throw 
     j) a long distance run 
     k) rope skipping

CYCLIST BADGE
1. Own or have access to, and use an approved bicycling helmet while earning this badge. Explain how to tell if a helmet is approved for bicycling.
2. Have the use of a bicycle that is the right size for you and conduct the following safety check:
     a) Check lights, reflectors, pedals, seat, horn or bell for good working condition
     b) Check handle grips for tightness
     c) Check steering assembly for tightness
     d) Check tires for air pressure and cuts
     e) Check all nuts and bolts for tightness
     f) Check chain for tightness and properly oil the chain
     g) Check wheels for wobbles and broken spokes
     h) Show how to keep the bike clean
3. Explain the meaning of the following street signs or signals and how to properly respond:
     a) Stop sign
     b) Yield sign
     c) Pedestrian crosswalk sign
     d) Colours of a traffic light
     e) Railway crossing sign
     f) One way sign
4. In a safe, off-road area, demonstrate the following skills:
     a) Start, stop and pedal smoothly
     b) Ride in a straight line
     c) Do a shoulder check: while riding in a straight line, look back over your shoulder for a few seconds. Be able to ride in a straight line while looking back and tell your leader what you saw
     d) Hand signals for left turn, right turn and stop
5. Explain why you should stop and check for traffic before riding out of your driveway and know what side of the road to ride on.
6. Explain how to make yourself more visible at night by wearing bright and reflective clothing, use of bike reflectors and lights.
7. Explain other bicycling safety tips such as riding in wet weather, avoiding road hazards such as holes and grates, avoiding car doors, and how to lock your bike.

SKATER BADGE  (ice, roller skates or in-line skates) 
1. Know and discuss the safety rules for skating. For ice skating, include ice safety. For roller skating and in-fine skating, include street safety and use of protective gear such as helmet, pads and gloves.
2. Show how to care for your skating equipment.
3. Demonstrate how to start and stop on a given signal. Then demonstrate any five of the following moves: 
     a) Skate forward with arms free or behind body
     b) Skate backward
     c) Make turns to left and right, cutting corners
     d) Skate in a curve counter-clockwise
     e) Glide on one skate for three metres
     f) Forward and back edges on alternate feet on curves not less than five metres
     g) Forward cross cuts, clockwise and counterclockwise, on a circle three metres in diameter
     h) Back cross cuts, clockwise and counterclockwise, on a circle three metres in diameter
     i) Two jumps with clean and controlled landings
     j) A simple spin on two feet

SKIER BADGE  (downhill and cross-country) 
1. Show how to carry poles and skis properly.
2. Show how to care for your equipment properly, including how to store it off-season.
3. Explain some rules for safety when skiing.
4. Put on your own skis and adjust the bindings properly.
5. Climb a hill using side-step, traverse and herringbone.
6. Snowplow straight down a hill in complete control.
7. Do right and left linked snowplow turns.
8. Describe how to get help in case of a skiing accident.
9. Explain how to dress for various types of weather.
10. Do either (a) or (b):
     a) Show the safe use of a rope tow, T-Bar or chair lift
     b) Describe the emergency equipment and supplies you should carry on a cross-country ski trip

SNOWBOARDER BADGE
1. Show how to care for your board and boots, and how to put them on properly,  (This should be include the use of a "runaway strap" or a "leash".)
2. Demonstrate how to mount and dismount either a surface lift (rope tow, T-bar, poma and platter) or a chairlift - whichever is used on beginner and intermediate hills in your area.
3. Explain proper dress, including the use of a helmet, when in snowboarding parks or half pipes.
4. Demonstrate your ability to do the following:
     a) Walking/skating
     b) Climbing side stepping
     c) Straight running (toe/heel drag)
     d) Traverse with a stop
     e) Static rotation exercise
     f) Isolated beginner turns
     g) Linked beginner turns
5. Know and understand the Alpine Responsibility Code.

SWIMMER BADGE
Hold the Canadian Red Cross AquaQuest Level 7 swimming award, or do the following:
1. Explain and show how to use the buddy system.
2. Show how to check a swimming area for possible dangers, such as deep water, rocks and slippery surfaces.
3. Complete all of the following:
     a) Tread water in deep water (over your head) for a minimum of 1½ minutes.
     b) Enter the water using the front dive (the stride position).
     c) Front crawl 25 metres.
     d) Back crawl 25 metres.
     e) Endurance swim of 50 metres.

TEAM PLAYER BADGE
1. Be a regular member of an organized sport team. The team must be under the supervision of a Cub leader or other approved person.
2. Explain the basic rules of the sport you play.
3. Take part in at least six games.
4. Show a good sportsman-like spirit in all Cub games and activities.

AWARDS

CANADIAN HEALTHY LIVING AWARD
1. Earn the Red Star.
2. Earn one of the Health and Fitness related badges.
3. Earn two of the Outdoor Activity related badges.
4. Participate in a hike-a-thon, bike-a-thon, road relay, special runs or someone other activity that creates public awareness for being fit and healthy.
5. Create a display or participate in a program based on some of the Olympic sports.
6. Research and report on a Canadian outdoor person or sports figure who has made significant contributions to Canada or the world. 
7. Help show other Cubs how to safely participate in a physical activity of your choice.

Home and Community - Blue Star Activities

Learning how to take care of your home and getting around your community are part of becoming a responsible grownup. These activities win get you started on exploring where you live.

DISABILITY AWARENESS BADGE                    FAMILY HELPER BADGE
FAMILY SAFETY BADGE                                  FIRST AIDER BADGE
GUIDE BADGE                                                  HOME REPAIR BADGE
LAW AWARENESS BADGE                              PET CARE BADGE
CANADIAN FAMILY CARE AWARD

BLUE STAR  
To earn the Blue Star; choose and do any 5 of the A requirements and any four of the B requirements: 
A. Requirements
1. Accept and carry out a home chore for one month, such as washing dishes, cleaning your room or caring for the family pet. 
2. With an adult, show how to make simple repairs around your home. 
3. Discuss with your leader some safety rules when home alone and in dealing with strangers. 
4. Show how to use a home telephone, a public telephone, and a telephone book. Show you know your own home telephone number and can find emergency numbers in a telephone book. 
5. Send and receive a simple message in Bliss symbols, Braille, American Sign Language, or another form of communication used by some disabled people. 
6. Demonstrate basic first aid skills.
7. Make use of two community resources such as a library, museum, playground, recreation centre, skating rink, swimming pool, etc., and tell other Cubs how they can use them. 
8. On a map of your community, point out the location of your home and three other interesting places, such as your school, the library, your place of worship, your Cub meeting hall, etc. 
9. Describe the highway codes for pedestrians and cyclists and explain why we have these codes. 
10. Plan and prepare a party for a family, pack, six or other group.
B. Requirements
1. Visit a national, provincial or local government building such as a courthouse or city hall. Tell about or make a scrapbook of your visit. 
2. Visit a municipal service such as the police or fire station, water works, sewage treatment plant, etc. Tell about or make a scrapbook of your visit. 
3. Visit a communications service, such as a newspaper plant, telephone exchange, printing press, radio or TV. station, etc. Tell about or make a scrapbook of your visit. 
4. Visit a transportation centre, such as an airport, a railway station, bus depot, taxi dispatcher, etc. Tell about or make a scrapbook of your visit. 
5. Carry out out an accident and fire prevention check of your home, garage, Cub meeting place; or community. With your family, draw an emergency escape plan for your home. 
6. Make a list or point out in your meeting place and community what services are available for disabled people.

BADGE ACTIVITIES

DISABILITY AWARENESS BADGE  
Do any four of the following:
1. Recognize the International Symbol of Accessibility and point out places where this sign is found.
2. Discuss with your leader how building entrances, water fountains, elevators, public telephones and washrooms, and sidewalk corner curbs can be made more accessible to persons in wheelchairs.
3. Visit your library and find out how books are made available for visually impaired people.
4. Meet with a social worker, agency representative or knowledgeable adult as to what services are available in your community to people with various disabilities.
5. Talk to your gym teacher, Parks and Recreation department or leader about how disabled persons participate and compete in various sports.
6. Talk to a representative from the phone company; TV station or other knowledgeable adult about what services are available for the hearing impaired.
7. Find out what American Sign Language (ASI) is. Learn some sign language and how to sign your name.
8. Where possible, meet with a disabled person and talk about that person's personal interests and activities.

FAMILY HELPER BADGE  
With the help of an adult, do any seven of the following:
1. Show how to use the kitchen stove or microwave oven safely, and then make tea, coffee, cocoa, soup or cook an egg. 
2. Set a table for a two course meal for your family.
3. Know how to load and operate a dishwasher, of show the proper way to wash dishes by hand.
4. Clean windows and mop a floor.
5. Make a bed and clean and tidy a room.
6. Vacuum a rug.
7. Show the correct way to answer callers at the door and on the telephone, and show how to pass on a message.
8. Wash and dry a load of laundry and iron your neckerchief.
9. Show how to recycle, compost and dispose of household garbage.
10. Sew on a badge and a button.
11. Discuss how to properly dispose of household toxic waste such as paint, oil, paint thinner, old medicine, cleaners and batteries.
12. Wash an automobile.
13. Keep an entrance to a home clear of snow for one month.
14. Water a lawn or garden for one month.

FAMILY SAFETY BADGE
With the help of an adult, complete the following:
1. Help reduce the risk of fire and burns in the home by checking that: 
     a) Matches and flammable liquids are stored properly and out of reach of small children
     b) Paint, paper and rags are away from heat
     c) Pot handles are turned toward the back of the stove to prevent the pots being knocked or grab bed by small children
     d) Your hot water tank is set below 54 degrees C (130 degrees F) to help prevent scalding
2. Show how to test and care for a smoke alarm.
3. Help reduce the risk of poisoning in the home by checking that: 
     a) Poisons, cleaners and medicines are out of reach of children. Show how to find poison information on household products labeled as poison,
     b) Food containers such as pop bottles are not being used to store poisonous products
     c) Food is stored safely and handled properly
4. Know and draw the following hazardous products symbols for poison, flammable, explosive and corrosive. Find some products that are labeled this way.
5. Show how to lock and secure all windows, doors and other entry ways into your home.
6. Tell or demonstrate what to do if: 
     a) The lights go out in your home
     b) A fuse blows or circuit breaker trips
     c) There is a broken water pipe
     d) There is a smell of natural gas
     e) The drains back up
7. Help reduce the risk of falls in the home by checking that halls, stairs, and walkways are clear of objects.
8. Do one of the following projects: 
     a) Make a poster or display that show the dangers of playing on or near train tracks, trestles, crossings and/or train yards
     b) Make a poster or display that shows the dangers of touching power lines with a stick or ladder, climbing on electrical power poles, towers and substations, poking electrical outlets and/or pulling toast out of a toaster with a knife or fork
     c) Make a poster or display that shows the dangers of playing around storm sewers, construction sites, garbage dumps or dumpsters, ice covered water or water areas, vacant buildings, farm machinery, quarries, old wells and/or unfriendly animals
9. Make a list of emergency numbers, such as: police, fire, ambulance, etc., and post it by a phone in your home.

FIRST AIDER BADGE  
With the help of an adult, do the following:
1. Explain: 
     a) The meaning of first aid
     b) The meaning of medical aid
     c) The three most important measures you must learn to save a life
2. Do the following: 
     a) Demonstrate rescue breathing
     b) Demonstrate first aid for a severe wound
     c) Show how to care for an unconscious person
     d) Show how to give first aid for a burn or scald
     e) Show how to give first aid for a wound that is bleeding
     f) Show how to stop a nose bleed
     g) Show what to do if your clothes or another person's clothes catch fire
     h) Describe the signs of frost-bite and how to treat it
     i) Describe what to do if an insect or animal bites you or another person
     j) Explain how to prevent and treat hypothermia and overheating
Note: Direct human contact (human to human) is not required for Cubs practicing rescue breathing. You can get more information from the local office of St. John Ambulance or The Canadian Red Cross that serves your area.

The Outdoors - Green Star Activities

Green Star Activities will help you get started in learning the basic outdoor skills. If you're interested in how to camp and take care of yourself in the outdoors, try starting with these activities. 

CAMPING BADGE                                                         COOKING BADGE
FISHING BADGE                                                            HIKING BADGE
TRAILCRAFT BADGE                                                   WATERCRAFT BADGE
WINTER CUBBING BADGE                                          CANADIAN CAMPER AWARD
CANADIAN HERITAGE TRAILS AWARD

GREEN STAR:  
To earn the Green Star, choose and do any five of the A requirements and any three of the B requirements:
A. Requirements 
1. Estimate three distances and measuring things by using your body, such as the length your foot, your pace or the top of your thumb. 
2. Tie and show a practical use for any five knots such as reef, sheet bend, taut-line, bowline, fisherman's knot, round turn and two half hitches, clove hitch. 
3. Make a Cub First Aid/Survival kit. 
4. Make or put together a camp gadget for outdoor use. 
5. Know what to do if lost. 
6. Recognize or describe the signs for different types of weather. 
7. Lay, light and safely put out a fire in the outdoors. 
8. Show how to use a road or topographical map.
9. Tell or demonstrate how to dress for different weather conditions to reduce the risk of hypothermia and reduce your exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. 
10. Know and explain some rules for protecting nature while on an outing.
B. Requirements 
1. Take part in three pack hikes. 
2. Help prepare and cook a hot meal on a family, six or pack outing.
3. Tell or show how the sun, moon and North Star can help you find directions. 
4. Make or follow a trail of not more than 300 meters using clues, trail signs, a map, compass directions or any combination of these. 
5. Draw a simple sketch map of a campsite or your Cub meeting place using compass and paces.
6. Without harming nature, put up and take down an emergency shelter of your own design.

BADGE ACTIVITIES

CAMPING BADGE
1. Do one of the following: 
     a) Complete 4 days of family camping (they don't need to be all together)
     b) Take part in two Cub camps
2. Make a list of some safety and hygiene rules for camping and discuss these with your leader. 
3. Make a list of personal camping gear needed for sleeping, eating, clothing and first aid at an overnight camp. Discuss this list with your leader. 
4. Describe what to do if lost. 
5. In any season, do any 5 of the following: 
     a) Put up and take down a simple shelter or tent
     b) Cook a simple meal over an open fire or portable stove
     c) Show how to use a compass
     d) Help in doing two different camp chores or duties
     e) Show how to properly dispose of camp garbage or waste while camping
     f) Show how to purify drinking water at camp
     g) Using appropriate knots, erect a pole or line on which hang your gear
     h) Show how to keep food safe from insects and animals
     i) Show how to safely handle a pocket knife or camp saw
6. Be aware of and explain no-trace camping. 

COOKING BADGE  
With the help of an adult, describe some safety rules for cooking on a stove, microwave, or around an open fire. Then, do any five of the following: 
1. Make some hot oatmeal. 
2. Cook a hotdog or hamburger. 
3. Use a tinfoil cup or orange half and bake, a muffin in it. 
4. Wrap a potato in tinfoil and bake it in a fire. 
5. Boil water and cook some pasta of your choice.
6. Make pancakes or French toast. 
7. Make biscuit or bannock dough and cook it on a stick or in a cup. 
8. Cook a baked apple, banana, or a tinfoil dessert of your choice. 
9. Make a campfire treat, such as SMOR's or popcorn. 
10. Cook a meal of your choice while at camp. 
11. Make a shish-ka-bob of meat and vegetables and cook over a fire. 
12. Cook an egg.

FISHING BADGE
1. Describe some safety rules for being in or around water; and know how to prevent and treat injuries caused by fish hooks and fish knives. 
2. Show how to put together and toe an angling outfit, a handline outfit, or an ice fishing outfit. 
3. Name and identify some major sport fish in your area. 
4. Describe the most suitable way to catch one sport fish of your choice. 
5. Discuss the rules and regulations for fishing in your area, how to unhook and release a fish with-out harming it, and the benefits of using barbless hooks. 
6. Do either (a) or (b): 
     a) Without help (except for the actual landing), catch three separate species of local fish. Name them correctly and describe what family they belong to and their place in fishing (game fish, minnow, coarse, etc.)
     b) Discuss water pollution in your area - how it can affect fishing and what can be done to reduce or eliminate pollution

HIKING BADGE
1. Know how to take care of your feet for everyday walking, through washing, toenail clipping, wearing clean, dry socks and having proper fitting shoes. 
2. Know how to treat a blister on the foot, insect bites, hypothermia, overheating and discuss the importance of getting adequate rest while hiking. 
3. Discuss some safety rules for hiking, such as:
     a) staying with the group and using a buddy system
     b) keeping to designated trails
     c) keeping the group together
     d) having enough drinking water and food
     e) carrying a first aid kit, whistle and spare clothes 
4. Describe what to do if lost. 
5. Know some rules for protecting nature when hiking. 
6. Go on four hikes of one to two hours long, some of which could be in a conservation area or park, around your camp, around your community, or at night. 
7. Prepare a nutritional trail mix to eat and share. 

TRAILCRAFT BADGE
1. In preparing for a trip, know how to do the following: 
     a) Tell an adult where you are going and include arrival time, route and any phone numbers
     b) Wear clothes and shoes suitable for where you will be and the weather
     c) Make a "footprint" by placing a sheet of tinfoil on a towel and then stepping on it with your shoes on. Mark the foil with your name and leave with an adult so searchers can identify your footprint if needed
     d) Understand and use the buddy system when on trips 
     e) List some rules for preventing getting lost, such as staying on trails and with your group 
2. Discuss and demonstrate how to do the following if lost: 
     a) Stay calm and slow down to save energy and body heat
     b) Keep your head and body warm and dry to avoid hypothermia
     c) Find a friendly place near a clearing and stay put to help searchers find you
     d) Make a survival shelter or bed to keep off the cold ground and stay dry
     e) Avoid eating strange berries and drinking unpurified water
     f) Put out something bright for people to see
     g) Make a pattern of three signals
     h) Look big to airplanes by lying down in a clearing and wearing bright clothing or a coloured garbage bag
     i) How to be careful around bodies of water
     j) Yell back at any scary night noises 
3. Make a survival/first aid kit that includes among the items a high energy snack, several brightly coloured garbage bags, reflector or hand mirror and a whistle.

WATERCRAFT BADGE
1. Describe six different types of watercraft. 
2. Correctly name and point out six different parts of a watercraft. 
3. Explain and show the correct way to choose and wear a lifejacket or Personal Flotation Device (PFD). 
4. Demonstrate how to safely enter, change places in and exit a boat, showing how to move calmly and keep your weight low and centered. Know how to behave in a boat. 
5. Describe the signs of dangerous weather and water conditions for boating, and what to do when you see them. 
6. Demonstrate the following: 
     a) Identify three examples of good throwing assists. 
     b) Be able to throw a throwing assist (without a line) to a person at least two meters away. 
7. Demonstrate the following:  
     a) While wearing your PFD, curl up in a ball to form the Heat Escape Lessening Position (HELP) to stay warm in the water. 
     b) With a small group who are all wearing PFDs, huddle together to make the HUDDLE position to keep you and others warm in the water. 
8. Know the importance of staying with your boat if you fall out or tip over. 
9. With a buddy or adult, launch a boat and row, paddle or sail in a straight line for 50 meters; turn and come back.

WINTER CUBBING BADGE 
1. Describe how to prevent and treat: 
     a) Frost-bite
     b) Skin on cold metal
     c) Snow blindness
     d) Breaking through ice
     e) Hypothermia
2. Show that you are properly dressed for a winter outing or describe how to dress for winter weather. Know the importance of staying dry.  
3. Recognize and identify in winter conditions three common birds and three common trees or shrubs.  
4. Point out the North Star and three night sky features, such as stars, constellations, and planets.  
5. Take part in two of the following: 
     a) a winter camp
     b) a winter hike
     c) two winter outdoor meetings
     d) lighting a fire and cooking a simple meal under winter conditions
     e) a hike on snowshoes or skis
     f) an ice fishing trip

AWARDS

CANADIAN CAMPER AWARD
1. Earn the Green Star.  
2. Earn the First Aider Badge.  
3. Earn the Camping Badge.  
4. Participate in at least three Cub camps.  
5. With a buddy and help from your leader, choose a campsite and complete the following: 
     a) Set up a shelter of your own design or a tent. Weather permitting, spend a whole night sleeping in your shelter
     b) Where permitted, build a fire and boil a cup of water
     c) Scout the area and discover what you can about the terrain, kinds of plants and habits of local wildlife
     d) Locate the direction of North and predict possible changes in weather
6. Help show other Cubs how to do a camping skill of your choice.  
7. Where possible, visit a Scout troop camp and learn about their camping program.

CANADIAN HERITAGE TRAILS AWARD1. Earn the Green Star.
2. Earn the Hiking or Watercraft Badge.  
3. Locate a trail or waterway and learn about its heritage importance.  
4. Travel on this route, and list some of the significant natural or heritage features along the way.  
5. While traveling on this route, participate in a project that helps restore, clean or preserve the section you are on.

The Natural World - Black Star Activities

If you are interested in learning about nature, here's a good place to start. The Black Star Activities will introduce you to the natural world and how it works. 

BLACK STAR                                        ASTRONOMER BADGE
GARDNER BADGE                                NATURALIST BADGE
OBSERVER BADGE                              RECYCLING BADGE
WORLD CONSERVATION BADGE         CANADIAN WILDERNESS AWARD

BLACK STAR
To earn the Black Star, choose and do any five of the A requirements and any two of the B requirements:
A. Requirements
1. Care for a lawn or garden for a month.
2. Without harming nature, mount and label a display of natural things, such as leaves, weeds, rocks, or seeds and tell about your collection. 
3. Grow a plant indoors and describe how it grew. 
4. Grow a sugar or salt crystal on a string. 
5. Plant a tree or shrub, describe how trees grow and why they are important to nature. 
6. Point out or describe some sources of pollution in your neighbourhood and describe possible solutions. 
7. Make a rain gauge and use it to record rain or snowfall for a month. 
8. Make and set up a bird bath, bird house, or bird feeding station, and look after it for a season. 
9. Show how to use and take care of common garden tools. 
10. Using the water cycle, show the route water takes to your home or show how acid rain is formed and how it affects nature. 
11. Point out the North Star and three constellations.  
B. Requirements 
1. Visit a natural area of your choice and point out some different ways the local plants and animals depend on one another for life. 
2. Go on a ramble and identify six different kinds of birds, or keep a record of birds using a bird bath or bird feeder for a season. Know which birds are protected in your area. 
3. Visit one of the following places: conservation area, weather station, fish hatchery, observatory, tree farm, fire ranger tower, farm, greenhouse, park, zoo, forestry station, dam. Learn about how this place helps the environment. 

BADGE ACTIVITIES

ASTRONOMER BADGE
1. Teach another Cub how to use the pointer stars of the Big Dipper to find Polaris, the North Star. 
2. Show how to orient and read a seasonal star map. Be able to find five constellations of your choice. 
3. Learn and tell a story related to a constellation or an aboriginal legend regarding the night sky. 
4. Know and describe 3 sky features:
     a) Milky Way
     b) Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights
     c) Comets
     d) Meteors
     e) Planets
     f) Stars
     g) Satellites
     h) Eclipses
5. Know the phases of the moon and the noon's role in causing ocean tides.

GARDNER BADGE
1. Show the proper use of a spade, fork, and rake and how to care for them. 
2. Prepare, plant and look after for three months, one of the following: 
     a) A garden at least 1.5 square meters in size
     b) A window box at least 60 cm x 25 cm. in size
     c) Two or more perennial
     d) A plant terrarium 
3. Identify and name from life any three of the following: 
     a) Six garden flowers
     b) Six garden vegetables
     c) Four common weeds
     d) Three common friends of the garden
     e) Three common pests of the garden
4. Choose and do any two of the following: 
     a) Grow a bulb
     b) Grow a tree seed,
     c) Start a vegetable from seed on blotter or paper towelling
     d) Grow a plant from seedlings
     e) Grow a plant from the tops of turnips, carrots, radishes, parsnips or beets

NATURALIST BADGE  
Do any six of the following: 
1. Find different kinds of seeds that travel by "helicopter", "parachute", "sling shot", as a "hitchhiker", or by "animal express". Discuss how seeds are dispersed. 
2. With the help of an adult, dye a piece of cloth or T-shirt using plants to make the colour. 
3. Make a plaster cast or take a picture of an animal track. 
4. Show at least three different ways animals camouflage themselves. 
5. Show at least three different ways animals survive the Canadian winter. 
6. Show at least three examples of how plants and animals protect themselves from weather or predators. 
7. Take a hike through an urban community to look for nature. 
8. Observe any wild animal and report on what you learned from its behaviour. 
9. Find examples in books or real life and tell how plants and animals attract or repel others using colour and smell. 
10. Describe or draw some ways animals capture or eat food. 

OBSERVER BADGE 
Do any five of the following: 
1. Recognize, point out (from life rather than a book where possible), and describe some of the habits of six animals. 
2. Recognize, point out (from life where possible), and describe some of the habits of six birds. 
3. Recognize and imitate three bird calls. 
4. Recognize and point out from life six spring, six summer, or six autumn wild flowers. 
5. Recognize, observe and report the habits of six insects. 
6. Recognize and point out from life six trees or shrubs and describe some of their uses. 
7. Recognize and point out four features of the night sky such as stars, constellations, planets, etc. 
8. Describe the signs for different types of weather. 
9. Recognize and point out six different kinds of rocks or minerals. 
10. Recognize four different animal tracks or animal signs.

RECYCLING BADGE  
Do any three in each of the categories:
A. Reduce 
1. Look in your home or in a store for products that could be sold with less packaging. 
2. With the help of an adult, check the tire pressure in a car to see if the tires are properly inflated to improve gas consumption. 
3. Bring your own non-disposable mug and eating utensils to use at camp or bring a garbage-free lunch to school regularly. 
4. Make a list or draw how you and your family could reduce the amount of electricity used at home. 
5. Describe in writing or by drawing, how you and your family could save water when washing, cooking and doing yard work. 
6. Make a list or draw how you and your family could reduce the amount of heat needed to keep your home warm. 
B. Reuse 
1. Choose something that you currently throw away and come up with a new idea on how to reuse it safely.  
2. Explain and show new uses for old plastic containers.  
3. Explain and show new uses for old jars and cans.  
4. Make a project from old lumber or Christmas trees.  
5. Describe and show new uses for different kinds of paper, greeting cards, bags and cardboard boxes.  
6. Repair and donate old toys to somebody. 
7. With help from an adult, collect old clothes, furniture or books and donate them.  
C. Recycle  
1. Build a composter and either use it yourself or give it to a friend. 
2. Help publicize a home toxic waste collection day in your community, such as for collecting old paints, garden chemicals, oil, etc.  
3. Tell or show your pack three products that are made with recycled materials.  
4. Participate in a recycling project such as a bottle or paper drive.  
5. Visit or learn about a company or industry that is involved in recycling or collecting recyclable materials.  
6. Make a list of products that display the recycling symbol.  
7. Using old paper products, make your own recycled paper.  
8. Help organize or participate in a recycling program. 

WORLD CONSERVATION BADGE
Do any six of the following: 
1. Go on a hike in or around two different habitats such as a field, marsh, bog, woodlands, seashore, prairie or tundra. In each habitat discover the following:  
     a) What animals live there 
     b) What kinds of plants live there 
     c) What the ground or soil is like 
     d) What the sources of water are for this area. Compare the two habitats and discuss why some plants and animals five in one place and not the other 
2. Visit a habitat and discover what kinds of plants and animals are there that provide food for other animals. How does food encourage or limit what animals live in the area? 
3. Visit a habitat and discover what kinds of animal and insect homes are there. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of home you find. 
4. Visit a habitat and look for signs of water. How does water affect where and what kinds of plants and animals live there? 
5. Find out what it means to be an endangered species. Choose one endangered species and make a poster or a presentation to your pack on how it has been hurt by a lack of food, water, shelter, space or other causes. What can people do to help this endangered species survive? 
6. Do a project that improves food, water, shelter or space for wildlife. Some ideas are:  
     a) build and install bird houses or feeders 
     b) clean up a stream or creek 
     c) plant trees or shrubs that have fruit for animals to eat 
     d) remove trash or stop erosion so more; plants and animals can use the area 
7. Discuss the different kinds of soil, water and air pollution that exist. How do these forms of pollution affect your health and the environment, and what can be done to stop or limit pollution sources? 
8. While some rules for good behavior while in the outdoors and share these with your six or pack.

AWARDS

CANADIAN WILDERNESS AWARD
1. Earn the Black Star. 
2. Earn the World Conservation Badge. 
3. Earn one other Natural World related badge. 
4. Learn about and, if possible, visit a Provincial or National Park or Wilderness Area. Create a report or display that highlights the reasons why the park is there and some problems facing the park. 
5. Participate in a conservation project which improves a local park, sanctuary, refuge or other wilderness area. 
6. Help show other Cubs some aspect of nature study of your choice.