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Webelos and Arrow of Light
Elective Adventure Requirements
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Requirements were REVISED effective
June 1, 2022.
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There are 18 11 Elective
Adventures plus 3 Preview Adventures, which can be earned as electives in
the Webelos and Arrow of Light programs. The Protect Yourself Rules preview
adventure can also be substituted for the Cyber Chip requirement
earned for requirement 5.
Preview Adventures:
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Complete the following requirements.
- An experiment is a "fair test" to compare
possible explanations. Draw a picture of a fair test that shows
what you need to do to test a fertilizer's effects on plant
growth.
- Visit a museum, a college, a laboratory,
an observatory, a zoo, an aquarium, or other facility that employs
scientists. Prepare three questions ahead of time, and talk
to a scientist about his or her work.
- Complete any four of the following:
- Carry out the experiment you designed
for Requirement 1.
- If you completed 3A, carry out the
experiment again but change the independent variable. Report
what you learned about how changing the variable affected
plant growth.
- Build a model solar system. Chart
the distances between the planets so that the model is to
scale. Use what you learned from this requirement to explain
the value of making a model in science.
- With adult supervision, build and
launch a model rocket. Use the rocket to design a fair test
to answer a question about force or motion.
- Create two circuits of three light
bulbs and a battery. Construct one as a series circuit and
the other as a parallel circuit.
- Study the night sky. Sketch the appearance
of the North Star (Polaris) and the Big Dipper (part of
the Ursa Major constellation) over at least six hours (which
may be spread over several nights). Describe what you observed,
and explain the meaning of your observations.
- With adult assistance, explore safe
chemical reactions with household materials. Using two substances,
observe what happens when the amounts of the reactants are
increased.
- Explore properties of motion on a
playground. How does the weight of a person affect how fast
they slide down a slide or how fast a swing moves? Design
a fair test to answer one of those questions.
- Read a biography of a scientist. Tell
your den leader or the other members of your den what the
scientist is famous for and why his or her work is important.
Workbook for use with
these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
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Complete Requirements 1-4 and at least two others.
- State the safety precautions you need to take before doing
any water activity.
- Discuss the importance of learning the skills you need to
know before going boating.
- Explain the meaning of "order of rescue" and demonstrate
the reach and throw rescue techniques from land.
- Attempt the BSA swimmer test.
- Demonstrate the precautions you must take before attempting
to dive headfirst into the water, and attempt a front surface
dive.
- Learn and demonstrate two of the following strokes: crawl,
sidestroke, breaststroke, or elementary backstroke.
- Invite a current or former lifeguard, or member of a rescue
squad, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, or other armed forces
branch who has had swimming and rescue training to your den
meeting. Find out what training and other experiences this person
has had.
- Demonstrate how to correctly fasten a life jacket that is
the right size for you. Jump into water over your head. Swim
25 feet wearing the life jacket. Get out of the water, remove
the life jacket, and hang it where it will dry.
- If you are a qualified swimmer, select a paddle of the proper
size, and paddle a canoe with an adult's supervision.
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Complete Requirements 1-3. Requirement 4 is optional.
- Visit an art museum, gallery, or exhibit. Discuss with an
adult the art you saw. What did you like?
- Create two self-portraits using two different techniques,
such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and computer
illustration.
- Do two of the following:
- Draw or paint an original picture outdoors, using the
art materials of your choice.
- Use clay to sculpt a simple form.
- Create an object using clay that can be fired, baked
in the oven, or air-dried.
- Create a freestanding sculpture or mobile using wood,
metal, papier-mâché, or found or recycled objects.
- Make a display of origami or kirigami projects.
- Use a computer illustration or painting program to create
a work of art.
- Create an original logo or design. Transfer the design
onto a T-shirt, hat, or other object.
- Using a camera or other electronic device, take at least
10 photos of your family, a pet, or scenery. Use photo-editing
software to crop, lighten or darken, and change some of
the photos.
- Create a comic strip with original characters. Include
at least four panels to tell a story centered on one of
the points of the Scout Law. Characters can be hand-drawn
or computer-generated.
- Choose one of the following methods to show your artwork:
- Create a hard-copy or digital portfolio of your projects.
Share it with your family and members of your den or pack.
- Display your artwork in a pack, school, or community
art show.
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Complete the following requirements.
- Develop an awareness of the challenges of the blind or visually
impaired through participation in an activity that simulates
blindness or visual impairment. Alternatively, participate in
an activity that simulates the challenges of being deaf or hard
of hearing.
- Engage in an activity that simulates mobility impairment.
Alternatively, take part in an activity that simulates dexterity
impairment.
- With your den, participate in an activity that focuses on
the acceptance of differences in general.
- Do two of the following:
- Do a Good Turn for residents at a skilled nursing facility
or retirement community.
- Invite an individual with a disability to visit your
den, and discuss what activities he or she currently finds
challenging or found challenging in the past.
- Attend a disabilities event such as a Special Olympics
competition, an adaptive sports event, a performance with
sign language interpretation, or an activity with service
dogs. Tell your den what you thought about the experience.
- Talk to someone who works with people who have disabilities.
Ask what that person does and how he or she helps people
with disabilities.
- Using American Sign Language, sign the Scout Oath.
- With the help of an adult, contact a service dog organization,
and learn the entire process from pup training to assignment
to a client.
- Participate in a service project that focuses on a specific
disability.
- Participate in an activity with an organization whose
members are disabled
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Complete the following requirements.
- Learn about some basic tools and the proper use of each
tool. Learn about and understand the need for safety when you
work with tools.
- With the guidance of your Webelos den leader, parent, or
guardian, select a carpentry project and build it.
- List the tools that you use safely as you build your project;
create a list of materials needed to build your project. Put
a checkmark next to the tools on your list that you used for
the first time.
- Learn about a construction career. With your Webelos den
leader, parent, or guardian, visit a construction site, and
interview someone working in a construction career.
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Complete Requirements 1-3 plus at least one
other.
- Discover what it means to be a hero. Invite
a local hero to meet with your den.
- Describe how citizens can be heroes in
their communities.
- Recognize a hero in your community by
presenting him or her with a "My Hero Award"
- Learn about a real-life hero from another
part of the world who has helped make the world a better place.
- Learn about a Scout hero.
- Create your own superhero.
Workbook for use with
these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
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Complete the following requirements.
- Complete A. and your choice of B. or C.
- On a campout or outdoor activity with your den or family,
cook two different recipes that do not require pots and
pans.
- With the help of an adult, demonstrate one way to light
a fire without using matches.
- Using tree limbs or branches that have already fallen
or been cut, build a shelter that will protect you overnight.
- Do all of the following.
- Learn what items should be in an outdoor survival kit
that you can carry in a small bag or box in a day pack.
Assemble your own small survival kit, and explain to your
den leader why the items you chose are important for survival.
- With your den, demonstrate two ways to treat drinking
water to remove impurities.
- Discuss what to do if you become lost in the woods.
Tell what the letters "S-T- O-P" stand for. Tell what the
universal emergency signal is. Describe three ways to signal
for help. Demonstrate one of them. Describe what you can
do to help rescuers find you.
- Make a list of four qualities you think a leader should
have in an emergency and why they are important to have.
Pick two of them, and act them out for your den. Describe
how each relates to a point of the Scout Law. Describe how
working on this adventure gave you a better understanding
of the Scout motto, "Be Prepared."
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Complete the following requirements.
- Do the following:
- Explain the meaning of the word "geology."
- Explain why this kind of science is an important part
of your world.
- Look for different kinds of rocks or minerals while on a
rock hunt with your family or your den.
- Do the following:
- Identify the rocks you see on your rock hunt. Use the
information in your handbook to determine which types of
rocks you have collected.
- With a magnifying glass, take a closer look at your
collection. Determine any differences between your specimens.
- Share what you see with your family or den.
- Do the following:
- With your family or den, make a mineral test kit, and
test minerals according to the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
- Record the results in your handbook.
- Identify on a map of your state some geological features
in your area.
- Do the following:
- Identify some of the geological building materials used
in building your home.
- Identify some of the geological materials used around
your community
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Complete Requirements 1 and 2. Requirements 3 and 4 are optional.
- Pick one type of engineer. With the help of the Internet,
your local library, or an engineer, discover three things that
describe what that engineer does. (To use the Internet, be sure
that you have a current Cyber Chip or that you have permission
from your Webelos den leader, parent, or guardian.) Share your
findings with your Webelos den.
- Learn to follow engineering design principles by doing the
following:
- Examine a set of blueprints or specifications. Using
these as a model, prepare your own set of blueprints or
specifications to design a project.
- Using the blueprints or specifications from your own
design, complete your project. Your project may be something
useful or something fun.
- Share your project with others at a den or pack meeting.
- Explore other fields of engineering and how they have helped
form our past, present, and future.
- Pick and do two projects using the engineering skills you
have learned. Share your projects with your den, and also exhibit
them at a pack meeting.
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Complete the following requirements.
- Put a Fix It Toolbox together. Describe
what each item in your toolbox can be used for. Show how to
use three of the tools safely.
- Be ready. With the help of an adult in
your family, do the following:
- Locate the electrical panel in your
home. Determine if the electrical panel has fuses or breakers.
- Determine what heat source is used
to heat your home.
- Learn what you would do to shut off
the water for a sink, a toilet, a washing machine, or a
water heater. If there is a main shut-off valve for your
home, show where it is located.
- Describe to your Webelos den leader how
to fix or make safe the following circumstances with help from
an adult:
- A toilet is overflowing.
- The kitchen sink is clogged.
- A circuit breaker tripped, causing
some of the lights to go out.
- Let's Fix It. Select and do eight of the
following. You will need an adult's supervision for each of
these Fix It projects:
- Show how to change a light bulb in
a lamp or fixture. Determine the type of light bulb and
how to properly dispose of it.
- Fix a squeaky door or cabinet hinge.
- Tighten a loose handle or knob on
a cabinet or a piece of furniture.
- Demonstrate how to stop a toilet from
running.
- Replace a furnace filter.
- Wash a car.
- Check the oil level and tire pressure
in a car.
- Show how to replace a bulb in a taillight,
turn signal, or parking light, or replace a headlight in
a car.
- Help an adult change a tire on a car.
- Make a repair to a bicycle, such as
adjusting or lubricating the chain, inflating the tires,
fixing a flat, or adjusting the seat or handlebars.
- Replace the wheels on a skateboard,
a scooter, or a pair of inline skates.
- Help an adult prepare and paint a
room.
- Help an adult replace or repair a
wall or floor tile.
- Help an adult install or repair a
window or door lock.
- Help an adult fix a slow or clogged
sink drain.
- Help an adult install or repair a
mailbox.
- Change the battery in a smoke detector
or a carbon monoxide detector, and test its operation.
- Help an adult fix a leaky faucet.
- Find wall studs, and help an adult
hang a curtain rod or a picture.
- Take an old item, such as a small
piece of furniture, a broken toy, or a picture frame, and
rebuild and/or refinish it. Show your work to your Webelos
leader or another adult.
- Do a Fix It project agreed upon with
your parent or guardian.
Workbook for use with these requirements:
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Complete the following requirements.
- Decide on the elements for a game.
- List at least five of the online safety rules that you put
into practice while using the Internet on your computer or smartphone.
Skip this if your Cyber Chip is current.
- Create your game.
- Teach an adult or another Scout how to play your game.
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Complete at least six of the following requirements.
- Collect and care for an "insect, amphibian, or reptile zoo."
You might have crickets, ants, grasshoppers, a lizard, or a
toad (but be careful not to collect or move endangered species
protected by federal or state law). Study them for a while and
then let them go. Share your experience with your Webelos den.
- Set up an aquarium or terrarium. Keep it for at least a
month. Share your experience with your Webelos den by showing
them photos or drawings of your project or by having them visit
to see your project.
- Watch for birds in your yard, neighborhood, or area for
one week. Identify the birds you see, and write down where and
when you saw them.
- Learn about the bird flyways closest to your home. Find
out which birds use these flyways.
- Watch at least four wild creatures (reptiles, amphibians,
arachnids, fish, insects, 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.
- Identify an insect, reptile, bird, or other wild animal
that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it
survives in your area.
- Give examples of at least two of the following:
- A producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food
chain of an ecosystem
- One way humans have changed the balance of nature
- How you can help protect the balance of nature
- Learn about aquatic ecosystems and wetlands in your area.
Talk with your Webelos den leader or family about the important
role aquatic ecosystems and wetlands play in supporting life
cycles of wildlife and humans, and list three ways you can help.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Visit a museum of natural history, a nature center,
or a zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what
you saw.
- Create a video of a wild creature doing something interesting,
and share it with your family and den.
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Complete Requirements 1-4 and one other.
- Identify two different groups of trees and the parts of
a tree.
- Identify four trees common to the area where you live. Tell
whether they are native to your area. Tell how both wildlife
and humans use them.
- Identify four plants common to the area where you live.
Tell which animals use them and for what purpose.
- Develop a plan to care for and then plant at least one plant
or tree, either indoors in a pot or outdoors. Tell how this
plant or tree helps the environment in which it is planted and
what the plant or tree will be used for.
- Make a list of items in your home that are made from wood
and share it with your den. Or with your den, take a walk and
identify useful things made from wood.
- Explain how the growth rings of a tree trunk tell its life
story. Describe different types of tree bark and explain what
the bark does for the tree.
- Visit a nature center, nursery, tree farm, or park, and
speak with someone knowledgeable about trees and plants that
are native to your area. Explain how plants and trees are important
to our ecosystem and how they improve our environment.
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Complete the following requirements.
- Create a record of the history of Scouting
and your place in that history.
- With the help of your den leader, parent,
or guardian and with your choice of media, go on a virtual journey
to the past and create a timeline.
- Create your own time capsule.
Workbook for use with these requirements:
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Complete the following requirements.
- Do A or B:
- Attend a live musical performance.
- Visit a facility that uses a sound
mixer, and learn how it is used.
- Do two of the following:
- Make a musical instrument. Play it
for your family, den, or pack.
- Form a "band" with your den. Each
member creates his own homemade musical instrument. Perform
for your pack at a pack meeting.
- Play two tunes on any band or orchestra
instrument.
- Teach your den the words and melody
of a song. Perform the song with your den at your den or
pack meeting.
- Create original words for a song.
Perform it at your den or pack meeting.
- Collaborate with your den to compose
a den theme song. Perform it at your pack meeting.
- Write a song with words and music
that expresses your feelings about an issue, a person, something
you are learning, a point of the Scout Law, etc. Perform
it at your den or pack meeting, alone or with a group.
- Perform a musical number by yourself
or with your Webelos den in front of an audience.
Workbook for use with these requirements:
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Complete the following requirements.
- Write a story outline describing a real
or imaginary Scouting adventure. Create a pictured storyboard
that shows your story.
- Create either an animated or live-action
movie about yourself. Your movie should depict how you live
by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.
- Share your movie with your family, den,
or pack.
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Complete the following requirements.
- Interview a grandparent, another family
elder, or a family friend about what life was like when he or
she was growing up.
- With members of your family or a family
friend, discuss some of your family names, history, traditions,
and culture. Do one of the following:
- Create a family tree of three generations.
- Make a poster or webpage that shows
the places that some of your family members came from.
- Choose a special celebration or holiday
that some of your family members participate in, and create
either a poster, picture, or photo slideshow of it.
- Show your understanding of your duty to
family by creating a chart listing the jobs that you and other
family members have at home. Choose three of the jobs you are
responsible for, and chart them for two weeks.
- Select a job that belongs to another family
member, and help that person complete it. Some examples would
be to create a grocery shopping list for the week, to take out
trash for a week, to do the laundry for your family one time,
to prepare meals for your family for one day, or to complete
some yard work.
- With the help of an adult, inspect your
home and its surroundings. Make a list of hazards or security
problems you find. Correct one problem you found, and tell what
you did.
- Complete one of the following:
- Hold a family meeting to plan an exciting
family activity. The activity could include:
- A family reunion
- A family night
- A family outing
- Create a list of community service
or conservation projects that you and your family can do
together, and present it to your family. Select one project,
plan it, and complete it with members of your family.
Workbook for use with
these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
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Complete the following requirements.
- Show the signals used by officials in one of these sports:
football, basketball, baseball, soccer, or hockey.
- Participate in two sports, either as an individual or part
of a team.
- Complete the following requirements:
- Explain what good sportsmanship means.
- Role-play a situation that demonstrates good sportsmanship.
- Give an example of a time when you experienced or saw
someone showing good sportsmanship.
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Protect Yourself Rules |
Complete each of the following:
- Watch the "Protect Yourself" video lessons for this adventure.
- Know the six Protect Yourself Rules.
- Describe what cyberbullying is and identify things you should
never tell about yourself to others when online.
- Describe three ways to get out of a situation with someone
who is making you feel unsafe.
- List five safe adults you could tell if someone has made
you feel unsafe.
Complete each of the following:
- Watch the "Protect Yourself" video lessons for this adventure.
- Know the six Protect Yourself Rules.
- Describe what cyberbullying is and identify things you should
never tell about yourself to others when online.
- Explain what you would do if you or a friend felt unsafe
at home.
- List five safe adults you could tell if someone has made
you feel unsafe.
- Name two of Scouting's Barriers to Abuse that adults are
to follow.
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Yo-Yo |
Complete each of the following:
- Learn the safety rules of using a yo-yo and follow them
at all times.
- Using a real yo-yo string, a regular string, or a piece
of yarn, show how to find the proper yo-yo string length for
you.
- Explain why it is important to have the correct string length
and to be in the right location before throwing a yo-yo.
- Demonstrate how to properly string a yo-yo and how to create
a slip knot.
- In an area where there are no hazards or other people, conduct
the pendulum experiment with a yo-yo. Explain what happens to
the yo-yo when the string is longer.
- Show that you can properly wind a yo-yo.
- Demonstrate one of the following:
- Gravity pull
- Sleeper
- Breakaway
Complete each of the following:
- Learn the safety rules of using a yo-yo and follow them
at all times.
- Using a real yo-yo string, a regular string, or a piece
of yarn, show how to find the proper yo-yo string length for
you.
- Explain why it is important to have the correct string length
and to be in the right location before throwing a yo-yo.
- Demonstrate how to properly string a yo-yo and how to create
a slip knot.
- In an area where there are no hazards or other people, conduct
the pendulum experiment with a yo-yo. Explain what happens to
the yo-yo when the string is longer.
- Show that you can properly wind a yo-yo.
- Demonstrate TWO of the following:
- Gravity pull
- Sleeper
- Breakaway
- Elevator
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Complete the following requirements:
- Learn what modular design is and identify three things that
use modular design in their construction.
- Identify three benefits to using modular design.
- Using modular-based building pieces, build a model from
a set of instructions.
- Using modular-based building pieces, build a model without
a set of instructions. The model may represent something real
or fictional.
- Using the model you made in requirement 4, create a set
of step-by-step instructions on how to build your model. Have
someone build your model using your instructions.
- Share your model with your den and/or family. Explain what
your model is designed to do.
- With your parent or legal guardian's permission, watch a
video demonstrating how something was built using modular design.
Complete the following requirements:
- Learn what modular design is and identify three things that
use modular design in their construction.
- Identify three benefits to using modular design.
- Using modular-based building pieces, build a model from
a set of instructions.
- Using modular-based building pieces, build a model without
a set of instructions. The model may represent something real
or fictional.
- Using the model you made in requirement 4, create a set
of step-by-step instructions on how to build your model. Have
someone build your model using your instructions.
- Share your model with your den and/or family. Explain what
your model is designed to do.
- Without building it, design a model that uses modular-based
building pieces. Create a set of step-by-step instructions.
- With your parent or legal guardian's permission, watch a
video demonstrating how something was built using modular design.
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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/
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