---- |1 | ---- ---- | | |2 | ---- ------------------------------- |3 | |4 | | | | | | | | | | ---- ---- ------------------------------- | | |5 | | | | | ---------------------------- ---- ---- ---- |6 | | | | | | | | | |7 | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------- ---- | | | | |8 | | | | | | | | | | | ---- ---- ------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | |9 | | | | | ------- ---- ---- ---- ---------------- |10| | | | | | | | | ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- | | | | | | | | ---- ---------------------------- ---- | | |11| | | | | | | |12| ---- ---------------------------- ---- | | | | | | | | |13| ---------------------- ---- ---- ---- |14| | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------- ---- ---- | | | | | | ---- ---------------------- ---- | | |15| | | | | | | | | ---- ---- ---------------------- ---- | | |16| | | | | | | ------------------------------- ---- ---- |17| | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------- ---- ---- | | | | | | | | ---- ---- ------------------------- | | | | |18| | | | | | | | ---- ---- ------------------------- | | | | ------------------- ---- |19| | | | | | | | ------------------- ---- | | ----
Fill in the words to the crossword puzzle using these clues.
ACROSS 4. Bright lights on the front of a car are ____ ____. 6. Cleaners that are _____ are often marked with a skull. 8. When it burns out, the ____ ____ must be replaced in a lamp. 9. The _____ bulb in a turn signal can burn out. 11. One light found on the back of a car is a _____. 14. If a bike chain becomes too loose, you must _____ it. 15. An area where tools are stored is a _____ area. 17. To keep the grass cut, use a _____. 18. Keep household _____ in a safe storage area. 19. The seat on a bike or horse is called a _____. | DOWN 1. Air inside a tire exerts _____. 2. Use the ____ ____ to check the level of oil in your car. 3. The extra tire carried in a vehicle is called the _____. 5. When you put oil on your bike chain, you _____ it. 7. A two wheeled vehicle Scouts can ride is a _____. 10. A nail on the road may cause a ____ ____. 12. You need a ____ ____ to check tire pressure. 13. To add air to a tire, use a pump or air _____. 15. This "horse" is helpful when cutting boards. 16. On Saturday, many people _____ their car. |
One thing that many of the Webelos Scouts might be used to is letting their mom and dad
buy all of their toys, hobbies, diversions, etc. Sit down with them and find out one thing that
each boy wants, that costs more money than he currently has. Once they have done this, help
them figure out a budget and think of a plan for how to get that item, on their own. If they don’t
get an allowance, go over some options that they can try so that they can earn some money, such
as doing a paper route, having a lemonade stand, doing chores around the house, doing yard
work and other such activities. Once they have come up with some ideas, have them talk to their
parents about how they could reach their goal. Check up with the Scouts, periodically, to see
how their goal is coming along. The Scout will have a greater appreciation for whatever they
saved up for since they had to work hard to get it. Teach them the importance of saving up for
things and how much better they feel once they are able to get them on their own.
The Arrow of Light award is to the Cub scouting, what an Eagle rank is to Boy Scouting. Quite simply, the highest honor a Cub Scout can earn. Better yet, the Arrow of Light is the only Cub Scout badge that can be worn on you son's Boy Scout uniform.
Arrow Of Light Badge Requirements
- Be active in your Webelos patrol for at least six months since completing the fourth grade (or at least six months since becoming 10 years old), and earn the Webelos badge.
-
-
- Show your knowledge of the requirements to become a Boy Scout by doing all of these:
- Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the following: In addition, tell how you have practiced the ideal in each of these statements in your everyday life:
- The Scout Oath
- The 12 points of the Scout Law
- Give and explain:
- Boy Scout Sign
- Boy Scout Salute - keep your fingers in scout sign position
- The Scout Handshake
- Understand the significance of the Scout badge. Know its parts and tell what each stands for.
- Tell how a Boy Scout uniform is different from a Webelos Scout uniform.
- Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the following: In addition, tell how you have practiced the ideal in each of these statements in your everyday life:
- Earn five more Webelos Activity Pins for a total of eight. The Webelos scout has already earned three pins for his Webelos badge. The total of eight pins must include:
- Citizen,
- Fitness,
- Readyman,
- At least three more activity pins, one each from the outdoor, mental skills, and technology groups.
- With your Webelos patrol or den, visit at least one Boy Scout troop meeting, and one Boy Scout-oriented outdoor (Webelos Woods - first year Webelos) activity.
- Participate in a Webelos overnight campout (Webelos Woods - second year Webelos) or day hike.
- After you have completed all five of the above requirements, and after a talk with your Webelos leader.
- Visit, with your parent or guardian, a meeting of a Boy Scout Troop you think you might like to join. Talk to their Scoutmaster.
- Then get an "Application to Become a Boy Scout", fill it out and have your parent or guardian sign it.
- Show the signed Application to your Webelos leader and talk about your interest in becoming a Boy Scout.
- Show your knowledge of the requirements to become a Boy Scout by doing all of these:
-
-
Unscramble the letters to spell names of birds.
B O I R N | ________________________ | |
N E W R | ________________________ | |
K E D I A C E H C | ________________________ | |
C U D K | ________________________ | |
N A I L C R A D | ________________________ | |
A W N S | ________________________ | |
R O T K S | ________________________ | |
E Y R U T K | ________________________ | |
R O O L I E | ________________________ | |
A R K E P A T E | ________________________ | |
Y A L E J U B | ________________________ | |
L A G E E | ________________________ | |
H E N C C I K | ________________________ | |
S O G E O | ________________________ | |
Y A N C R A | ________________________ | |
I L O M F N A G | ________________________ | |
S I B I | ________________________ | |
N U T C A O | ________________________ | |
G N P N E I U | ________________________ | |
A C C E K O P | ________________________ | |
D H G N O F I C L | ________________________ | |
A L R A C I N D | ________________________ |
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. All birds have: a. feathers b. two legs c. teeth 2. An annual flower blooms: a. every year b. twice a year c. only once 3. A monsoon is a: a. flower b. animal c. wind 4. In a hive, the worker bees are called: a. drones b. workers c. queen bees 5. A starfish has: a. five or more arms b. three arms c. four arms 6. A salamander is: a. a shrub b. an amphibian c. a fish | 7. A snake's shedding of it's skin is called: a. pelting b. molting c. sloughing 8. A geyser is a volcano of boiling: a. water b. oil c. lava 9. Rats belong to the family of: a. felines b. rodents c. reptiles 10. Watering soil to help make it fertile is called: a. rotation b. selection c. irrigation 11. A fungus is: a. a tropical tree b. plant growth c. a wild animal 12. A whale is a: a. mammal b. fish c. amphibian |
Answers:
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. All birds have: a. feathers 2. An annual flower blooms: c. only once 3. A monsoon is a: c. wind 4. In a hive, the worker bees are called: b. workers 5. A starfish has: a. five or more arms 6. A salamander is: b. an amphibian | 7. A snake's shedding of it's skin is called: b. molting 8. A geyser is a volcano of boiling: a. water 9. Rats belong to the family of: b. rodents 10. Watering soil to help make it fertile is called: c. irrigation 11. A fungus is: b. plant growth 12. A whale is a: a. mammal |
Score:
10-12 right = Super Naturalist
7-9 right = Almost made it
4-6 right = Read your Webelos book
1-3 right = Back to the backyard for you!
Fill in the correct answer(s).
- What is the fastest flying bird? _____________________________________
- How high can birds fly? __________________________________________
- What is the Nebraska State Bird? __________________________________
- What bird has become extinct in the last 75 years? ______________________
- Why do all birds build nests? ______________________________________
- Name two "major league" birds. ____________________________________
- Which birds can fly backwards? ____________________________________
- What bird is known for its famous deliveries? __________________________
- What is the largest bird in North America? ____________________________
- What is the smallest bird in the world? _______________________________
- List three birds that cannot fly. ____________________________________
- What color is a bluebird? _________________________________________
Answers:
- What is the fastest flying bird?
Swifts have been timed at 200 mph. - How high can birds fly?
A vulture has been seen flying at 25,000 feet, but most birds rarely fly above 3,000 feet. - What is the Nebraska State Bird?
Western Meadowlark - What bird has become extinct in the last 75 years?
Passenger Pigeon - Why do all birds build nests?
Birds build nests to "house" their eggs while they incubate - Name two "major league" birds.
Cardinal and Oriole - Which birds can fly backward?
Hummingbirds or any bird using fluttering flight - What bird is known for its famous deliveries?
Stork - What is the largest bird in North America?
Trumpet Swan - What is the smallest bird in the world?
Bee Hummingbird of Cuba - 2.25" long - List three birds that cannot fly.
Kiwi, Penguin, Ostrich - What color is a bluebird?
It appears blue because of the reflection and diffraction of light due to the structure of feathers
Fill in all the empty category squares with words beginning with the letter for that row. If you cannot think of a name for that category, leave it blank and go on. Then, compare answers with the others.
Animal | Bird | Fish | Flower | Tree | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | |||||
A | |||||
T | |||||
U | |||||
R | |||||
A | |||||
L | |||||
I | |||||
S | |||||
T |
If You're Lost in the Woods
Fill in the blanks with a word from this list. All words should be used once.
dry | fire | head | hole | leaves |
nightfall | run | sheltered | signal | wander |
1. Stop, sit down, and try to figure out where you are. Use your __________, not your legs.
2. If caught by night, fog or a storm, stop at once and make camp in a __________ spot.
3. Build a __________ in a safe place.
4. Gather plenty of __________ fuel.
5. Don't __________ about. Travel only downhill.
6. If injured, choose a clear spot and make a __________ (smoke) fire.
7. Don't yell, don't __________, don't worry, and above all, don't quit.
8. If caught out during __________, find shelter quickly - a ledge, a large boulder or a fallen tree.
9. If without a sleeping bag, build a fire in a deep __________, cover 6 inches of hot coal (wood) with 6 inches of earth and sleep on the warmed earth.
10. Use __________ and branches as a blanket to shelter yourself.
Fire Safety
Mark each True statement with T and each False statement with F.
____ 1. Build fires close to your tent.
____ 2. Be sure fire is downwind from tents.
____ 3. Keep cooking fires as large as can be. They'll cook faster.
____ 4. Clear an area ten feet in diameter of all burnable material, or as required by local law.
____ 5. Place ten fire buckets filled with water at each tent.
____ 6. Always extinguish fires and other flame sources before you go to sleep.
____ 7. Put fires dead out with any liquid you have on hand.
____ 8. Never leave a fire unattended.
Edible Fire
Teach the art of fire building by letting the scouts make an edible fire. Make sure you OK the fire before they consume it! Here are two plans.
Edible Fire #1 Use frosting to assemble the following items into an edible fire: Large cookie = base Peanut M&Ms = rock ring Potato sticks = kindling Pretzel sticks = logs Candy corn = fire Tootsie rolls = fuel wood Granola = dirt Small cups = water buckets | Edible Fire #2 Napkin = base Small Marshmallows = fire ring Flaked Coconut = kindling Red Hots or Raisins = coals Candy Corn = flames Pretzel Sticks = logs Small cup of Kool-Aid = water to put out the fire |
Answers:
If You're Lost in the Woods
Fill in the blanks with a word from this list. All words should be used once.
dry | fire | head | hole | leaves |
nightfall | run | sheltered | signal | wander |
1. Stop, sit down, and try to figure out where you are. Use your __head__, not your legs.
2. If caught by night, fog or a storm, stop at once and make camp in a __sheltered__ spot.
3. Build a __fire__ in a safe place.
4. Gather plenty of __dry__ fuel.
5. Don't __wander__ about. Travel only downhill.
6. If injured, choose a clear spot and make a __signal__ (smoke) fire.
7. Don't yell, don't __run__, don't worry, and above all, don't quit.
8. If caught out during __nightfall__, find shelter quickly - a ledge, a large boulder or a fallen tree.
9. If without a sleeping bag, build a fire in a deep __hole__, cover 6 inches of hot coal (wood) with 6 inches of earth and sleep on the warmed earth.
10. Use __leaves__ and branches as a blanket to shelter yourself.
Fire Safety
Mark each True statement with T and each False statement with F.
__F__ 1. Build fires close to your tent.
__T__ 2. Be sure fire is downwind from tents.
__F__ 3. Keep cooking fires as large as can be. They'll cook faster.
__T__ 4. Clear an area ten feet in diameter of all burnable material, or as required by local law.
__F__ 5. Place ten fire buckets filled with water at each tent.
__T__ 6. Always extinguish fires and other flame sources before you go to sleep.
__F__ 7. Put fires dead out with any liquid you have on hand.
__T__ 8. Never leave a fire unattended.
Wood for Campfires
There are three types of wood used to build a fire. Use the following key to decode them.
D | E | F | G | I | K | L | N | R | T | U |
$ | @ | % | ? | * | | | + | & | = | - | # |
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___- * & $ @ =___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___| * & $ + * & ?___ ___ ___ ___% # @ +
Ask your leader to show various types of wood needed for fires and explain the purpose of each.
Types of Wood
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate answer from the above puzzle.
____________ can be anything that is light and dry and not thicker than a match. Make little bundles of tiny twigs.
____________ should snap when broken. In general, dead branches from lower limbs of trees are best to use. Sticks lying on the ground could be damp.
____________ includes sticks that are not green. Use these only after a hot fire is started.
Just For Your Information:
* Wood that crumbles is rotten. It will smolder and smoke without giving off heat.
* Split wood burns well. The inside of a log is drier than the outside.
* Soft wood (produced by trees that grow quickly such as pines, spruces, cedars, gray birch, aspen) burns quickly. It is good for starting fires or for quick, hot fires. It does not leave good coals.
* Hard wood (produced by trees that grow slowly such as oaks, hickories, yellow birch, maples, and ash) burns slowly. It leaves good coals that will last.
Checklist for a Perfect Campsite
Place a checkmark in front of every item that is needed for the perfect campsite:
____ Sheltered by trees to the west and north
____ Open to avoid danger of falling branches
____ Sheltered from prevailing winds
____ Open to expose tents to early morning sun
____ Sheltered from prying eyes of nosy neighbors
____ Open to afford a pleasant view
____ Elevated to avoid morning fog
____ Low to avoid harassment of mountain lions
____ Sloped for drainage of water
____ Level for a comfortable night's sleep
____ Abundant in wildlife and nature
____ Devoid of insects, snakes, skunks, p-ivy
____ Grass covered to absorb rain
____ Sparsely vegetated to avoid grass fires
____ Stocked with wood for fuel and projects
____ Cleared of all stumps, sticks, logs, brush
____ Private (forget highway median strips)
____ Close to home
____ Legal (no "No Trespassing" signs)
____ Safe from flash floods (buffalo stampedes)
____ Well supplied with water for drinking, swimming, fishing, boating and even washing.
Knot Descriptions
Match each description on the left to the appropriate knot name on the right.
For tightening and loosening a rope easily and on guy lines. | Square Knot | |
For tying a rope to a post or ring; it's strong but easy to loosen. | Tautline Hitch | |
For tying a rope to a tree or post. | Clove Hitch | |
Used when you want a loop that will not slip or close up; used for rescue work. | Sheet Bend | |
For tying two ropes together and for tying bandages in first aid. | Bowline | |
For tying two ropes together, especially when one is thicker than the other. | Two Half Hitches |
Forget-Me "Knots"
Match the knot picture to the knot name.
Square Knot | Tautline Hitch | Clove Hitch |
Sheet Bend | Bowline | Two Half Hitches |