Bear Elective Adventure: Marble Madness
- Discuss with your family and den the history of marbles, such as where and when the game began. Talk about the different sizes of marbles and what they are made of and used for.
- Learn about three different marble games, and learn to play the marble game “ringer.” Learn how to keep score. Learn and follow the rules of the game. Play the game with your family, friends, or your den.
- Learn four or five words that are used when talking about marbles. Tell what each of the words means and how it relates to playing marbles. Share this information with your den.
- With the help of an adult, make a marble bag to hold marbles.
- With your den or family, make a marble obstacle course or marble golf course. Share what you create. Invite everyone to go through your course.
- Create your own game using marbles, and design rules for playing the game. Share the game you created with your den, family, or friends. Explain the rules and how to play the game.
W# ith your den or family, create a marble race track. Have at least two lanes so you can race your favorite marbles against each other.
- Make a marble maze.
Bear Elective Adventure: Roaring Laughter
- Think about what makes you laugh. Write down three things that make you laugh.
- Practice reading tongue twisters.
- Create your own short story. Remove some nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs from the story, leaving blanks. Without telling the story, have a friend insert his or her own nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the story you created.
- With a partner, play a game that makes you laugh.
- Share a few jokes with a couple of friends to make them laugh.
- Practice at least two run-ons with your den, and perform them at a pack meeting or campfire program.
Bear Elective Adventure: Robotics
- Identify six tasks performed by robots.
- Learn about some instances where a robot could be used in place of a human for work. Research one robot that does this type of work, and present what you learn to your den.
- Build a robot hand. Show how it works like a human hand and how it is different from a human hand.
- Build your own robot.
- Visit a place that uses robots.
Bear Elective Adventure: Salmon Run
- Explain the safety rules that you need to follow before participating in boating.
- Identify the equipment needed when going boating.
- Demonstrate correct rowing or paddling form. Explain how rowing and canoeing are good exercise.
- Explain the importance of response personnel or lifeguards in a swimming area.
- Show how to do both a reach rescue and a throw rescue.
- Visit a local pool or swimming area with your den or family, and go swimming.
- Demonstrate the front crawl swim stroke to your den or family.
- Name the three swimming ability groups for the Boy Scouts of America.
- Attempt to earn the BSA beginner swimmer classification.
Bear Elective Adventure: Super Science
- Make static electricity by rubbing a balloon or a plastic or rubber comb on a fleece blanket or wool sweater. Explain what you learned.
- Conduct a balloon or other static electricity investigation that demonstrates properties of static electricity. Explain what you learned.
- Conduct one other static electricity investigation. Explain what you learned.
- Do a sink-or-float investigation. Explain what you learned.
- Do a color-morphing investigation. Explain what you learned.
- Do a color-layering investigation. Explain what you learned.
Bear Elective Adventure: A World of Sound
- Make an mbira.
- Make a sistrum.
- Make a rain stick.