May 2015

May 2015 Den Meetings

Advancement

Health & Fitness/Sports/Nutrition

Page 1

Tiger Rank Advancement

3 – Where I Live

3D – Make a Choose Your Own Plate [this replaces the requirement for the Make a Food Guide

Pyramid].

3G – Learn the rules of a game or sport. Then, go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting

event. (partial Home assignment)

Tiger Elective 24

Help the adult who is preparing a family meal to set the table and to clean up afterward. (Home

assignment)

Tiger Elective 25

Make a snack and share it with your family. (Home assignment)

Wolf Rank Advancement

8 – Cooking and Eating

8a – Learn about MyPlate. [This replaces the requirement about learning about the Food Guide

Pyramid – the government has replaced the www.mypyramid.gov with www.choosemyplate.gov.]

8b – Plan the meals you and your family should have for one day. List things your family should have

from the food groups shown in the MyPlate. At each meal, you should have foods from at least three

food groups. (Home assignment)

8c – Help fix at least one meal for your family. Help set the table, cook the food, and wash the dishes.

(Home assignment)

8d – Fix your own breakfast. Wash and put away the dishes. (Home assignment)

8e – With an adult, help to plan, prepare and cook an outdoor meal. (Home assignment)

Bear Rank Advancement

9 – What’s Cooking?

9a – With an adult, bake cookies. (Home assignment)

9c – With an adult prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your

supper. (Home assignment)

9d – Make a list of “junk foods” you eat. Discuss “junk food” with a parent or teacher.

9f – With an adult, make a dessert for your family. (Home assignment)

May 2015 Den Meetings

Advancement

Health & Fitness/Sports/Nutrition

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Bear Rank Advancement (continued)

15 – Games, Games, Games 15b – Play two organized games with your den. 15c – Select a game that your den has never played. Explain the rules. Tell them how to play it, and then play it with them. 23 – Sports, Sports, Sports 23a – Learn the rules of and how to play three team sports. 23b – Learn the rules of and how to play two sports in which only one person is on each side. 23c – Take part in one team and one individual sport 23d – Watch a sport on TV with a parent or some other adult member of your family. (Home assignment) 23e – Attend a high school, college, or professional sporting event with your family. (Home assignment)

Webelos Rank Advancement

Fitness Activity Badge

1. With your parent, guardian or Webelos den leader, complete the Health and Fitness Character Connection.

3. Read the meal planning information in this chapter. With a parent or other family member, plan a week of

meals. Explain what kinds of meals are best for you and why. (Home assignment)

4. Keep a record of your daily meals and snacks for a week. Decide whether you have been eating foods that

are good for you.

5. Tell an adult member of your family about the bad effects smoking or chewing tobacco would have on your

body.

6. Tell an adult member of your family four reasons why you should not use alcohol and how it could affect

you.

7. Tell an adult member of your family what drugs could do to your body and how they would affect your

ability to think clearly.

Arrow of Light

4. Visit at least one Boy Scout troop meeting and one Boy Scout-oriented outdoor activity.

5. Participate in an Webelos overnight campout or day hike.

6. After you have completed all five of the above requirements, and after a talk with your Webelos den leader,

arrange a visit, with your parent or guardian, a meeting of a Boy Scout troop you think you might like to join.

Have a conference with the Scoutmaster.

May 2015 – Den Meetings

Health & Fitness/Sports/Nutrition

Materials List, page 1

Week 1 Leader Kit

All Boys

Each Boy Comments

Tiger Wolf Bear Webelos

Flag X

Pencils X

Markers/Crayons X

Paper bags (color and size do not matter)

6 bags for every 8-10 Cub Scouts

Glue X

Scissors X

Rubber Balls 1 ball for every 8-10 Cub Scouts

Masking tape X

COPIES

Junk Food or Not Word Search X

It’s in the Bag Game pictures for bags 1 set for every 8-10 Cub Scouts

Home Assignment sheet X X X All assignments are on same small sheet –

4 sheets per page

Week 2 Leader Kit

All Boys

Each Boy Comments

Tiger Wolf Bear Webelos

Flag X

Pencils X

Scissors X

Crayons/Markers X

COPIES

Hidden Pictures: In the Watermelon Patch

X

Coloring MyPlate – no groups X

Coloring MyPlate – with groups X

Go Fish Food Group cards 1 set for every 15 Cub Scouts

Home Assignment sheet X X X All assignments are on same small sheet – 4

sheets per page

May 2015 – Den Meetings

Health & Fitness/Sports/Nutrition

Materials List, page 2

Week 4 Leader Kit

All Boys

Each Boy Comments

Tiger Wolf Bear Webelos

Flag X

Pencils X

Marbles X At least one marble per Cub Scout plus 15

marbles for every 6-8 Cub Scout

Masking tape X

Chalk Only for parapros that have access to concrete

for marbles

Cones 4 cones

Flying disc 1 for every 14 Cub Scouts

COPIES

Marble Maze

Team Opening cards 1 set per parapro

Week 3 Leader Kit

All Boys

Each Boy Comments

Tiger Wolf Bear Webelos

Flag X

Pencils X

Scissors X

Rubber bands For holding “Guess the Games” cards

Tennis Balls 1 ball for every 20 Cub Scouts

Cones 4 cones

Masking tape X

COPIES

Soccer Rules Scramble X America Opening cards 1 set per parapro

Guess the Games Rules Review cards 1 set for every 6 Cub Scouts

Home Assignment sheet X X X All assignments are on same small sheet – 4 sheets per page