Activity Ideas & Info

Activity Ideas & Information

This is a collection of activity ideas and information that may be useful to scouts (and their parents) while they work on various achievement and elective requirements.

Note that many of these requirements can be met in a variety of ways and that the ideas listed are just suggestions. Also, make sure you read the achievement or elective description in the handbook to ensure that you fully cover the requirement. Some of the ideas below cover only a part of the requirements listed. You can also find details about the requirements using the links on our Advancement page.

Check here for BSA Den leader resources.

Sorted by Category

Citizenship

Flag, Pledge, & Anthem Info - *Citizen 3-6

Citizens' Rights & Responsibilities - *Citizen 7

President & Vice President, NC Governor, Raleigh Mayor - *Citizen 2

Emergency Preparedness

American Red Cross Kits - Wolf E16c, *Readyman 12, Emergency Preparedness Award(Bear 3/Webelos 3)

Ready Kids - Tiger 3F, Wolf E16a&b, Bear A11a-e, *Readyman 3 & 11, Emergency Preparedness Award (Tiger 2/Wolf 2/Bear 1)

Nature/Outdoors

Discovery Boxes - Tiger 5G, Wolf A10c, Bear A12b, Wildlife Conservation pin 1

Cooking - *Outdoorsman 8

Fire Safety - *Outdoorsman 7

BSA Leave No Trace program - *Outdoorsman 5, Leave No Trace Award

REI's PEAK program - Leave No Trace Award

Science - astronomy

Astronomy Word Puzzle - Astronomy loop 3 (too hard for younger kids)

Constellations - Bear E1a, Astronomy pin 3 & 4

Pinhole Planetarium - Bear E1b

Planetarium - Astronomy pin 7

Skywatching - Astronomy loop 1, pin 3-5

Solar System - Bear E1f, Astronomy loop 2

Stars - Astronomy pin 8

Science - physical science

Growing Crystals - *Scientist 10

Bernoulli's Principle - *Scientist 1

Newton's Laws - *Scientist 3

Miscellaneous

Boy Scout Info - *Webelos Badge 7b, *Arrow of Light 2

Charades - Bear A17b, Communicating pin 10

Chess Problems - Chess pin 4

School Interviews - *Scholar 11

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Abbreviations:

Tiger achievements are shown with "F" for Family, "D" for Den, or "G" for Go See It.

Wolf and Bear achievements are shown with an "A", the achievement number, and the letter for the part of the achievement covered (if applicable). Similarly, Wolf and Bear electives are shown with an "E" and the elective number and letter.

Webelos requirements are shown with an asterisk (*) before the name of the activity badge since some are very similar to academic/sports achievement names.

Academic/Sports achievements are shown with "loop" or "pin" and the requirement number.

Sorted by Rank & Achievement

Tiger

Family - 3

Den

Go See It - 5

Wolf

Achievements- 10c

Electives - 16a&b, 16c

Bear

Achievements - 11a-e, 12b, 17b,

Electives - 1a, 1b, 1f