Fifth graders work toward the Arrow of Light rank.
If a fourth-grade Cub Scout has completed the Webelos rank, they may begin to work on the Arrow of Light.
The Arrow of Light rank is earned by completing five adventures as described below.
- Be active in your Webelos den for at least six months since completing the fourth grade or for at least six months since becoming 10 years old.
- Complete each of the four required Adventures.
- In addition to the four required adventures listed
above, complete at least one
elective Adventure of your
den's or family's choosing, for a total of at least
five adventures.
- Adventures in Science
- Aquanaut
- Art Explosion
- Aware and Care
- Build It
- Build My Own Hero
- Castaway
- Earth Rocks!
- Engineer
- Fix It
- Game Design
- Into the Wild
- Into the Woods
- Looking Back, Looking Forward
- Maestro!
- Moviemaking
- Project Family
- Sports
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult complete the exercises in the pamphlet entitled How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide.
- Earn the Cyber
Chip award for your age. (The Cyber Chip portion of this requirement
may be waived by your parent or guardian if you do not have access to
the internet.)
Watch the Protect Yourself Rules video for 5th Grade, Arrow of Light.
(The video is located at https://vimeo.com/325064315 and can be watched on-line or downloaded and viewed off-line.)
OR Earn the Protect Yourself Rules Preview Adventure for Webelos.
Arrow of Light Cub Scouts may also complete the Protect Yourself Rules, Yo-Yo, or Modular Design Preview Adventure for requirement 43
The Cyber Chip requirement (4) may be replaced with
earning the
Protect
Yourself Rules Adventure.
If Cub Scouts use the
Protect
Yourself Rules Adventure in
place of the Cyber Chip requirement
5, the adventure can not be used as an elective
for rank requiement 3.
Checklist for use with these requirements: | PDF Format | DOCX Format |
ZIP file of workbooks for use with all of the Arrrow of Light Adventures: | PDF Format | DOCX Format |
Sources: Webelos Cub Scout Handbook (#34754 - SKU
646430)
https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/what-cub-scouts-earn/the-advancement-trail/
https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/preview-adventures/protect-yourself-rules/
https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/preview-adventures/yo-yo/
and
https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/preview-adventures/modular-design/