Outdoor Ethics Awareness Award
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Cub Scouts and their leaders interested in learning more about outdoor ethics and Leave No Trace should begin by
exploring the Outdoor Ethics Awareness Award. The requirements are as follows:
1. Describe what the Outdoor Code means to you.
As an American, I will do my best to—
Be clean in my outdoor manners.
Be careful with fire.
Be considerate in the outdoors.
Be conservation minded.
2. Learn the Principles of Leave No Trace. “Leave No Trace” is a Center for Outdoor Ethics
and teaches people of all ages how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly.
1) Know Before You Go
2) Choose the Right Path
3) Trash Your Trash
4) Leave What You Find
5) Be careful with Fire
6) Respect Wildlife
7) Be Kind to Other Visitors
3. Learn about “Tread Lightly!” http://treadlightly.org/tlkids/ “Tread Lightly” is a scouting partner and a national
nonprofit organization with a mission to promote responsible outdoor recreation through ethics, education, and
stewardship. http://www.treadlightly.org/images/education/kidspledge1.pdf
1) Travel only on trails
2) Respect animals, plants, and people
3) Think Safety, bring a friend, and be prepared
4) Always leave the outdoors better than you found it.
5) Discover how fun the outdoors can be when you tread lightly.
4. Participate in an outdoor ethics activity facilitated by a person who has completed the BSA outdoor ethics
orientation course or is a BSA outdoor ethics trainer or master.
Suggestions for teaching to cub scouts on a hike or campout:
 Draw a picture for each principle.
 Discuss how long it takes for trash to decompose.
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 Dress for the weather and what items should go into a backpack
 Look at a map before leaving for a hike. Why do we stay on the trail? What does it mean to stay on the trail?
 Pick up litter and use latrines, not the woods
 Why don’t we feed the animals?
 Discuss why we build fires in fire pits
 Keep our volume down so that we don’t disturb others, listen to the sounds around you.
 Do a “sight and sound” scavenger hunt rather than collecting items.
 Tread Lightly Coloring and Activity Pages http://www.treadlightly.org/images/education/lightfootcoloringbook.pdf
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Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award
Tiger Cubs, Wolf and Bear Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts have the opportunity to earn the Cub Scout
Outdoor Activity Award. Boys may earn the award in each of the program years as long as the requirements
are completed each year. The first time the award is earned, the boy will receive the pocket flap award, which
is to be worn on the right pocket flap of the uniform shirt. Each successive time the award is earned, a wolf
track pin may be added to the flap. Leaders should encourage boys to build on skills and experiences from
previous years when working on the award for a successive year.
Requirements
All Ranks
Attend Cub Scout day camp or Cub Scout/Webelos Scout resident camp.
Rank-Specific
Tiger Cubs: Complete one requirement in Achievement 5, "Let's Go Outdoors" (Tiger Cub Handbook) and
complete three of the outdoor activities listed below.
Wolf Cub Scouts: Assemble the "Six Essentials for Going Outdoors" (Wolf Handbook, Elective 23b) and
discuss their purpose, and complete four of the outdoor activities listed below.
Bear Cub Scouts: Earn the Cub Scout Leave No Trace Award (Bear Handbook, Elective 25h) and compete
five of the outdoor activities listed below.
Webelos Scouts: Earn the Outdoorsman Activity Badge (Webelos Handbook) and complete six of the outdoor
activities listed below.
Outdoor Activities
With your den, pack, or family:
1. Participate in a nature hike in your local area. This can be on an organized, marked trail, or just a hike to
observe nature in your area.
2. Participate in an outdoor activity such as a picnic or park fun day.
3. Explain the buddy system and tell what to do if lost. Explain the importance of cooperation.
4. Attend a pack overnighter. Be responsible by being prepared for the event.
5. Complete an outdoor service project in your community.
6. Complete a nature/conservation project in your area. This project should involve improving, beautifying, or
supporting natural habitats. Discuss how this project helped you to respect nature.
7. Earn the Summertime Pack Award.
8. Participate in a nature observation activity. Describe or illustrate and display your observations at a den or
pack meeting.
9. Participate in an outdoor aquatic activity. This can be an organized swim meet or just a den or pack swim.
10. Participate in an outdoor campfire program. Perform in a skit, sing a song, or take part in a ceremony.
11. Participate in an outdoor sporting event.
12. Participate in an outdoor Scout's Own or other worship service.
13. Explore a local city, county, state, or national park. Discuss with your den how a good citizen obeys the park
rules.
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World Conservation Award
The World Conservation Award provides an opportunity for individual Wolf Cub Scouts,
Bear Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Varsity Scouts and Venturers to
"think globally" and "act locally" to preserve and improve our environment. This program
is designed to make youth members aware that all nations are closely related through
natural resources, and that we are interdependent with our world environment.
Wolf Cub Requirements
 Complete Wolf Cub Achievement 7.
 Complete all Arrow Points in two of the following three electives:
 13. Birds
 15. Grow Something
 19. Fishing
 Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
Bear Cub Requirements
 Complete Bear Cub Achievement 5.
 Complete all requirements in two of the following three electives:
 2. Weather
 12. Nature Crafts
 15. Water and Soil Conservation
 Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
Webelos Requirements
 Earn the Forrester activity badge.
 Earn the Naturalist activity badge.
 Earn the Outdoorsman activity badge.
 Participate in a den or pack conservation project.
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Conservation Good Turn
Since 1910, conservation has been an integral part of the program of the Boy Scouts of America.
The BSA has been a positive force in conservation and environmental efforts. Scouts have
rendered distinguished public service by helping to conserve wildlife, energy, forests, soil, and
water. Scouts of today have grown up hearing words such as ecosystem, biodiversity, and climate
change. They recognize the need for, and the benefits of, conserving natural resources. Scouts
understand that we all must work together for the betterment of the land, forests, wildlife, air, and
water. Much has been accomplished in recent years by individual Scouts and through unit
conservation Good Turns. Much more needs to be done.
Support Your Local Conservationists
The Conservation Good Turn is an opportunity for Cub Scout packs to join with conservation or environmental
organizations (federal, state, local, or private) to carry out a conservation Good Turn in their home communities.
 The Scouting unit contacts a conservation agency and offers to carry out a Good Turn project.
 The agency identifies a worthwhile and needed project that the unit can accomplish.
 Working together in the local community, the unit and the agency plan the details and establish the date, time, and
location for carrying out the project.
Participating Agencies
Many federal agencies are resources for the BSA's Conservation Good Turn. These agencies include
 U.S. Department of Agriculture
 National Park Service
 Natural Resources Conservation Service
 Geological Survey
 Forest Service
 Bureau of Indian Affairs
 Cooperative State Research, Education, and
 Bureau of Reclamation
Extension Service
 U.S. Department of Commerce
 U.S. Department of the Interior
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 Fish and Wildlife Service
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 Bureau of Land Management
Project Ideas
Conservation and environmental agencies typically have a backlog of needed projects that they have been unable to carry
out for lack of funding or volunteers. The list of possible Good Turn projects is limited only by the needs of the agency and
the willingness of the Scouting unit. In every community, worthwhile projects await all Scouting units.
Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts
Cub Scouting conservation projects should involve the entire Cub Scout pack, each den, adult leaders, and family
members. Hands-on projects help Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts realize that everyone can do things to care for the
environment. Suggested projects include, but are not limited to
 Plant grasses, trees, shrubs, and ground cover to stop soil erosion.
 As a den or pack, adopt a park. Remove litter and garbage from a favorite neighborhood recreation area or park.
 Organize or participate in a recycling program in your neighborhood, or visit a recycling center.
 Arrange a natural resources awareness program. Invite natural resource professionals such as wildlife biologists, soil
conservationists, foresters, or conservation officers to speak to your pack.
 Participate in a beach or waterfront cleanup. Record the items collected and determine the possible harmful effects to
wildlife. With youth participation, develop a plan to educate the public about the dangers posed to wildlife.
 From a local, state, or national organization that is concerned about environmental protection, obtain suggestions for
den and pack projects to improve the environment.
 As a den or pack, visit a public utility to learn about the wise use of resources, and become involved in programs
offered by utilities to help consumers conserve resources.
 Contact the camp ranger or BSA local council property superintendent for information about camp needs and plans.
Establish a nature trail, plant vegetation, or carry out other needed projects as requested by the camp ranger.
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National Summertime Pack Award
A pack can qualify for the National Summertime Pack Award by planning and conducting three pack
activities - one each in June, July, and August. This award can be an incentive for greater attendance at
your summer pack activities.
Individual scouts that participate in all three pack events can receive the National Summertime Pack Award
pin.
Overview
To encourage a pack to be active when school is out for the
summer, by doing one activity per month in June, July, and
August.
Who Can Earn This Award?
Earned by cub scouts who take part in all three events.
How To Get the Award
Return completed form to council office. Pins can be purchased from the Scout Shop.
Uniform Placement
The pin is worn on the right pocket flap of uniform.
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Outdoor Achievements and Electives
Tiger Cubs:
Achievement 5) Let's Go Outdoors
a) Go outside and watch the weather.
b) With a crayon or colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing.
c) Take a hike with your den.
22) Picnic Fun - With your family or with your den, have a picnic.
29) Safety in the Sun - Talk with your adult partner about when you should use sunscreen. Find out whether
you have any in your home and where it is kept. With your adult partner, look at a container of sunscreen and
find out whether it still protects you when you are wet. Also find out how long you are protected before you
have to put on more. Look for the expiration date and make sure the sunscreen is not too old.
30) Plant a Seed - Plant a seed, pit, or greens from something you have eaten.
31) Learn about Animals - Learn about an animal.
32) Feed the Birds - Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors.
33) Cleanup Treasure Hunt - With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt.
34) Conservation - With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity and do it for one
week.
35) Fun Outdoors - Play a game outdoors with your family or den.
37) Take a Bicycle Ride - Take a bicycle ride with your adult partner.
40) Fun in the Water - Together with your adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity on water.
42) Fun at the Zoo - Visit a zoo or aquarium.
Wolf Cub Scouts:
Achievement 1) Feats of Skill
a. Play catch with someone 10 steps away.
b. Walk a line back and forth. Do a front roll.
c. Do a back roll.
d. Do a falling forward roll.
f. See how high you can jump.
g. Elephant walk, frog leap, and crab walk.
h. Using a basic swim stroke, swim 25 feet.
i.
Tread water for 15 seconds or as long as
you can. Do your best.
j. Using a basketball, do a chest pass, bounce
pass, and overhand pass.
k. Do a frog stand.
l. Run or jog in place for 5 minutes.
Achievement 2) Your Flag
a)
b)
c)
d)
Give the Pledge of Allegiance
Learn how to raise a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony
Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony
With the help of another person, fold the U.S. flag
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Achievement 7) Your Living World
a) With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood. Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs
and cuts from sharp objects.
Achievement 8) Cooking and Eating
e) With an adult, help to plan, prepare, and cook an outdoor meal.
Achievement 10) Family Fun
b) Plan a walk. Go to a park or wooded area, or visit a zoo.
2) Be an Actor – Put on a skit
4) Play a Game – Play a wide-area or large group game with your den or pack.
5) Spare Time Fun – Fly a kite, make a model boat or airplane
7) Food Power – Stilts, Puddle Jumpers, and Foot Racers
11) Sing-along – Sing three Cub Scout songs
13) Birds – Make a list of birds you see, put out nesting materials
15) Grow Something – Plant a garden, Visit the arboretum
17) Tie it Right – Overhand knot, square knot, wrap the ends of a rope
18) Outdoor Adventure – picnic, den outing, treasure hunt, obstacle race, adventure trail, poisonous plants
19) Fishing – rig a pole, go fishing, know the rules
20) Sports – tennis, badminton, boating, archery, ice skating, sprint, long jump, flag football, soccer, baseball,
bb guns, 4 outdoor physical fitness activities.
23) Let’s Go Camping – overnight campout, how to take care of yourself, what to do if lost, buddy system, day
camp, participate in a camp fire skit, outdoor worship service.
Bear Cub Scouts:
Achievement 3) What Makes America Special?
a) Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony
b) Participate in an outdoor flag ceremony
Achievement 5) Sharing Your World with Wildlife
a) Build a bird feeder or birdhouse and hang it in a place where birds can visit safely.
b) Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does.
c) Visit a zoo, nature center, aviary, wildlife refuge, or game preserve.
Achievement 6) Take Care of Your Planet
a) Plant a tree
b) Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up project
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Achievement 9) What’s Cooking?
a) Make snacks
b) Make trail food for a hike
c) With an adult, cook something outdoors.
Achievement 12) Family Outdoor Adventure
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Go camping
Go on a hike
Have a picnic
Attend an outdoor event
Plan your outdoor family day
Achievement 14) Ride Right
a) Bike Safety
b) Change a tire on a bike
c) Plan and take a family bike hike
Achievement 15) Games, games, games
a) Play two outdoor games – backyard golf, badminton, croquet, shuffleboard, kickball, softball, tetherball,
horseshoes, volleyball
b) Play two organized games with your den
c) Select a game that your den has never played and teach it.
Achievement 16) Building Muscles
a) Stretching, curl ups, push-ups, long jump, and softball throw.
b) Two-person contests
c) Relay Races
Achievement 19) Shavings and chips
a) Knife safety
b) Make a carving
c) Earn the whittling chip
Achievement 22) Tying it all Up
a) Whip the ends of a rope
b) Knots: square, bowline, sheet bend, two half hitches, and slip knot
c) Coil a rope and throw it.
Achievement 23) Sports, Sports, Sports
a)
b)
c)
d)
Learn about three team sports
Learn about two sports with one person on each team
Take part in one individual and one team sport.
Attend a sporting event
1) Space – Identify constellations and North Star
2) Weather – Identify Clouds
5) Boats – Rig and sail a real boat, repair a boat or canoe, repair a dock, row a boat.
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9) Art – Draw or paint an outdoor location
11) Photography – Take pictures in sunlight
12) Nature Crafts – solar prints, eraser print animal tracks, press leaves, waterscope, rocks, minerals, shells
14) Landscaping – Take care of lawn or garden, take part in a project to make the outdoors beautiful, grow
twenty plants from seed.
15) Water and Soil Conservation – Describe different layers of soil, conduct a soil experiment, visit a
conservation area, discuss erosion, visit a lake, stream or river.
16) Farm Animals – Visit a livestock exhibit or fair.
18) Backyard Gym – Balance board, tire walk, tetherball, long jump, 3 outdoor toss games
19) Swimming
20) Sports – Archery, Skiing, Ice Skating, Track
25) Let’s Go Camping – Essential items, go on a hike, buddy system, campfire skit, overnight campout,
outdoor worship service, day camp, resident camp, leave no trace.
Webelos Scouts:
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Discuss the Outdoor Code
Den Overnighter
Boy Scout Outdoor Activity
Aquanaut – Swimming
Athlete – Curl-ups, Pull-ups, Push-ups, long jumps, quarter-mile run or walk, vertical jump, 50 yard dash, ride a
bike, swim a quarter mile.
Sportsman – Bicycling, Fishing, Golf, Ice skating, skiing, swimming, tennis, baseball, soccer, softball,
volleyball, flat football, ultimate.
Artist – Draw or paint a picture out-of-doors
Showman – Sing a song outdoors
Handyman – wash a car, change a tire, repair a bike, take care of the lawn, clean and store hand tools
Forester – Plant 20 forest tree seedlings, discuss photosynthesis and a forest ecosystem.
Geologist – Take a field trip to a geological site.
Naturalist – Insect zoo, nature center, zoo, watch for birds, poisonous plants, watch wild animals, aquatic
ecosystems, clean up litter.
Outdoorsman – campfire skit, camp, pitch a tent, Leave No Trace, conservation project, fire safety, cook a
meal outdoors, what to take on a hike, whip ends of a rope, two half hitches and a taut-line hitch, square knot,
visit a boy scout camp.
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