Champions for Nature Tiger Tiger Adventure
- Adventure name: Champions for Nature Tiger
- Rank: Tiger
- Type: Elective
- Category:
Overview
As part of the World Organization of the Scouting Movement, this program is part of a global effort to teach youth about the conservation of natural resources. This includes participating in a service project. Prior to any activity, use Scouting America SAFE Checklist to ensure the safety of all those involved. All participants in official Scouting America activities should become familiar with the Guide to Safe Scouting and applicable program literature or manuals.
Requirements
Requirement 1
Discover the difference between renewable natural resources and non-renewable natural resources.
Activities:
- Identify Renewable and Non-renewable (Indoor, energy 2, supplies 2, prep 2) Identify pictures of items that are renewable resources and non-renewable resources.
- Renewable Resource Walk (Outdoor, energy 4, supplies 2, prep 2) Walk outside and point out items that are made from or use renewable resources and things that are made from or use non-renewable resources.
- Renewable Show and Tell (Indoor, energy 2, supplies 4, prep 3) Cub Scouts bring everyday items from home and the den will sort them as made from renewable or non-renewable resources.
Requirement 2
Learn about the 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Activities:
- Reduce, Reuse, or Recycle? (Indoor, energy 2, supplies 2, prep 2) Play a guessing game of items that can be recycled, reused, or reduced.
- Solar Powered S’more Oven (Outdoor, energy 3, supplies 3, prep 2) Reduce the use of electricity by making a solar powered oven
- The 3 R’s of Our Den Meeting Space (Indoor, energy 3, supplies 1, prep 1) Take a walk around your den meeting location and point out what items can be recycled, reused, and/or reduced.
Requirement 3
Discover what happens to the garbage in your community
Activities:
- Den Outing to Waste Management (Travel, energy 2, supplies 1, prep 5) Den outing to a waste management facility
- The Journey of a Piece of Garbage (Indoor, energy 3, supplies 2, prep 2) Cub Scouts will learn about the journey a piece of garbage takes and then act it out in a skit.
Requirement 4
Participate in a conservation project.
Activities:
- Clean Waterways (Outdoor, energy 4, supplies 3, prep 5) In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Conservation Good Turn for America, Scouting America is joining the nationwide initiative aimed at addressing the critical issue of waterway and marine debris, “aquatic trash”, offering Scouts the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the health of our waterways and ecosystems.
- Clothing Drive – Reuse (Indoor, energy 3, supplies 2, prep 4) Conduct a clothing drive for a local charity.
- Plant It and the Butterflies will Come (Outdoor, energy 4, supplies 4, prep 5) Plant a butterfly garden.
- Plastic Bottle Planter – Reuse (Indoor, energy 3, supplies 2, prep 2) Turn a plastic bottle into an indoor planter.
Resources
Note: This is an unofficial archive of Cub Scout Adventures that was automatically extracted from the Scouting America website and may contain errors.