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Bear Core Adventures
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Requirements were REVISED effective
December 1, 2016.
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The "Grin and Bear It" Adventure has been changed
to an Elective Adventure,
and has been replaced by the "Baloo the Builder" Adventure, which is now
a Required Adventure.
The "Paws for Action" Adventure has been
renamed the "Paws for Action (Duty to Country)" Adventure.
There are 6 Core (Required) Adventures in the Bear program:
- Bear Claws
- Bear Necessities
- Fellowship and Duty to God
- Fur, Feathers, and Ferns
- Grin and Bear It
Baloo the Builder
- Paws for Action (Duty to Country)
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Complete the following requirements.
- Learn about three common designs of pocketknives.
- Learn knife safety and earn your
Whittling Chip.*
- Using a pocketknife, carve two items.
Do one of the following:
- Using a pocketknife, carve two items.
- With a pocket knife, safely perform
each of these tasks:
- Demonstrate how to cut a piece
of rope, twine or fishing line;
- Open a sealed box without damaging
the contents;
- Open a can with a can opener tool
on a pocket knife;
- Remove and replace the screws
on an object with the screw driver tool on a pocket
knife;
- Open a letter
*One of the items carved for requirement 3 may be used to fulfill
Whittling Chip requirement 3.
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Complete Requirements 1 - 4. Requirements 5
and 6 are optional.
- While working on your Bear badge, camp
overnight with your pack. If your chartered organization does
not permit Cub Scout camping, you may substitute a family campout
or a daylong outdoor activity with your den or pack.
attend one of the following:
- A daytime or overnight campout with
your pack or family
- An outdoor activity with your den
or pack
- Day camp
- Resident camp
- Attend a campfire show, and participate
by performing a song or skit with your den.
3. Make a list of items you should
take along on your campout
the activity selected in Requirement 1.
- 4. Make a list of equipment that
the group should bring along in addition to each Scout's personal
gear for the activity selected in Requirement
1.
- 5. With your den, plan a cooked lunch
or dinner that is nutritious and balanced. Make a shopping list,
and help shop for the food. On a campout or at another outdoor
event, help cook the meal and help clean up afterward.
6. Help your leader or another adult cook
a different meal from the one you helped prepare for requirement
5. Cook this meal outdoors.
7. Help set up a tent.
Pick Determine
a good spot for the tent, and explain to your den leader why
you picked it.
- 8. Demonstrate how to tie two half
hitches and explain what the hitch is used for.
- 9. Learn how to read a thermometer
and a barometer. Keep track of the temperature and barometric
pressure readings and the actual weather at the same time every
day for seven days.
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Do either requirement 1 OR requirement 2.
Complete the following requirements.
- Earn the religious emblem of your faith.
Discuss with your parent, guardian, den leader,
or other caring adult what it means to do your duty to God.
Tell how you do your duty to God in your daily life.
- Complete 2a and at least two of requirements
2b-2d at least one of the following:.
- . Identify a person whose faith you
admire, and discuss this person with your family.
- a. Working with a parent or guardian,
spiritual advisor, or religious leader
With a family member, provide service
to help a place of worship or spiritual community, school,
community organization, or chartered organization that puts
into practice your ideals of duty to God and strengthens
your fellowship with others.
b. Identify a person whose faith and duty
to God you admire, and discuss this person with your family.
c. Make a list of things you can do to
practice your duty to God as you are taught in your home
or place of worship or spiritual community. Select two of
the items, and practice them for two weeks.
d. Attend a religious service, den or
pack meeting worship service, or time of family reflection
and discussion about your family's beliefs.
- Complete at least one of the following:
- Earn the religious emblem of your
faith that is appropriate for your age, if you have not
already done so
- Make a list of things you can do to
practice your duty to God as you are taught in your home
or place of worship or spiritual community. Select two of
the items and practice them for two weeks
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Complete Requirement 1 and three others.
- While hiking or walking for one mile, identify six signs
that any mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, or plants are living
nearby near
the place where you choose to hike or walk.
- Name one animal that has become extinct
in the last 100 years and one animal that is currently endangered
Explain what caused their declines.
3. Visit one of the following: zoo,
wildlife refuge, nature center, aviary, game preserve, local
conservation area, wildlife rescue group, or fish hatchery.
Describe what you learned during your visit.
- Observe wildlife from a distance. Describe what you saw.
- Name one animal that has become extinct
in the last 100 years and one animal that is currently endangered.
Explain what caused their declines.
- Use a magnifying glass to examine plants more closely. Describe
what you saw through the magnifying glass that you could not
see without it.
- Learn about composting and how vegetable waste can be turned
into fertilizer for plants.
- Plant a vegetable or herb garden.
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Bear Required Adventure: Grin and Bear It
- Play a challenge game or initiative game
with the members of your den. Take part in a reflection after
the game.
- Working with the members of your den,
organize a Cub Scout carnival and lead it at a special event.
- Help younger Cub Scouts take part in one
of the events at the Cub Scout carnival.
- After the Cub Scout carnival, discuss
with the members of your den and your den leader what went well,
what could be done better, and how everyone worked together
to make the event a success.
- Make and present an award to one of the
adults who helped you organize the activities at the Cub Scout
carnival.
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Complete all of the following requirements.
- Discover which hand tools are the best
ones to have in your tool box. Learn the rules for using these
tools safely. Practice with at least four of these tools before
beginning a project.
- Select, plan, and define the materials
for the project you will complete in requirement 3.
- Assemble your materials, and build one
useful project and one fun project using wood.
- Apply a finish to one of your projects.
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Complete Requirement 1 and three others.
- Learn about our nation’s flag. Display
it at home for one month. Say the Pledge of Allegiance and learn
its meaning.
- 1. Do at least
one of the following:
- Find out about two famous Americans. Share what you
learned.
- Find out where places of historical interest are located
in or near your community, town, or city. Go and visit one
of them with your family or den.
c. Learn about our flag. Display it at
home for one month. Say the Pledge of Allegiance and learn
its meaning.
- 2. Do the following:
- With your school or den, visit
Visit a local sheriff's
office, or
police station, or fire department OR
talk with a fire safety officer
or law enforcement officer visiting your
school or den.
Find out what skills the officers use
to do their jobs. During the visit,
take turns with your den members asking
Ask questions that will help you
learn how to stay safe.
- Make a list of emergency numbers and
discuss with your family where the list should be kept.
Show your family that you know how to call for help in an
emergency. Talk with your family about people who could
help you if a parent is not available.
During or after your visit with a law
enforcement officer, do at least two of the following:
- Practice one way police gather
evidence by taking fingerprints, taking a shoe print,
or taking tire track casts.
- Make a list of emergency numbers
to post in your home, and keep a copy with you in your
backpack or wallet.
- With your family, develop a plan
to follow in case of an emergency, and practice the
plan at least three times. Your family can determine
the emergency, or you can develop several plans.
- Discuss with your parent or another
adult you trust any worries you have about your safety
or a friend's safety.
- If you have younger brothers and
sisters, make sure they know how to call for help in
an emergency.
- With your family, develop a plan to
follow in case of an emergency, and practice the plan at
least three times. Your family can determine the emergency,
or you can develop several plans.
- 3. Do at least
one of the following:
- Learn about the energy your family
uses and how you can help your family decrease its energy
use.
b. Do a cleanup project that benefits
your community.
- Participate in a patriotic community
parade or other civic event that honors our country.
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Sources: Cub Scout Bear Handbook (#33451 - SKU 620136)
and
CUB SCOUT ADVANCEMENT MODIFICATIONS
Page updated on:
September 12, 2022
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