THE WOLF ELECTIVES
WOLF ELECTIVE MENU
- It's a Secret
- Be an Actor
- Make it Yourself
- Play a Game
- Spare Time Fun
- Books, Books, Books
- Foot Power
- Machine Power
- Let's Have a Party
- American Indian Lore
- Sing-Along
- Be An Artist
- Birds
- Pets
- Grow Something
- Family Alert
- Tie It Right
- Outdoor Adventure
- Fishing
- Sports
- Computers
- Say It Right
- Lets Go Camping
BE AN ARTIST (Wolf Handbook, Page 168)
- Make a freehand sketch of a person place, or thing.
- Tell a story in three steps by drawing three cartoons.
- Mix yellow and blue paints, mix yellow and red, and mix red and
blue. Tell what color you get from each mixture.
- Help draw, paint, or color some scenery for a skit, play, or
puppet show.
- Make a stencil pattern.
- Make a poster for a Cub Scout project or a pack meeting.
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BIRDS (Wolf Handbook, Page 174)
This elective is also part of the World Conservation Award.
- Make a list of all the birds you saw in a week and tell where you
saw them (field, forest, marsh, yard, or park).
- Put out nesting material (short pieces of yarn and string) for
birds and tell which birds might use it.
- Read a book about birds.
- Point out 10 different kinds of birds (5 may be from pictures).
- Feed wild birds and tell which birds you fed.
- Put out a birdhouse and tell which birds use it.
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PETS (Wolf Handbook, Page 178)
- Take care of a pet.
- Know what to do when you meet a strange dog.
- Read a book about a pet and tell about it at a den meeting.
- Tell what is meant by rabid. Name some animals that
can have rabies. Tell what you should do if you see a dog
or wild animal that is behaving strangely. Tell what you
should do if you find a dead animal.
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GROW SOMETHING (Wolf Handbook, Page 184)
This elective is also part of the Cub Scout World Conservation Award
- Plant and raise a box garden.
- Plant and raise a flower bed.
- Grow a plant indoors.
- Plant and raise vegetables.
- Visit a botanical garden or other agricultural exhibition in your
area.
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FAMILY ALERT (Wolf Handbook, Page 188)
- Talk with your family about what you will do in an emergency.
- In case of a bad storm or flood, know where you can get safe food
and water in your home. Tell how to purify water. Show one way. Know
where and how to shut off water, electricity, gas, or oil.
- Make a list of your first aid supplies, or make a first aid kit.
Know where the first aid things are kept.
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TIE IT RIGHT (Wolf Handbook, Page 190)
- Learn to tie an overhand knot and a square knot.
- Tie your shoelaces with a square bow knot.
- Wrap and tie a package so that it is neat and tight.
- Tie a stack of newspapers the right way.
- Tie two cords together with an overhand knot.
- Learn to tie a necktie.
- Wrap the end of a rope with tape to keep it from unwinding.
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OUTDOOR ADVENTURE (Wolf Handbook, Page 196)
- Help plan and hold a picnic with your family or den.
- With an adult, help plan and run a family or den outing.
- Help plan and lay out a treasure hunt something like this.
- Help plan and lay out an obstacle race.
Use this idea or make up your own.
- Help plan and lay out an adventure trail.
- Take part in two summertime pack events with your den.
- Point out poisonous plants. Tell what to do if you accidentally
touch one of them.
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FISHING (Wolf Handbook, Page 200)
This elective is also part of the Cub Scout World Conservation Award
- Identify five different kinds of fish.
- Rig a pole with the right kind of line and hook. Attach a bobber
and sinker, if you need them. Then go fishing.
- Fish with members of your family or an adult. Bait your hook and
do your best to catch a fish.
- Know the rules of safe fishing.
- Tell about some of the fishing laws where you live.
- Show how to use a rod and reel.
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SPORTS (Wolf Handbook, Page 204)
- Play a game of tennis, table tennis, or badminton.
- Know boating safety rules.
- Earn the Cub Scouting shooting sports Archery belt loop.
- Understand the safety and courtesy code for skiing. Show walking
and the kick turn. Do climbing with a side stop or herringbone. Show
the snowplow or stem turn, and how to get up from a fall.
- Know the safety rules for ice skating. Skate, without falling, as
far as you can walk in 50 steps. Come to a stop. Turn from forward to
backward.
- In roller skating, know the safety rules. From a standing start,
skate forward as far as you can walk in 50 steps. Come to a stop
within 10 walking steps. Skate around a corner one way without
coasting. Then do the same coming back. Turn from forward to backward.
- Go bowling.
- Show how to make a sprint start in track. See how far you can run
in 10 seconds.
- Do a standing long jump. Jump as far as you can.
- Play a game of flag football.
- Show how to dribble and kick a soccer ball. Take part in a
game.
- Play a game of baseball or softball.
- Show how to shoot, pass, and dribble a basketball. Take part in a
game.
- Earn the Cub Scouting shooting sports BB-gun shooting belt loop.
- With your den, participate in four outdoor physical
fitness-related activities.
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COMPUTERS (Wolf Handbook, Page 216)
- Visit a business where computers are used. Find out what
the computers do.
- Explain what a computer program does. Use a program to write
a report for school, to write a letter, or for something else.
- Tell what a computer mouse is. Describe how a CD-ROM is
used.
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SAY IT RIGHT (Wolf Handbook, Page 218)
- Say "hello" in a language other than English.
(Examples given in book.)
- Count to ten in a language other than English.
- Tell a short story to your den, your den leader, or an adult.
- Tell how to get to a nearby fire station or police station from
your home, your den meeting place, and school. Use directions and
street names.
- Invite a boy to join Cub Scouting or help a new Cub Scout through
the Bobcat trail.
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LET'S GO CAMPING
(Wolf Handbook, Page 222)
- Participate with your pack on an overnight campout.
- Explain the basics of how to take care of yourself in the
outdoors.
- Tell what to do if you get lost.
- Explain the buddy system.
- Attend day camp in your area.
- Attend resident camp in your area.
- Participate with your den at a campfire in front of your pack.
- With your den or pack or family, participate in a worship service
outdoors.
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