DEN 4 SCHEDULE

Webelos 2008-2010

09/04/08*         Athlete Activity Badge

• CC Perseverance - Know
  
• Review the requirements and decide which ones might be more difficult for you to do. Make a plan to complete one of the harder requirements.
• CC Perseverance - Commit
  
• When doing the harder requirement, did you ever feel frustrated or angry? What did perseverance have to do with that? Name another type of task for which you will need to persevere.
• CC Perseverance - Practice
• Practice perseverance by following your plan to do that requirement for the Athlete activity badge.
  
• Explain what it means to be physically and mentally healthy.
• Explain what you as a Webelos Scout can do to stay physically and mentally healthy.
• Every time you work on requirement 5 below, start with at  least 5 minutes of stretching warm-up activities.
• Do as many as you can of the following and record your results.
  - Show improvement in all of the activities after 30 days.
  - Have another person hold your feet down while you do as many
        curl-ups as you can.
  - Do as many pull-ups from a bar as you can.
  - Do as many push-ups from the ground or floor as you can.
  - Do a standing long jump as far as you can.
  - Do a quarter-mile run or walk.
• Do a vertical jump and improve your reach in 30 days.
• Do a 50 yard dash as fast as you can, and show a decrease in time over a 30 day period.

9/11/2008*      Fitness Activity Badge

• CC Health & Fitness - Know
• Tell why it is important to be healthy, clean, and fit.
  
• CC Health & Fitness - Commit
• Tell when it is difficult for you to stick with good health habits. Tell where you can go to be with others who encourage you to be healthy, clean, and fit.
  
• CC Health & Fitness - Practice
• Practice good health habits while doing the requirements for this activity badge.
  
• With a parent or other adult family member complete a safety notebook, which is discussed in the booklet  "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse " that comes with the Webelos handbook.
• Keep a record of your daily meals and snacks for a week.  Decide whether you have been eating foods that are good for you.
• Tell an adult member of your family about the bad effects smoking or chewing tobacco would have on your body.
• Tell an adult member of your family four reasons why you should not use alcohol and how it could affect you.
• Tell an adult member of your family what drugs could do to your body and how they would affect your ability to think clearly.
• Hand out 'Choose to Refuse' Booklet!

09/18/08          PACK MEETING - Fundraiser       

09/25/08         Fitness Activity Badge

• Share the results of your safety notebook, which is discussed in the booklet  "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse " that comes with the Webelos handbook.
• Share the results of recorded meals and snacks.
• Show that you have read the booklet "Choose to Refuse!" and discussed it with an adult and that you understand the material.

10/02/08          Athlete Activity Badge

• Every time you work on requirement 5 below, start with at  least 5 minutes of stretching warm-up activities.
• Do as many as you can of the following and record your results.
  - Show improvement in all of the activities after 30 days.
  - Have another person hold your feet down while you do as many
        curl-ups as you can.
  - Do as many pull-ups from a bar as you can.
  - Do as many push-ups from the ground or floor as you can.
  - Do a standing long jump as far as you can.
  - Do a quarter-mile run or walk.
• Do a vertical jump and improve your reach in 30 days.
• Do a 50 yard dash as fast as you can, and show a decrease in time over a 30 day period

10/09/08*          Webelos Badge Requirements                    

• Explain meaning of Webelos badge      
• Explain parts of Webelos uniform         
• Demonstrate Scout Salute        
• Demonstrate Scout Sign           
• Demonstrate Scout Handshake
• Explain Scout Oath      
• Explain Scout Law       
• Explain Scout Slogan   
• Explain Scout Motto    
• Explain & Follow Outdoor Code         

10/23/2008*    Citizen Activity Badge          Denner:     Ben                      

• CC Citizen - Know 
  
• List some of your rights as a citizen of the United States of America. Tell ways you can show respect for the rights of others.                          
• CC Citizen - Commit   
  
• Name some ways a boy your age can be a good citizen. Tell how you plan to be a good citizen and how you plan to influence others to be good citizens.                       
• CC Citizen - Practice    
  
• Choose one of the requirements for this activity badge that helps you be a good citizen. Complete the requirement and tell why completing it helped you be a good citizen.                 
• Know the names of the President and Vice-President of the United States, elected Governor of your state and the head of your local government.                      
• Describe the flag of the United States and give a short history of it. With another Webelos Scout helping you, show how to hoist and lower the flag, how to hang it horizontally and vertically on a wall, and how to fold it. Tell how to retire a worn or tattered flag properly.                         
• Explain why you should respect your country's flag. Tell some of the special days we fly it. Tell when to salute the flag and show how to do it.                                   
• Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance from memory. Explain its meaning in your own words.                         
• Tell how our National Anthem was written.                                 
• Explain the rights and duties of a citizen of the United States. Explain what a citizen should do to save our natural resources.      
  
• Citizenship beltloop                              
• Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.       

• Choose one of these topics and prepare a report to the Den on it:
  

• Tell about two things you can do that will help law enforcement agencies.
• Write a short story of not less than 50 words about a former U.S. president or some other great American. Give a report on this to your Webelos den.
• Tell about another boy you think is a good citizen. Tell what he does that makes you think he is a good citizen.
• List the names of three people you think are good citizens. (They can be from any country.) Tell why you chose each of them.
• Tell why we have laws. Tell why you think it is important to obey the law. Tell about three laws you obeyed this week.
• Tell why we have government. Explain some ways your family helps pay for government.
• List four ways in which your country helps or works with other nations.

10/30/08     Citizen Activity Badge          Denner:     Ben                                              

• Elective (reports)                                 
• Citizenship beltloop                              
• Make a poster showing things that you can do to be a good citizen.            
  

11/01/08     Popcorn Pick up          
 

11/06/08         Traveler Activity Badge          Denner:     Bryson  

• On a road map of your area, find a place of interest, and draw two different routes between it and your home. Use the map legend to determine which route is shorter in miles.  
• Get a map or timetable from a railroad, bus line, airline, subway, or light rail. The line should serve the place where you live or near where you live. Look up some places it goes.     
• Look at a map legend on a road map of your area. Learn what the symbols mean. Show your den members what you have learned.         
• Map & Compass Beltloop       
• Show how to orient a map. Find three landmarks on the map    
• Explain how a compass works.
• Draw a map of your neighborhood. Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that you often visit.    
• Geography Beltloop     
• Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
• Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the major landforms within 100 miles. 
• Use a world globe or map to locate the continents, the oceans, the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres. Learn how longitude and latitude lines are used to locate a site.                                          

11/07/08          Float Decorating - 6:30 pm - 6703 Wentworth

11/08/08          VETERAN'S DAY PARADE   

11/08/08          Scout Night at WTAMU Football
                       

11/13/08*         Traveler Activity Badge          Denner:     Bryson  

• On a road map of your area, find a place of interest, and draw two different routes between it and your home. Use the map legend to determine which route is shorter in miles.  
• Get a map or timetable from a railroad, bus line, airline, subway, or light rail. The line should serve the place where you live or near where you live. Look up some places it goes.     
• Look at a map legend on a road map of your area. Learn what the symbols mean. Show your den members what you have learned.         
• Map & Compass Beltloop       
• Show how to orient a map. Find three landmarks on the map    
• Explain how a compass works.
• Draw a map of your neighborhood. Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that you often visit.    
• Geography Beltloop     
• Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
• Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the major landforms within 100 miles.  
• Use a world globe or map to locate the continents, the oceans, the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres. Learn how longitude and latitude lines are used to locate a site.                  

11/20/08          PACK MEETING - Eveline Rivers                                    

11/27/08          HOLIDAY  

12/04/08          Readyman Activity Badge          Denner:     Joshua                       

• CC Courage - Know 
  
•  Define the importance of each courage step: Be strong; Be calm; Be clear; Be careful. Explain how memorizing the courage steps helps you to be ready.
• CC Courage - Commit
• Explain why it is hard to follow the courage steps in an emergency. Tell when you can use the courage steps in other situations (such as standing up to a bully, avoiding fights, being fair, not stealing or cheating when tempted, etc.).  
• CC Courage - Practice
• Act out one of the requirements using these courage steps: Be strong; Be calm; Be clear; Be careful. 
• Explain what first aid is. Tell what you should do after an accident.
• Explain how you can get help quickly if there is an emergency in your home. Make a "help list" of people or agencies that can help you if you need it. Post it near a phone or another place with easy access.         
• Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.          
• Show what to do for these "hurry cases":
  - Serious bleeding
  - Stopped breathing
  - Internal poisoning
  - Heart attack
• Show how to treat shock.
• Show first aid for the following:
  - Cuts and scratches
  - Burns and scalds
  - Choking
  - Blisters on the hand and foot
  - Tick bites
  - Bites and stings of insects other than ticks
  - Poisonous snakebite
  - Nosebleed
  - Frostbite
  - Sunburn 
• Tell what steps must be taken for a safe swim with your Webelos den, pack, family, or other group. Explain the reasons for the buddy system.         
• Explain how to use each item in a first aid kit.
• Tell where accidents are most likely to happen inside and around your home.                                               

12/11/08*          Craftsman Activity Badge          Denner:     Michael                     

• Make four useful items using materials other than wood that you and your Webelos den leader agree on, such as clay, plastic, leather, metal, paper, rubber, or rope. These should be challenging items and must involve several operations.

12/18/08          PACK MEETING - Caroling                      

12/25/08          HOLIDAY                 

01/01/09          HOLIDAY                 

01/08/09*          Scholar Activity Badge          Denner:    

• CC Positive Attitude - Know 
  
• Discuss with your parent, guardian, or your Webelos den leader, what it means to have a positive attitude and the "BEST" steps you can take to have a positive attitude. (Believe it can happen, Expect success, Set your mind, and Try, try, try.
• CC Positive Attitude - Commit
• Plan with your parent, guardian, or your Webelos den leader, how you will apply the "BEST" steps for a positive attitude in doing your school-work and in other areas of your life. 
• CC Positive Attitude - Practice
• Do your "BEST" to have a cheerful and positive attitude while doing the requirements for this activity badge. 
• Make a chart showing how your school system is run.      
• Ask a parent and five other grown-ups these questions:  (homework)
  - What do you think are the best things about my school?
  - What are its main problems?
  Tell what you think were the best answers and why? 

• List and explain some of the full-time positions in the field of education. 
  
• Chess beltloop
  
  •    Identify the chess pieces and set up a chess board for play.
  •    Demonstrate the moves of each chess piece to your den leader or adult partner.
  •    Play a game of chess.       

01/16/09          Derby Set-up - Windsor 6:30 pm        

01/17/09          Pinewood Derby - 8:30 am - Windsor              

01/22/09          CANCELLED

01/29/09         Showman Activity Badge  - Puppets       Denner:     Colton

Choose 3 Activities:

1. Write a puppet play about one of your Webelos den activities or a subject of your choice.
2. Make a set of puppets or marionettes for the play you have written or for another play.
3. Build a simple stage for marionettes or puppets.
4. Alone or with the help of others, put on a puppet show for your den or pack.
5. Make a set of four paper bag puppets for a singing group. With the help of three other den members, sing a song with the puppets as the performers.
6. There are sock, stick and finger puppets. There are paper bag puppets and marionettes. Explain their differences and show any puppets you have made for this badge.

02/05/09         Showman Activity Badge  - Music          Denner:     Colton

   Choose 3 Activities:

1. Play four tunes on any band or orchestra instrument. Read these from music.
2. Sing one song indoors and one song outdoors, either alone or with a group. Tell what you need to do differently when singing outdoors.
3. Make a collection of three or more records, tapes, or music CDs. Tell what you like about each one.
4. Tell what folk music is. Hum, sing, or play a folk tune on a musical instrument.
5. Name three American composers. Name a famous work by each.
6. Draw a staff. Draw on it a clef, sharp, flat, natural, note, and rest. Tell what each is used for.
7. Show the difference between 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time by beating time or playing an instrument.
8. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Music.

1. Explain why music is an important part of our culture.
2. Pick a song with at least two verses and learn it by heart.
3. Listen to four different types of music either recorded or live.

02/12/09*         Showman Activity Badge  - Drama         Denner:     Colton

          Choose 3 Activities:

1. Give a monologue (a talk) on a patriotic, humorous, or holiday subject, or another subject of your choice.  
2. Attend a play. Describe the story. Tell what you liked about it.
3. Read a play. Make a model stage setting for one of the acts.
4. Write, put on, and take part in a one-act play.
5. Make a list of stage directions. Tell what they mean.
6. Describe a theater-in-the-round. What are its good and bad points?
7. Explain the difference between a grand opera and a light opera.  Explain the difference between a musical and a play.
8. Read about William Shakespeare. Draw a picture of his Globe Theater.        

02/19/09          PACK MEETING - Blue & Gold (American ABC's) - Pot Luck Dinner  - 6:30 Windsor 
                         

02/26/09      Artist Activity Badge          Denner:     Luke                                  

• Talk to an artist in your area or to your art teacher about the different occupations in the art field. Make a list of them.                     
• Create a scrapbook (portfolio) of your Artist activity badge projects and show it to your den leader.             
• List the primary and secondary colors. Explain what happens when you combine colors.             
• Art Beltloop                
• Make a list of common materials used to create visual art compositions.            
• Demonstrate how six of the following elements of design are used in a drawing:  lines, circles, dots, shapes, colors, patterns, textures, space, balance, or perspective.            
• Identify the three primary colors and the three secondary colors that can be made by mixing them. Show how this is done using paints or markers. Use the primary and secondary colors to create a painting.                   

03/05/09*       Artist Activity Badge          CANCELLED                                  

• Draw a profile of a member of your family.            
• Use clay to sculpt a simple object.            
• Make a mobile, using your choice of materials.            

04/2/09            SCOUTING FOR FOOD - Pass out Fliers - 3pm - Windsor

04/02/09          Craftsman Activity Badge          Denner:     Michael                     

• Explain how to safely handle the tools that you will use for this activity badge safely.                 
• Make a display stand, or box to be used to display a model or an award. Or make a frame for a photo or painting. Use suitable material.

04/09/09*         Craftsman Activity Badge          Denner:     Michael              

• Explain how to safely handle the tools that you will use for this activity badge safely.                 
• With adult supervision and using hand tools, construct two different wooden objects you and your Webelos den leader agree on. Use a coping saw or jigsaw for these projects. Put them together with glue, nails, or screws. Paint or stain them.   

04/16/09          PACK MEETING - Ice Cream Social                     

04/23/09          Forester Activity Badge          Denner:     Tony                  

• Draw a picture showing:
  - how water and minerals in the soil help a tree grow
  - how the tree uses sunlight to help it grow   
• Make a poster showing a tree's growth rings or examine the growth rings of a tree stump. Explain how the rings tell its life history.          
• Describe both the benefits and the harm wildfires can cause in a forest ecosystem. Tell how you can prevent wildfire.         

04/30/09          Forester Activity Badge          Denner:     Tony                  

• Identify six forest trees common to the area where you live. Tell how both wildlife and humans use them (If you don't live in a region that has forests, read about one type of forest and name six of its trees and their uses).   
• Identify six forest plants (other than trees) that are useful to wildlife. Tell which animals use them and for what purposes.
  

05/07/09*       Sportsman Activity Badge      Denner:     Trey 

• Show the signals used by officials in one of these sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer, or hockey.
• Explain what good sportsmanship means.
• Choose Beltloop(s) to earn for this Badge (2 Team Sports and 2 Individual Sports)       

05/09/09          BI-DISTRICT FISHING DERBY   9 am - 1 pm SE park in Canyon             

06/20/09        Service Project - High Plains Food Bank - 815 Ross - 10:00 am  

June 26-28      WEBELOS CAMP     

08/22/09        Bowling Tournament - WTAMU Activities Center - Time TBA              

09/03/09          Craftsman Activity Badge          Denner:     Michael

• Explain how to safely handle the tools that you will use for this activity badge safely.                 
• With adult supervision and using hand tools, construct two different wooden objects you and your Webelos den leader agree on. Use a coping saw or jigsaw for these projects. Put them together with glue, nails, or screws. Paint or stain them.  
  

       09/10/09          Communicator Activity Badge         MEETING AFTER SCHOOL       Denner:     Kevin

• Use a personal computer to write a letter to a friend or relative. Create your letter, check it for grammar and spelling, and save it to a disk. Print it.
• Play the Body Language Game with your den.
• Computers Beltloop
• Explain these parts of a personal computer: central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, and printer.
• Demonstrate how to start up and shut down a personal computer properly.
• Use your computer to prepare and print a document.

09/17/09          PACK MEETING - Fundraiser     
             

09/24/09          Engineer Activity Badge         FIELD TRIP AFTER SCHOOL         Denner:     Shawn

• Visit a construction job. Look at a set of plans used to build the facility or product. Tell your Webelos den leader about these  (Get permission before you visit). 

10/01/09        Engineer Activity Badge  and  Naturalist Activity Badge         MEETING AFTER SCHOOL      Denner:     Ryan

• Draw a floor plan of your house. Include doors, windows, and stairways.           
• Construct a simple working electrical circuit using a flashlight battery, a switch, and a light.          
• Build a catapult and show how it works.   
  

 Naturalist:

• CC Respect - Know
• Tell what interested you most when completing the requirements for this activity badge. Tell what you learned about how you can show appreciation and respect for wildlife.
  
• CC Respect - Commit
• Tell things that some people have done that show a lack of respect for wildlife. Name ways that you will show respect for and protect wildlife.
  
• CC Respect - Practice
• Explain how completing the requirements for this activity badge gives you the opportunity to show respect.
  
• Identify a plant, bird, or wild animal that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it survives only in your area.

10/08/09          Naturalist Activity Badge        FIELD TRIP AFTER SCHOOL (WILDCAT BLUFF)     Denner:     Ryan   

• Learn to identify poisonous plants and venomous reptiles found in your area.
• Watch six wild animals (snakes, turtles, fish, birds, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard, or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing.
• Visit a museum, a laboratory, an observatory, a zoo, an aquarium, or other facility that employs scientists. Talk to a scientist about his or her work.

10/17/09          SPOOK-O-REE

10/22/09          Geologist Activity Badge         FIELD TRIP AFTER SCHOOL (HAWKIN'S TRAILER)      Denner:    

• Take a field trip to a geological site, geological laboratory, or rock show. Discuss what you learned at your next Webelos den meeting. (Hawkin's Trailers)
  
• Collect five geologic specimens that have important uses.
• Rocks and minerals are used in metals, glass, jewelry, road-building products, and fertilizer. Give examples of minerals used in these products.
• Make a scale of mineral hardness for objects found at home. Show how to use the scale by finding the relative hardness of three samples.
• List some of the geologic materials used in building your home.
• Make a drawing that shows the cause of a volcano, a geyser, or an earthquake.
• Explain one way in which mountains are formed.
• Describe what a fossil is. How is it used to tell how old a formation is? Find two examples of fossils in your area.
• Geology Beltloop
• Define geology.
• Collect a sample of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Explain how each was formed.
• Explain the difference between a rock and a mineral.

        10/29/09          Communicator Activity Badge         

• Use a personal computer to write a letter to a friend or relative. Create your letter, check it for grammar and spelling, and save it to a disk. Print it.
• Play the Body Language Game with your den.
• Computers Beltloop
• Explain these parts of a personal computer: central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, and printer.
• Demonstrate how to start up and shut down a personal computer properly.
• Use your computer to prepare and print a document.

11/05/09          Scientist Activity Badge          Denner:     Jacob    

• Read Bernoulli's Principle. Show how it works.
• Read Pascal's Law. Tell about some inventions that use Pascal's law.
• Read Newton's first law of motion. Show in three different ways how inertia works.
• Show the effects of water pressure. This may be combined with atmospheric pressure or with air pressure.
• Explain how crystals are formed. Make some.
• Explain how you use your center of gravity to keep your balance. Show three different balancing tricks.
• Show in three different ways how your eyes work together, and show what is meant by an optical illusion.
• Weather Beltloop
• Make a poster that shows and explains the water cycle.
• Set up a simple weather station to record rainfall, temperature, air pressure, or evaporation for one week.
• Watch the weather forecast on a local television station

11/07/09      Veteran's Day Parade

11/12/09          Scientist Activity Badge          Denner:     Jacob     

• Science Beltloop
• Explain the scientific method to your adult partner.
• Use the scientific method in a simple science project.  Explain the results to an adult.
• Astronomy Beltloop
• Set up and demonstrate how to focus a simple telescope or binoculars.
• Draw a diagram of our solar system--identify the planets and other objects.
• Explain the following terms: planet, star, solar system, galaxy, the Milky Way, black hole, red giant, white dwarf, comet, meteor, moon, asteroid, star map, and universe.

   
11/19/09          PACK MEETING                               

12/03/09       Artist Activity Badge      Denner:    Luke  

• Draw a profile of a member of your family.            
• Use clay to sculpt a simple object.            
• Make a mobile, using your choice of materials.   

12/10/09          PACK MEETING

12/17/09        DEN 4 MEETING - Make-ups and Scoutmaster Conferences

1/07/10         DEN 4 PARTY

1/14/10         BRIDGING