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Tiger Elective Adventure Requirements
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Requirements were REVISED effective
December 1, 2016.
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There are 13 Elective Adventures in the Tiger program:
- Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries
- Earning Your Stripes
- Family Stories
- Floats and Boats
- Good Knights
- Rolling Tigers
- Sky is the Limit
- Stories in Shapes
- Tiger-iffic!
- Tiger: Safe and Smart
- Tiger Tag
- Tiger Tales
- Tiger Theater
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Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least
one other.
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- 1. Learn a magic trick. Practice
your magic trick so you can perform it in front of an audience.
- 2. Create an invitation to
a magic show.
- 3. With your den or with your
family, put on a magic show for an audience.
- 4. Create a secret code.
5. With the other Scouts in your den or with
your family, crack a code that you did not create.
6. Spell your name using sign language,
and spell your name in Braille.
- Create a secret code. Share it with your
family or den.
- With the other Scouts in your den or with
your family, crack a code that you did not create.
- 7. With the help of your
parent, guardian, or other caring adult
partner, conduct a science demonstration
that shows how magic works.
8. Share and share
what you learned from your science demonstration.
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Complete the following requirements.
- Bring in and share
Show your loyalty to Tiger orange by bringing
in and sharing with your den five items that are the
color orange.
- Demonstrate loyalty over the next week at school or in your
community. Share at your next den meeting how you were loyal
to others.
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring
adult partner, decide on one new task
you can do to help your family, and do it.
- Talk with your den and
parent, guardian, or other caring adult
partner, or den
about polite language. Learn how to shake hands properly and
introduce yourself.
- Play a game with your den. Then discuss how your den played
politely.
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring
adult partner and den, work on a service
project for your pack's meeting place or chartered organization.
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Complete Requirement 1 and at least three others.
Note that any requirement may be completed based on family of origin
or family with whom you live.
- Discuss with your adult partner and/or
family parent/guardian, a family member,
or other caring adult where some of
your family members originated. Discuss
their family
history, traditions, and culture - your family heritage. Share
a story or bring something to share with your den about yourself
and your family.
- Make a family crest.
- Visit your public library to find out information about
your heritage the
heritage of some of your family members. .
- Interview one of your grandparents or another family elder,
and share with your den what you found
learned.
- Make a family tree designed for your particular
family.
- Share with your den how you got your name or what your name
means.
- Share with your den your favorite snack or dessert that
reflects your the
cultural heritage of one of more of your family
members.
- Learn where some members of your
family came from, and locate it
the place(s) on a map. Share this information
with your den. With the help of your parent/guardian/other
caring adult partner, locate
and write to a pen pal from that location.
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Maps for use with the workbook:
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Family Tree PDF Forms for use with the workbook:
4 Generations or
3 Generations
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Complete Requirements 1-4 plus at least one
other.
- Identify five different types of boats.
With your den, say the SCOUT water safety
chant.
- Build a boat from recycled materials,
and float it on the water.
With your den, talk about why it's important
to have a buddy and then play the buddy game
- With your den, say the SCOUT water safety
chant.
Show how to safely help someone who needs
assistance in the water, without having to enter the water yourself.
- Play the buddy game with your den.
Show how to enter the water safely, blow your
breath out under the water, and do a prone glide.
- Show that you can put on and fasten a
life jacket the correct way.
Identify five different types of boats.
- Show how to safely help someone who needs
assistance in the water, without having to enter the water yourself.
Build a boat from recycled materials, and
float it on the water.
- Show how to enter the water safely, blow
your breath out under the water, and do a prone glide.
Show that you can put on and fasten a life
jacket the correct way.
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Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least
two others.
- Do the following:
- With your den or adult partner, say
the Scout Law. Explain to your den one of the 12 points
of the Law and why you think a knight would have the same
behavior.
- If you have not already done so, make
a code of conduct with your den that will describe how each
person should act when you are all together. If your den
has a code of conduct, discuss with your den what updates
it might need. Vote on which actions should go in your den
code of conduct.
With your den, parent/guardian, or other caring
adult, say the Scout Law. Explain to your den one of the 12
points of the Law and why you think a knight would have the
same behavior.
- If you have not already done so, make
a code of conduct with your den that will describe how each
person should act when you are all together. If your den has
a code of conduct, discuss with your den what updates it might
need. Vote on which actions should go in your den code of conduct.
- 2. Create a den shield and a personal
shield.
- 3. Using recycled materials, design
and build a small castle with your adult partner
to display at the pack meeting.
- 4. Think of one physical challenge
that could be part of an obstacle course. Then help your den
design a Tiger knight obstacle course. With
your adult partner, participate Participate
in the course.
- 5. Participate
Show your understanding of knights’ service
to others by participating in a service project
in your community.
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Complete Requirements 1-3 plus at least two
others.
- With your den or adult partner, discuss
two different types of bicycles and their uses.
2. With your den or
parent/guardian/other caring adult
partner, try on safety gear you should
use while riding your
a bike. Show how to wear a bicycle
helmet properly.
- 3. With your den or
parent/guardian, or other caring adult
partner, learn and demonstrate safety
tips to follow when riding your bicycle.
- 4. Learn and demonstrate proper
hand signals.
- 5. With your den or
parent/guardian, or other caring adult
partner, do a safety check on your
bicycle.
- 6. With your den or family, go
on a bicycle hike wearing your safety equipment. Follow the
bicycling safety and traffic laws.
- With your den or parent/guardian/other
caring adult, discuss two different types of bicycles and their
uses.
- 7. Learn about a famous bicycle
race or famous cyclist. Share what you learn with your den.
- 8. Visit your local or state police
department to learn about bicycle-riding laws.
- 9. Identify two jobs that use bicycles
and discuss how they are used.
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Complete Requirements 1-3 plus at least one
other.
- With your den or parent/guardian, or other
caring adult partner, go outside
to observe the night sky. Talk about objects you see or might
see.
- Look at a distant object through a telescope or binoculars.
Show how to focus the device you chose.
- Find out about two astronauts who were
Scouts when they were younger. Share what you learned with your
den.
- 3. Observe in the sky or select
from a book or chart
book, chart, computer, or electronic device
two constellations that are easy to see in the night sky. With
your parent/guardian, or other caring
adult partner, find out the names of
the stars that make up the constellation and how the constellation
got its name. Share what you found with your den.
- 4. Create Draw
and name your own constellation. Share your constellation with
your den.
- 5. Create a homemade
model of a constellation.
- 6. Find out about two different
jobs related to astronomy. Share this information with your
den.
- 7. Find out about two astronauts who were
Scouts when they were younger. Share what you learned with your
den.
8. With your den or family, visit a
planetarium, observatory, science museum, astronomy club, or
college or high school astronomy teacher. Before you go, write
down questions you might want to ask. Share what you learned.
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Complete at least four of the following requirements.
- Visit an art gallery or a museum, explore an art website,
or visit your library. Do each of the following:
- Look at pictures of some abstract
art with your den. Decide what you like about the art, and
share your ideas with the other Tigers.
- Create an art piece.
- Do the following:
- Draw or create an art piece using
shapes.
- Use tangrams to create shapes.
Look closely at pictures of some art with
your den or a family member. Decide what you like about the
art, and share your ideas with the other Tigers.
- Create a piece of art on paper, poster
board, or canvas.
- Draw or create an art piece using shapes.
- Use tangrams to create shapes.
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Complete requirements 1-3 and one from
4-6.
- Play at least two different games by yourself; one may be
a video game.
- Play a board game or another inside game with one or more
members of your den.
- Play a problem-solving game with your den.
- With your parent's or guardian's permission, do all of the
following:
- Play a video game with family members
or den members in a
family tournament.
- List at least three tips that would help someone who
was learning how to play your favorite video game.
- Play an appropriate video game with a friend for 30
minutes.
- With other members of your den, invent a game, OR change
the rules of a game you know, and play the game.
- Play a team game with your den.
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Complete 1-8. Requirement 9 is optional.
- Do the following:
- Memorize your address, and say it
to your den leader or adult partner.
- Memorize an emergency contact's phone
number, and say it to your den leader or adult partner.
- Take the 911 safety quiz.
Memorize your address, and say it to your
den leader or parent/guardian/other caring adult.
- Do the following:
- Show you can "Stop, Drop, and Roll."
- Show you know how to safely roll someone
else in a blanket to put out a fire.
Memorize an emergency contact’s phone number,
and say it to your parent, guardian, or den leader
- Take the 911 safety quiz.
- Show you can "Stop, Drop, and Roll."
- Show you know how to safely roll someone
else in a blanket to put out a fire.
- 3. Make With
your parent/guardian or other caring adult, make a fire
escape map with your adult partner
of your home and explain it to family members
and your den..
- 4. Explain your fire escape map, and
With your parent/guardian or other caring
adult, try a practice fire drill at home.
- 5. Find the smoke detectors in
your home. With the help of your parent/guardian,
or other caring adult partner,
check the batteries.
- 6. Visit an emergency responder
station, or have an emergency responder visit you.
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Complete requirements 1 and 2 plus at least
one other.
- Choose one active game you like, and tell your den about
it how to play and
why you like this game..
- Do the following:
- Play two relay games with your den
and your adult partner.
- Tell your partner or the other Tigers
what you liked best about each game.
- Have your den choose a relay game
that everyone would like to play, and play it several times.
Play two team or relay games with your den.
Tell your parent/guardian or other caring adult or the other
Tigers what you liked best about each game.
- Have your den choose a team or relay game
that everyone can play, and play it at least twice.
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring
adult partner, select an active outside
game that you could play with the members of your den. Talk
with den members about
your game at the den meeting
the games suggested by all Tigers.
With your den, decide on a game to play.
and play
5. Play the game that your den has
chosen. After the game, discuss with your den
leader the meaning of being a good
sport.
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Complete at least four of the following requirements.
- Create a tall tale with your den.
- Create your own tall tale. Share your tall tale with your
den.
- Read a tall tale with your parent/guardian,
or other caring adult partner.
- Create a piece of art from a scene in the tall tale you
have read, using your choice of materials. Share it with your
den.
- Play a game from the past.
- Sing two folk songs.
- Visit a historical museum or landmark with your
parent/guardian, or other caring adult
partner.
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Complete at least four of the following requirements.
- With your den, discuss the following types of theater: puppet
shows, reader's theater, and pantomime.
- As a den, play a game of one-word charades
with your adult partners.
- Make a puppet to show your den or display at a pack meeting.
- Perform a simple reader's theater. Make a mask afterward
to show what your character looks like.
- Watch a play or attend a story time at a library.
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Sources: Cub Scout Tiger Handbook (#34713 - SKU 620130)
and
CUB SCOUT ADVANCEMENT MODIFICATIONS
Page updated on:
September 12, 2022
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