GATHERING ACTIVITIES
The Hidden Fleet
Baltimore Area Council
Go Forward, Backward or Diagonally to find the names of the fourteen different kinds of ships below:
(We've done the first one, to show you how)
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YACHT SLOOP CUTTER
KETCH GALLEON BARK
SCHOONER CLIPPER JUNK
TUG CANOE BRIGANTINE
CORVETTE SAMPAN.
School of Fish
Voyageur Council
Pin pictures of fish on people as they arrive. Have cutouts of swordfish, tuna, trout, catfish, etc. On a signal, they are to see which “school of fish” can assemble first.
Mink in a Maze
Voyageur Council
Every wild animal must live in its chosen habitat. The mink prefers a riparian habitat. Can you help it find its way to the pond at the center of the maze?
Ocean Objects Word Search
Voyageur Council
Find these things that can be found in or on the ocean. Look up, down, across, backwards and diagonally:
BOAT OCTOPUS BREEZE
PELICAN CORAL SALT
CRAB SAND EEL
SEA FISH SHARK
FLOTSAM SHIP FOG
STORMS GULL SUB
ICEBERG WAVES LIGHTHOUSE
WHALES
The remaining 13 letters, in order, spell the name of a beautiful sea.
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How Many Words
Baltimore Area Council
ü Give each boy a pencil and a piece of paper.
ü See how many words they can make out of the letters in the word “RIVERBOAT.”
ü Each letter may be used only once (except “R” which may be used twice since there are two of them).
ü “RIVER” and “BOAT” do not count.
Crossing the Quick Sand
Circle Ten Council
Place small pieces of masking tape on the floor to from a twisty line of stepping-stones with some close together and others far apart.
Each Cub in turn tries the course while balancing a tennis ball on a flat board.
Fishing in the Tropics
Place a dishpan with many plastic or rubber items in the bottom, on the floor in the middle of the room.
Provide a fishing pole consisting of a stick about two feet long, on one end of which is fastened a string with a hook. Velcro works great. Be sure you put Velcro on the items in the sea.
As they arrive, give each Cub Scout three minutes to snag as many “fish” as he can, and award a small prize when finished.
Float the Needle
Have bowl of water and a needle and challenge boys to try to make the needle float.
After they have tried and failed, place a small piece of tissue on water and the needle on top of that. As the tissue gets wet, it will sink to the bottom. The surface tension of the water will allow the needle to remain afloat.
