Long Beach Area Council

Presents:

Family Adventure Day – September 26, 2020

Family Adventure Day Guide Welcome to Family Adventure Day- a day for your family or Den or Patrol to get out and visit many fun and interesting locations in the Long Beach Area Council. We have curated many outings nearby that can be visited for no or low cost and we encourage you on September 26 to join us for an on-your-own tour of some of our Council’s highlights! Some you may have visited before; others may be new- but they are all worth a stop. Go to one, go to three, try and go to them all- it is totally up to you. How it works: in the following pages you will find a map of the stops, a general description of each and what you might find, links to videos of Scouts enjoying many of the outings and telling you about them, and a suggested list of Cub and Scouts BSA rank advancement opportunities at each location. Current Covid-19 rules will apply- wear a mask when required, social distance, stay home if you are not feeling well or have a temperature. Scout groups limited to 10. At the end of the day: from 2 – 5 pm, you may end your tour at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4644 Clark Avenue in Long Beach (corner of Arbor Road). Pull in the parking lot and check in. Show us a selfie from each location that you visited or geocache attempted, and you will receive an opportunity drawing ticket for each stop. Fabulous Scout prizes will be awarded, including a new tent. Fire pits and the makings for Smores will be available at Bethany, as well as your Family Adventure Day Patch. Oh, and bathrooms. So, come on down! You may start the day anytime that is convenient for you, but some of the stops have limited hours- check out the descriptions very closely. Pay particular attention to Loof’s Lite-A-Line and Rancho Los Alamitos as there are specially reserved times for Scouts. We recommend that you try to visit at least one of these attractions. A big Thank You to Troop 65 Scouts and families for suggesting the outings, trying them out before the event, and creating videos to showcase what can be found at many of them. Also, for hosting the closing ceremony complete with Smores and prizes! Thank you also to Jennifer Armstrong of Pack 75 for developing the lists of Cub Scout requirements that can be earned at the various locations and to Patricia Tsoiasue of Troop 14 for hosting the Signs, Signals, and Code Merit Badge and Pike tour.

Outing Descriptions

[Note: these outings are listed in alphabetical order- travel to them in an order that best makes sense for you and where you are coming from. We are not recommending an order of visit. A map showing all the stops is available for planning purposes.] Airplane Park- Lakewood

Del Valle Park in Lakewood is located at the corner of Woodruff Avenue and Arbor Road. It is affectionately known as Airplane Park to many residents due to the 1950s era jet plane located in the park. What to do? Read the poem The boys of Del Valle Park found on a plaque at the base of the plane. It was written by Dennis Lander, a Vietnam War Veteran in honor of the young boys that used to play on the plane (it was once set at ground level) before being sent off to war. Say a prayer for those that did not return and be grateful to all for their service to our country. 20 minutes average visitation time. There is also a plaque there honoring World War II veterans that was placed by the family of the Reverend John C. Bonner. That was our own Marc Bonner’s grandfather. Try the local Geocache- “Sisterhood of the Traveling Trackable Ca” Difficulty: 1.5/5

Alamitos Well #1 - Signal Hill This historical site is the location of one of the world's most famous oil wells. Started on March 23,1921, it flowed 590 barrels of oil a day when it was completed June 25, 1921, at a depth of 3,114 feet. This discovery well led to the development of one of the most productive oil fields in the world and helped to establish California as a major oil producing state. It is located at the North East corner of Temple Ave and Hill St in Signal Hill and is adjacent to Discovery Well Park. 10 minutes average visitation time at the well, 30+ minutes if hike down from Hilltop Park. You may park nearby and have a look or take a stroll down Panorama Promenade from Hilltop Park to have a look. If you choose the short hike you will enjoy an overlook of the Long Beach Airport, iconic Holiday Inn tower, and the Pyramid located at Cal State Long Beach. Try the local Geocache- “A Pyramid Point of View” Difficulty: 1.0/5

Alamitos Well #1 Bethany Lutheran Church- Long Beach

Stop here from 2 – 5 pm to pick up Opportunity Drawing tickets for fabulous Scout prizes, pick up a patch, and make some Smores! Bathrooms are open. Last stop. 4644 Clark Ave. (corner of Arbor Rd.) Try the local Geocache- “Cache of the Day” Difficulty: 1.5/5

Blacksmith Corner- Bellflower

17647 Lakewood Blvd. in Bellflower. Come and visit the cute animals- sometimes bunnies, chicks, finches, doves, frogs, crabs, reptiles, etc. Buy an old-fashioned candy or soda pop- choose from Moon Pies, Neccos, Dad’s Root Beer, Grape Nehi’s. Nothing fancy, just a quick and fun stop. Maybe 20 minutes. Please be respectful as this is an operating business. We are being welcomed to visit, but visitors are limited to 25 inside at any time. Consider making a purchase.

Breakers Hotel/Cooper Arms/Villa Riviera- Long Beach (Long Beach Art & History Tour)

This is a general Downtown Long Beach tour and can be as involved as you care to make it, depending upon your whims. Mostly along Ocean Blvd, generally between Pine and Linden. Download the TourLBC app. There are 12 curated tours of the downtown area of Long Beach. Review the destinations, find one to your liking, and follow it. Various trip lengths. The Breakers Hotel is currently undergoing renovation and is not accessible. You might enjoy close up views of the Cooper Arms (455 E. Ocean Blvd.) or Villa Riviera (800 E. Ocean Blvd.) Lobbies. You may not be able to go inside at the moment, but there are good views through the windows.

Cooper Arms building- 455 E. Ocean, corner of Linden

Breakers Hotel- Long Beach Villa Riviera- Long Beach Donut Shops-

7th & PCH, Carson & Cherry, Long Beach Blvd & Roosevelt [Long Beach], Bellflower Blvd & Arkansas Street [Bellflower] These are stands with a large donut stuck on the roof. Anywhere is fine but BUY A DONUT! Enjoy a chocolate glazed twist with a carton of ice-cold chocolate milk. Or your choice.

Hilltop Park- Signal Hill

All the way at the top of Signal Hill you will find Hilltop park (2351 Dawson Ave., Signal Hill). Interestingly, the park sits directly on top of a water reservoir. See the map located near the Alamitos Well #1 description. Wander around and enjoy the magnificent views (we are hoping for a beautiful and clear day). Put a coin in the telescopes and look for the Hollywood Sign or Mount Wilson. You will have a marvelous overlook of the Long Beach Airport on one side and downtown Long Beach with the twin Ports on the other. Read the plaques on the three installations highlighting the areas previous populations. Walk down the hill a little on the ocean side and visit the Roughnecks art installation. Buy an ice cream from the ice cream truck- yell out “Ice cream man, ice cream man!” Doesn’t that feel great? Take a stroll down the adjacent Panorama Promenade. View the Long Beach Airport, iconic Holiday Inn tower, and the Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach. Hike all the way down to Alamitos Well #1 if you are able. 30-60 minutes for both Park and Well. Try the local Geocache- there are several in the area, but require a premium membership for access

West San Gabriel Parkway Nature Trail - Lakewood

Take a nature hike. The third and final section of the Lakewood Nature Trail along the west side of the San Gabriel River opened on Saturday, April 11, 2014. The half-mile addition runs from Candlewood Street south to Del Amo Boulevard, where it meets up with the existing one-mile trail that extends south to Carson Street.

"Our trail has flora and fauna that you would have seen in abundance in our region 100 years ago," said Mayor Wood on opening day, "but many have been pushed out by non-native species or loss of habitat in the years since. We've reintroduced them now on the trail and given residents the chance to see a little bit of what Lakewood and our region used to look like....and what we can still look like, when we take the time and effort to do so."

Try the local Geocache- “Gear up for this Cache” Difficulty: 2.0/5

4626 Shadeway Road, Lakewood

Access is from Candlewood/Knoxville

Lion’s Lighthouse for sight / the Pike / Signs, Signals, & Codes Merit Badge- Long Beach

Take a short hike between Shoreline Village (429 Shoreline Village Drive) and the Lion’s Lighthouse. Located at 200 Aquarium Way in the Shoreline Aquatic park stands a 10-story tall lighthouse officially named the “Lions Lighthouse for Sight.” Funded by the Downtown Long Beach Lions Club organization and dedicated in December of 2000, it is a non-functioning “faux” lighthouse built “as a reminder of the Lions Clubs International’s dedication to ending blindness in the world.” The park surrounding it is a great place to visit, have a picnic and snap a photo of the most picturesque of Long Beach’s lighthouses. Have some old glasses? Do a “good turn.” Drop them off in a Lion’s collection bin located in most optometrist’s offices. Start your hike at the Maker Space by the Sea Kiosk in Seaport Village, adjacent to the Carousel. Find Patricia Tsoiasue between 10 am – 2 pm, she will be waiting for you. Cell: (562) 225-9589 (Troop 14 Eagle Scout Mom and Merit Badge Counselor) or www.makersville.net. Patricia will start you off with a couple of Signs, Signals, & Codes Merit Badge requirements. Then you will be off on a one-mile hike to visit the Lighthouse or a 2-mile hike that includes many original Pike locations. Mostly for Scouts BSA. Patricia will be in the Kiosk near the Carousel (562) 225-9589 There is no free parking.

Looff’s Lite-A-Line: Long Beach [HINT- you should try to include this stop in your day’s itinerary]

Most famous for building Vandeveer’s Bathing Pavilion Carousel, the VERY FIRST carousel, Charles Looff went on to create a number of other amusements, including the game kept alive at Looff’s Lite-A-Line at 2500 Long Beach Blvd. in Long Beach (just south of Willow). After The Pike was closed in 1979, the Lite-A-Line games were preserved and moved inland to new locations until finally settling into their current location in 2000. In addition to the historic game, Loof’s Lite-A-Line also acts as a museum remembering The Pike and some of Looff’s other attractions. The displays contain vintage signs, historic photographs and even a restored Cyclone Racer roller coaster car. The deal- The Looff family still owns this attraction and are making it available to Scout families only between 10 – 11:30 am on Saturday, September 26. You will be able to view the Pike memorabilia plus the Scouts will be allowed to play the game. After 11:30 am you may still enter to view the memorabilia, but the Scouts may not play the game as it will be open for regular business hours. Please be respectful of both the clientele and the memorabilia. Please give a warm Scout thank you to the owner and staff for the opportunity to visit this museum dedicated to old Long Beach. This is a “must see” and may be the highlight of the day!

Nature Center- Long Beach

You have probably been here before, maybe many times. Does not matter, it never gets old. $5.00 for parking gets you a nice 1 or 2-mile hike in mother nature, but close to home. 7550 E. Spring St., Long Beach. Try the local Geocache- “Little House on the Trail” Difficulty: 2.0/5

Rancho Los Alamitos - Long Beach

Another “must do!” The Rancho has been booked from 10 am – 2 pm just for Scout families to enjoy. Take a tour of the outside areas, walk through the barn, and visit the farm animals- they miss seeing you! Pull up to the Bixby Hill guard house at the southern end of Palo Verde Ave. off Anaheim Rd. and tell the guard you are there to visit the Rancho. Make sure he knows the Rancho is open for special hours. You will receive a pass and a map, but the Rancho parking lot is just at the top of the hill. You must register for this tour at: [email protected] Scout families will sign up for an admittance time between 10 am – 2 pm in 5-minute increments for social distancing. Limit 10/group

Red Line, original- Bellflower, Long Beach, Seal Beach

Before the Blue and Red Line Metro Trains that we know today, there was an old Red Line car officially known as the Pacific Electric Railway Company. Originally there were 7 train routes leading from Los Angeles to other areas of Southern California, including one heading to Long Beach that continued through Seal Beach and ended at Newport Beach. There was a depot where the Willow Street Blue Car Station stands today. From there a track ended at the nearby Pike Amusement Zone and another traveled at crazy angles across Long Beach, stopping at Rancho Los Alamitos before heading to Seal Beach and finally Newport. Much of the roadbed is still in place across Long Beach, mostly hidden behind fences, although it can be clearly seen at Rotary Centennial Park (1729 Junipero, Long Beach- although we do not recommend going there due to parking shortages). We do recommend going to see an original Red Car located at 840 Electric Avenue in Seal Beach. From there, take a hike up Main Street and stroll on the pier. Stop at Sweet Jills Bakery (123 Main Street) along the route and pick up something, well, sweet.

If you are really into the old Red Car, an original Depot can be visited in Bellflower (16398 Bellflower Blvd, adjacent to the Fire Museum).

Willow Springs Park- Long Beach

This is a very rustic, natural-style park with great overviews of the city of Long Beach. There are areas here that are conducive to Scout Rank advancement opportunities, and the Sustainable Farm on the property offers service hours and possible Eagle Projects. Access the parking lot off Orange Avenue midway between Willow and Spring Streets (2745 Orange Ave). You will find hills of free mulch here for your yard. The trail heading north from the parking area leads to a spot conducive to identifying animals (Second Class Rank #4) and especially flora (First Class Rank #5a). This would also be a good location to work on Navigation skills (First Class Rank #4b). Stay on the north trail until you reach the top. You will find many markers embedded in the ground oriented to natural features such as Mount Wilson, showing coordinates. There is also a brick and stone portico from which to view the city and admire the tall palm tree. The trail heading south from the parking area leads to the Long Beach Sustainable farm and eventually to the spring (the spring was still trickling in mid-September). Try the local Geocache- “Dusty Trail” Difficulty: 2.2/5 The Willow Springs Wetlands Restoration Project opened in October 2017. The project restored 11 acres of a 48-acre degraded site into wetlands that highlight the pivotal role they played in the City of Long Beach’s establishment in the late 1800’s by preserving the history and unique topography of the site. The Park site sits atop the Cherry Hill Fault, a region of the Newport/Inglewood Fault, which lifts the land 4 millimeters/year, created topographic contours in the Park that were preserved and used to create a unique park user experience, unlike any other in Long Beach’s park system. Visitors discover a walking loop through a series of water-capturing bio-swales that flow to one acre of restored seasonal wetlands and 10 acres of habitat with native plants and trees, a constructed spring that mimics the original artesian spring that provided water to early Long Beach, a water retention basin that cleans and diverts water to be reused on-site, and an outdoor environmental education classroom. Longview Point at Willow Springs Park is located on the west side of Orange Avenue between Willow and Spring Streets. The four-acre site is at the highest point of the Willow Springs property and provides 360-degree views of the Long Beach skyline, the Port of Long Beach, Rancho Palos Verde, and the Los Angeles Basin and San Gabriel Mountains.

Cub Scout Requirements and Awards

MANY LOCATIONS - OUTINGS REQUIREMENTS • Lion: Lion’s Honor: Participate in an outing • Tiger: Tiger Tales: Visit a historical museum or landmark with your parent/guardian or other caring adult. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear / Webelo: Outdoor Activity Award: Explore a local city, county, state, or national park. Discuss with your den how a good citizen obeys the park rules. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear / Webelo: Outdoor Activity Award: Participate in a nature hike in your local area. This can be on an organized, marked trail or just a hike to observe nature in your area. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear / Webelos: Outdoor Activity Award: Participate in an outdoor activity such as a picnic or park fun day. • Wolf: Call of the Wild: Attend an outdoor activity with your den or pack • Bear: Bear Necessities: Attend an outdoor activity with your den or pack • Bear: Fur, Feathers & Ferns: 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. • Bear: Paws For Action: 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. • Webelos: Webelos Walkabout: With your Webelos den or with a family member, hike 3 miles. Before your hike, plan and prepare a nutritious lunch or snack. Enjoy it on your hike, and clean up afterward • Webelos / AOL: Into the Wild: Visit a museum of natural history, a nature center, or a zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.

ANY LOCATION - SCOUT BASICS: NEW SCOUTS, AOL • Bobcat: Learn and say the Scout Oath, with help if needed. • AOL: Scouting Adventure: Recite Scout Oath from memory. • Bobcat: Learn and say the Scout Law, with help if needed. • AOL: Scouting Adventure: Recite Scout Law from memory. • Bobcat: Say the Cub Scout motto. Tell what it means. • AOL: Scouting Adventure: Recite Scout Motto from memory. • AOL: Scouting Adventure: Recite Scout slogan from memory. • Bobcat: Show the Cub Scout sign. Tell what it means. • Bobcat: Show the Cub Scout handshake. Tell what it means. • Bobcat: Show the Cub Scout salute. Tell what it means. • AOL: Scouting Adventure: Give the Scout sign, salute, and handshake. Explain when to use each. • AOL: Scouting Adventure: Explain what Scout spirit is. Describe for your den leader, parent, or guardian some ways you have shown Scout spirit by conducting yourself according to the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan.

ANY LOCATION - TRASH PICK-UP, SERVICE PROJECT • Lion: Animal Kingdom: Do a family service project for others • Lion: Pick My Path: Do a good turn for another person. • Tiger: Team Tiger: With your den or family, participate as a team in a service project that helps our country or your community. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear / Webelo: Outdoor Activity Award: Complete an outdoor service project in your community. • Wolf: Council Fire: Participate in a community service project with your pack, den, or family. • Bear: Paws For Action: Do a cleanup project that benefits your community.

AIRPLANE PARK Use a basketball to see how long it takes to make a basket or bowl over some items. • Lion: Build It Up, Knock it Down: Discuss with other Lions things that can be built and things that can be • knocked down. • Tiger: Tiger-iffic!: Play at least two different games by yourself. • Wolf: Air of the Wolf: Bounce a basketball that doesn't have enough air in it. Then bounce it when it has the right amount of air in it. Do each one 10 times. Describe how the ball bounces differently when the amount of air changes. • Wolf: Code of the Wolf: Have each member of your den shoot a basketball. Count the number of shots it takes for each scout to sink five baskets. Make a graph that shows how successful your den was. Your graph should show each group that needed 5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, and more than 20 tries to sink their shots. • Bear: 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. • Webelo: • AOL:

ALAMITOS WELL Learn a bit about engineering. Use blueprints to make a lever. See how long it takes you to balance two sets of objects on the lever. • Lion: Gizmos and Gadgets: Explore properties of motion and force. • Tiger: Tiger-iffic!; Play a problem solving game. • Wolf: Call of the Wild: Attend an outdoor event. • Bear: Make It Move: Make a lever by creating a seesaw using a spool and a wooden paint stirrer. Explore the way it balances by placing different objects on each end. • Bear: Make It Move: Make two simple pulleys, and use them to move objects. • Webelos / AOL: Engineer: Examine a set of blueprints or specifications. • Webelos / AOL: Engineer: Pick and do two projects using the engineering skills you have learned. • Webelos / AOL: Engineer: Pick one type of engineer. With the help of the Internet, your local library, or an engineer, discover three things that describe what that engineer does. (To use the Internet, be sure that you have a current Cyber Chip or that you have permission from your Webelos den leader, parent, or guardian.) Share your findings with your Webelos den.

HILLTOP PARK Obstacle Course • Lion: On Your Mark: Participate in an obstacle course relay. • Lion: Fun on the Run: Participate as a den in Jungle Field Day. • Tiger: Games Tigers Play: Make up a game and play it with your family. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear / Webelos: Outdoor Activity Award: Invent and outside game and play it outside for 30 minutes. • Tiger: Tiger Tag: Have your den choose a team or relay game that everyone can play, and play it at least twice. • Tiger: Tiger Tag: With your parent/guardian or other caring adult, select an active outside game that you could play with the members of your den. Talk with den members about the games suggested by all Tigers. With your den, decide on a game to play and play the game that your den has chosen. After the game, discuss with your den the meaning of being a good sport. • Wolf: Paws of Skill: With your family or your den, talk about what it means to be a member of a team. Working together, make a list of team sports, and talk about how the team works together to be successful. Choose one and play for 30 minutes. • Tiger: Tiger Tag: Choose one active game you like, and tell your den about how to play and why you like this game. • Tiger: Tiger Tag: 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. • Tiger: Team Tiger: With your parent, guardian, other caring adult, or den, talk about what it means to be part of a team. List some of the teams you are on (den, pack, family, class, etc.). and explain how you can help each one. • Tiger: Earning Your Stripes: Play a game with your den. Then discuss how your den played politely. • Tiger: Earning Your Stripes: Talk with your parent, guardian, other caring adult, or den about polite language. Learn how to shake hands and introduce yourself. • Wolf: Running With The Pack: Play a sport or game with your den or family, and show good sportsmanship. • Wolf: Paws of Skill: With your den, talk about sportsmanship and what it means to be a good sport while playing a game or a sport. Share with your den how you were a good sport or demonstrated good sportsmanship. • Webelos: Sports: Explain what good sportsmanship means, role-play a situation that demonstrates good sportsmanship, Give an example of a time when you experienced or saw someone showing good sportsmanship. • Tiger: Tiger Tales: Play a game from the past. • Wolf: Running With The Pack: Play catch with someone in your den or family who is standing 5 steps away from you. Play until you can throw and catch successfully at this distance. Take a step back and see if you can improve your throwing and catching skills. • Wolf: Running With The Pack: Practice balancing as you walk forward, backward, and sideways. • Wolf: Running With The Pack: Practice flexibility and balance by doing a front roll, a back roll, and a frog stand. • Wolf: Running With The Pack: Do at least two of the following: frog leap, inchworm walk, kangaroo hop, or crab walk. • Wolf: Paws of Skill: With your den, develop an obstacle course that involves five different movements. Run the course two times and see if your time improves. • Webelos: Stronger, Faster, Higher: With your den, prepare a fitness course or series of games that includes jumping, avoiding obstacles, weight lifting, and running. Time yourself going through the course, and try to improve your time over a two week period. • Webelos / AOL: Sports: Show the signals used by officials in one of these sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer, or hockey.

EXERCISE/SPORTS: LION, TIGER, WOLF, WEBELO MISSING: BEAR, AOL • Lion: Fun on the Run: Learn and demonstrate three exercises you can do each day. • Tiger: Games Tigers Play: Talk with a coach or athlete about what it’s like to participate in a sport. • Wolf: Paws of Skill: Talk with your family or den about what it means to be physically fit. Share ideas of what you can do to stay in shape. • Wolf: Paws of Skill: With your family or den, talk about why it is important to stretch before and after exercising. Demonstrate proper warm-up movements and stretches before and after each activity you do that involves action. • Wolf: Paws of Skill: Select at least two physical fitness skills and practice them daily for two weeks. See if you can improve during that time. • Webelos: Stronger, Faster, Higher: Understand and explain why you should warm up before exercising and cool down afterward. Demonstrate the proper way to warm up and cool down. • Webelos: Stronger, Faster, Higher: Do these and record your results: 20 Yard Dash, Vertical Jump, Lift a 5 Pound Weight, Push-Ups, Curls, Jumping Rope

HIKING - ANIMALS : LION, TIGER, WOLF, BEAR, WEBELO, AOL • Tiger: My Tiger Jungle: Take a 1-foot hike. Make a list of the living things you find on your 1-foot hike. Discuss these plants or animals with your parent/guardian, other caring adult, or your den. • Lion: Mountain Lion: Demonstrate an understanding of respect for animals and nature when participating in a learning hike. • Tiger: Tigers in the Wild: Visit a nature center, zoo, or another outside place with your family or den. Learn more about two animals, and write down two interesting things about them in your Tiger Handbook. • Wolf: Call of the Wild: While on a den or family outing, identify four different types of animals you see or explain evidence of their presence. Tell how you identified them. • Webelos / AOL: Into the Wild: Watch at least four wild creatures (reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, fish, insects, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard, or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing. • Webelos / AOL: Into the Wild: Identify an insect, reptile, bird, or other wild animal that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it survives in your area. • Bear: Fur, Feathers & Ferns: While hiking or walking for one mile, identify six signs that any mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, or plants are living near the place where you choose to hike or walk. • Bear: Fur, Feathers & Ferns: Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years and one animal that is currently endangered. Explain what caused their declines. • Bear: Fur, Feathers & Ferns: Observe wildlife from a distance. Describe what you saw. • Tiger: My Tiger Jungle: go for a walk outside and pick out two or more sights or sounds of "nature" around you. Discuss with your partner or den.

HIKING ESSENTIALS: LION, TIGER, WOLF, BEAR, WEBELO, AOL • Lion: Mountain Lion / Wolf: Paws on the Path: Learn about and gather the hiking essentials. • Tiger: Tigers In The Wild / Wolf: Call of the Wild / Bear: Bear Necessities: With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, name and collect the Cub Scout Six Essentials you need for a hike. Make a list of possible weather changes that could happen during your outing according to the time of year you are outside. Tell how you will be prepared for each one. Tell your den leader what you would need to add to your list to prepare for rain. • Tiger: Tigers in the Wild / Wolf: Call of the Wild / Wolf: Paws on the Path / Webelos: Webelos Walkabout: Listen/Recite the Outdoor Code. Talk about how you can be clean in your outdoor manners. • Tiger: Tigers in the Wild / Wolf: Call of the Wild / Wolf: Paws on the Path / AOL: Outdoor Adventurer: Listen/Recite the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids. Talk about how these principles support the Outdoor Code. Discuss why you should "Trash Your Trash." • Tiger: Tigers in the Wild / Wolf: Call of the Wild / AOL: Outdoor Adventurer: Apply the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Principles for Kids on your Tiger den and pack outings. After one outing, share what you did to demonstrate the principles you discussed. List the ways you demonstrated being careful with fire or other dangers. • Lion: Mountain Lion: Learn what SAW (Stay, Answer, Whistle) means. Demonstrate what you can do to stay safe if you become separated from the group when you are outdoors. • Lion: Mountain Lion / Wolf: Paws on the Path: Learn and practice the buddy system. Describe what you should do if you get separated from your group while hiking. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear / Webelo: Outdoor Activity Award: Explain the buddy system and tell what to do if lost. Explain the importance of cooperation. • Webelos / AOL: Castaway: Discuss what to do if you become lost in the woods. Tell what the letters "ST-O-P" stand for. Tell what the universal emergency signal is. Describe three ways to signal for help. Demonstrate one of them. Describe what you can do to help rescuers find you.

WILLOW SPRINGS PARK MAPS/SCAVENGER HUNT: WOLF, WEBELO, AOL MISSING: LION, TIGER, BEAR • Wolf: Finding Your Way: Identify what a compass rose is and where it is on the map. • Wolf: Finding Your Way: Use a compass to identify which direction is north. Show how to determine which way is south, east, and west. • Wolf: Finding Your Way: Go on a scavenger hunt using a compass, and locate an object with a compass. • Wolf: Finding Your Way: Using a map and compass, go on a hike or walk with your den or family. • Wolf: Finding Your Way: Using a map of your city or town, locate where you live. • Wolf: Air of the Wolf: With other members of your den, go outside and record the sounds you hear. Identify which of these sounds is the result of moving air. • Wolf: Code of the Wolf: With other members of your den or family, identify three different types of shapes that you see in nature. • Webelos / AOL: Earth Rocks: Explain the meaning of the word "geology." Explain why this kind of science is an important part of your world. • Webelos / AOL: Earth Rocks: Look for different kinds of rocks or minerals while on a rock hunt with your family or your den, identify them, examine them with a magnifying glass.

SEAL BEACH HIKING - WATER: TIGER, WOLF, BEAR, WEBELO, AOL MISSING: LION • Wolf: Paws on the Path: Go on a 1-mile hike with your den or family. Find two interesting things that you've never seen before and discuss with your den or family. • Wolf: A Bear Goes Fishing: Discover and learn about three types of fish in your area. Draw a color picture of each fish, record what each one likes to eat, and describe what sort of habitat each likes. • Webelos / AOL: Into The Wild: Learn about aquatic ecosystems and wetlands in your area. Talk with your Webelos den leader or family about the important role aquatic ecosystems and wetlands play in supporting life cycles of wildlife and humans, and list three ways you can help. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear / Webelo: Outdoor Activity Award: Participate in a nature observation activity. Describe or illustrate and display your observations at a den or pack meeting.

NATURE CENTER HIKING - PLANTS: TIGER, WOLF, WEBELO, AOL MISSING: LION, BEAR • Tiger: Tigers in the Wild: While on the hike, find three different kinds of plants, animals, or signs that animals have been on the trail. List what you saw in your Tiger Handbook. • Tiger: Tigers in the Wild: Find two different trees and two different types of plants that grow in your area. Write their names in your Tiger Handbook. • Webelos / AOL: Into the Wild: Give examples of at least two of the following: (a) A producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food chain of an ecosystem, (b) One way humans have changed the balance of nature, (c) How you can help protect the balance of nature • Webelos / AOL: Identify two different groups of trees and the parts of a tree. • Webelos / AOL: Into The Woods: Identify four trees common to the area where you live. Tell whether they are native to your area. Tell how both wildlife and humans use them. • Webelos / AOL: Into The Woods: Identify four plants common to the area where you live. Tell which animals use them and for what purpose. • Webelos / AOL: Into The Woods: Explain how the growth rings of a tree trunk tell its life story. Describe different types of tree bark and explain what the bark does for the tree. • Webelos / AOL: Into The Woods: Visit a nature center, nursery, tree farm, or park, and speak with someone knowledgeable about trees and plants that are native to your area. Explain how plants and trees are important to our ecosystem and how they improve our environment. • Webelos: Webelos Walkabout: Describe and identify from photos any poisonous plants and dangerous animals and insects you might encounter on your hike or activity. • Wolf: Grow Something: Visit or research a botanical or community garden in your area, and learn about two of the plants that grow there. Share what you have learned with your den or family.

GROW A PLANT • Lion: Ready Set Grow: Visit with an individual who can demonstrate different ways to garden (outside, greenhouse, container, etc.) and the basic skills needed to garden. • Lion: Ready Set Grow: Learn where the food we eat comes from. • Lion: Ready Set Grow: Plant a small container garden. • Tiger: My Tiger Jungle: Plant a plant. • Tiger: Team Tiger: Show that you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of each. • Wolf: Grow Something: Find out the growing zone for your area, and share the types of plants that will grow best in your zone. • Wolf: Grow Something: Select a seed, and plant it in a small container. Care for it for 30 days. Take a picture or make a drawing of your plant once each week to share with your den or family. • Wolf: Grow Something: Grow a sweet potato plant in water. Keep a journal of its growth for two weeks. Share the information with your den or family. • Wolf: Grow Something: Using a seed tray, grow a garden inside your home. Keep a journal of its progress for 30 days. Share the results with your den or family. • Bear: Fur, Feathers & Ferns: Use a magnifying glass to examine plants more closely. Describe what you saw through the magnifying glass that you could not see without it. • Bear: Fur, Feathers & Ferns: Learn about composting and how vegetable waste can be turned into fertilizer for plants. • Bear: Fur, Feathers & Ferns: Plant a vegetable or herb garden. • Webelos / AOL: Into The Woods: Develop a plan to care for and then plant at least one plant or tree, either indoors in a pot or outdoors. Tell how this plant or tree helps the environment in which it is planted and what the plant or tree will be used for.

BIRDHOUSE: TIGER, WOLF, BEAR, WEBELO, AOL MISSING: LION • Tiger: My Tiger Jungle: Point out two different kinds of birds that live in your area. With your parent/guardian, other caring adult, or den, find out more about one of these birds. • Tiger: My Tiger Jungle: Build and hang a birdhouse. • Wolf: Paws on the Path: Name two birds, two insects, and/or two other animals that live in your area. Explain how you identified them. • Bear: Baloo The Builder: Assemble your materials and build one useful project and one fun project using wood. • Bear: Baloo The Builder: Discover which hand tools are the best ones to have in your toolbox. Learn the rules for using these tools safely. Practice with at least four of these tools before beginning a project. • Webelos / AOL: Into the Wild: Watch for birds in your yard, neighborhood, or town for one week. Identify the birds you see, and write down where and when you saw them. • Webelos / AOL: Into the Wild: Learn about the bird flyways closest to your home. Find out which birds use these flyways.

SECRET CODES: TIGER, WOLF MISSING: LION, BEAR, WEBELO, AOL • Tiger: Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries: Create a secret code. Share it with your family or den. • Tiger: Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries: With the other Scouts in your den or with your family, crack a code that you did not create. • Wolf: Code of the Wolf: Send a message to another member of your den or your den leader using the pig pen code or another code that changes letters into special shapes.

LIGHTHOUSE STORIES & ART MISSING: LION, BEAR • Tiger: Stories In 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. • Tiger: Stories In Shapes: Create a piece of art on paper, poster board, or canvas. • Tiger: Stories In Shapes: Draw or create an art piece using shapes. • Tiger: Tiger Tales: Read a tall tale with your parent/guardian or other caring adult. (https://www.wildernessscotland.com/blog/tall-tales-stories-from-the-sea/) • Tiger: Tiger Tales: 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. • Wolf: Cubs Who Care: Paint a picture two different ways: Paint it once the way you usually would paint it and then again by using a blindfold. Discuss with your den the ways the process was different. • Webelos / AOL: Art Explosion: Draw or paint an original picture outdoors, using the art materials of your choice. • Webelos / AOL: Art Explosion: Create a comic strip with original characters. Include at least four panels to tell a story centered on one of the points of the Scout Law. Characters can be hand-drawn or computer-generated. • Webelos / AOL: Aware & Care: Develop an awareness of the challenges of the blind or visually impaired through participation in an activity that simulates blindness or visual impairment. • Webelos / AOL: Build My Own Hero: Create your own superhero. • Webelos / AOL: Aware & Care: Do a Good Turn for residents at a skilled nursing facility or retirement community.

ANY LOCATION VISIT WITH A SERVICE MEMBER • Wolf: Council Fire: With your parent or guardian's permission, talk to a military veteran, law enforcement officer, member of the fire department, or someone else approved by your Den Leader. Talk about his or her service to the community or country. After you have visited with the individual, write a short thank-you note. • Lion: Learn the role of someone who provided a service to your community. • Tiger: Safe and Smart: Visit an emergency responder station, or have an emergency responder • visit you. • Wolf: Hometown Heroes: Visit a community agency where you will find many heroes. While there, find out what they do. Share what you learned with your den. • Bears: Paws For Action: With your school or den, visit a local sheriff's office, 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. Ask questions that will help you learn how to stay safe. • Wolf: Hometown Heroes: With the help of a family member, interview one of your heroes, and share what you learn with your den. Tell why you think this person is a hero. • Wolf: Hometown Heroes: Talk with your family or den about what it means to you to be a hero. Share the name of someone you believe is a hero. Explain what it is that makes that person a hero. • Lion: King of the Jungle: Explain what it means to be a good citizen and a good leader. • Webelos: Build My Own Hero: Discover what it means to be a hero. Invite a local hero to meet with your den. • Webelos: Build My Own Hero: Describe how citizens can be heroes in their communities. • Webelos: Build My Own Hero: Recognize a hero in your community by presenting him or her with a "My Hero Award" • Wolf: Hometown Heroes: As a den or family, honor a serviceman or servicewoman by sending a care package along with a note thanking them for their service. • AOL: Building A Better World: Learn about and describe your rights and duties as a citizen, and explain what it means to be loyal to your country. • AOL: Building A Better World: Meet with a government or community leader, and learn about his or her role in your community. Discuss with the leader an important issue facing your community.

ANY LOCATION EMERGENCY PLANS • Lion: Animal Kingdom: Demonstrate you know what to do in an emergency. • Tiger: Emergency Preparedness Award: Cover a family fire plan and drill, and what to do if separated from the family. • Tiger / Wolf: Emergency Preparedness Award: Discuss a family emergency plan with the family. • Wolf: Emergency Preparedness Award: Create a checklist to keep your home safe. • Webelos: First Responders: Create and practice an emergency readiness plan for your home or den meeting place. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear: Emergency Preparedness Award: Create, plan, and practice summoning help during an emergency. • AOL: Outdoor Adventurer: Discuss with your den or family what actions you should take in the case of the following extreme weather events: severe rainstorm causing flooding, Severe thunderstorm with lightning or tornadoes, and fire, earthquake, or other disaster that will require evacuation. Discuss what you have done to minimize as much danger as possible. • Bear: Paws For Action: 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. • Webelos / AOL: Castaway: With your den, demonstrate two ways to treat drinking water to remove impurities. • Bear: Paws For Action: 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. • Webelos / AOL: Castaway: Make a list of four qualities you think a leader should have in an emergency and why they are important to have. Pick two of them, and act them out for your den. Describe how each relates to a point of the Scout Law. • Tiger / Wolf / Bear: Emergency Preparedness Award: Show and tell your family household what you have learned about preparing for emergencies. • Bear / Webelos: Emergency Preparedness Award: Build a family emergency kit, with an adult family member participating in the project. • Webelos: First Responder: Put together a simple first-aid kit. • Webelos: Webelos Walkabout: Assemble a first aid kit suitable for your hike or activity. • Webelos / AOL: Castaway: Learn what items should be in an outdoor survival kit that you can carry in a small bag or box in a day pack. Assemble your own small survival kit, and explain to your den leader why the items you chose are important for survival. • Tiger / Wolf: Emergency Preparedness Award: Join a safe kids program such as McGruff Child Identification, Internet Safety, or Safety at Home.

ANY LOCATION FIRST AID MISSING: LION • Webelos: First Responder: Visit with a first responder or health care professional. • Webelos: First Responder: Explain what first aid is. Tell what you should do after an accident. • Webelos: Emergency Preparedness Award: Take a first-aid course. • Tiger: Emergency Preparedness Award: Take a nationally recognized first-aid course geared toward children such as American Red Cross First Aid for Children Today (FACT). • Bear / Webelos: Emergency Preparedness Award: Learn simple rescue techniques. • Wolf / Bear / Webelos: Emergency Preparedness Award: Learn emergency skills and care for choking, wounds, nosebleeds, falls, and animal bites. The emergency skills should include responses for fire safety, poisoning, water accidents, substance abuse, and more. • Webelos: First Responder: Show what to do for hurry cases of first aid: Serious bleeding, heart attack, stopped breathing, stroke, poisoning, choking, shock. • Webelos: First Responder: Demonstrate how to treat at least five: cut, burns, sunburn, blisters on the hand or foot, tick bites, insect bites and stings, venomous snakebites, nosebleed, frostbite.

SUGGESTION FOR NEW LOCATION - BOEING WWII DISPLAY (corner of Lakewood /Carson) • Wolf: Air of the Wolf: Make a paper airplane and fly it five times. Try to make it fly farther by altering its shape. Fly it at least five more times to see if your changes were effective. • Wolf: Motor Away: Create and fly three different types of paper airplanes. Before launching them, record which one you believe will travel the farthest and what property of the plane leads you to make that prediction. • Wolf: Motor Away: Make a paper airplane catapult. Before launching a plane, record how far you believe it will travel and explain what information you used to make this prediction. After you make your prediction, launch the plane and measure how far it flies.