WEBELOS ACTIVITY BADGES
THE OUTDOOR GROUP
HE CAN LEARN ABOUT lllE "WeB OF NATU~E ~
SUNLI6J.IT. AU~. PLANTS, ALL WORKIN6 TC6ElHER WATER, ~OIL. BIRDS, TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE MrCROOR6AN(~M~.... FOR 6EAGLE5! II Name That Tree}1
Auturrul palllts pur beautiful Ne\v Ellg1and landscape \vitll a rainbo\ll ofhues and tint~ troin rich coppers to brilliant yello\vs and reds. Here's a guide to identifying each tree by color. Remember) weather affects the shades you'll see.
•American Elm Yellow .Ash Y·ellow/dark purple -Beech Clear }'ello\v -Birch Bright,'orange yello~· -Black C.~hen}· Red -BUick Oak Dull red/orange brown ·~·!ounlain i\sh Bright )'~llo\vfben:v red .Norwa)' i\'laple Cle~r )'ellow ·Pin Oak Rusty r~d .Poplar Yellow/golden yello\v eRedMaple Bright scarletiorange -Scarlet Oak Brilliant scarlet .Silver Nlaple P31cyellow .Striped Maple Light yellow -Sugar Nlaple. YeDow/orange!scarlet .Sumac Brilliant red .\Vhite Oak Deep red/orange -Willow Light )'ellow TAKE A WALK Aside from being good exercise and guaranteed fun, these mini-walks are a great way to really look.a,! and appreciate parts of the ~nvironment around you,
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A QUESTION WALK
MATERJALS: Optional ee paper and pencils. 7. Tree Walk: Pic!< up a leaf and show it to everyone. People must search for trees that have the same DOINGIT: type of leat.
Ce'!1;metre Walk: Identify things that are one 1. Shape Walk: Look for natural shapes. Find two of 8. each of the following= circle. square. rectangle, triangle. cenllmetre long, wide, high, or around. ellipse. diamond. 9. SHent Walk: Walk quietly, without speaking. Listen carefully. Make as linle noise as possible to 2. ColourWalk: Ust as manycolours as you can spct. Cr. discover how many sounds you can hear. choose one colour and find objects of that colour. Distinguish belween lighter and darker shades. 10. Up, Down, AroundWalk: While walking look ~or objects from one field of view - looking up or cewn, 3. Change Walk: Make a list of all the changing things around you (e.g. bird landing, plant bending in a breeze. for example. On the next walk, change your view. twig breaking as you pass). Which changes aren't reverslOle? 11. ABC Walk: Find living and nonliving things thai begin wilh each lette. ot the alphabet. If certatn 4. Question Walk: Ask questions and don't worry about leiters are posing serious problems. people can us e re~uired answers. The only "answer" allowed i~ another question. an adjective beginning with the [eller to Ouestions must be about things on the walk. How many describe an object. qlle~tions can people pose? What's the longest question chain (Le. a question that leads to a related question) you 12. BaCKwBrd Walk: ·'urn around and wa:k wnlle facing where can make? Example of a question chain: Do you see any you've been. living things on that stump? Does rotten wood hold water like a sponge? How many colours can you see on the Do you know the ABCs 01 the cn"ironm('nt? 11'.( stump? What animaJ does the stump look like? (If you like Environment has "abiotic" (A), "biotic" (8) .u~ you can talk about the answers al1er the walk!) "culturnl"(0parts, Partso(theenviro~nt~1.1tl: alive or were once alive are called biotic (from the Greek word (or'life"). Someparts o/the('n\,rcn..,..cnt SLOP, Look, and Listen Walk:' Walk for a certain 5. arenotali.ve and haveneverbeen.1li\·c Reprinted with permission from Science Is... : A Source Book cf Fascinating Facts, Projects. ar.(j ':''::;~·I:;cS. t) S~:: ~~ '. Bosak. 515 pages. Copyright 1992. Ne'N(]Vcrk, NY: Scholastic, 1·800-325.051~~_. TREE TEST 1. What is a double tree? 2. What tree is nearest the sea? 3. What is the calendar tree? 4. What tree will keep you warm? 5. What is the Egyptian plague tree? 6. What tree do we offer friends when meeting? 7. What tree is used when kissing 8. What tree is used in a bottle? 9. What tree is used to describe pretty girls? 1~. What tree is an emblem of grief? 11. What is the sweetest tree? 12. Name the languishing tree. Answers: Pear, Beech, Date, Fir, Locust Palm, Tulip, Cork, Peach, Weeping Willow, Sugar Maple, Pine. NATURE HUNT Use Your Senses on a Hike THINGS TO SEE THINGS TO HEAR A feather A bee ---A hole in a tree Trees in the wind ---A yellow leaf °A sqUirrel A worm pry leaves under feet --An ant A bird A shadow THINGS TO SMELL __oA butterfly Mud TH1NGS TO FEEL ---A yellow flower Wet mud "A hole ---Prickly plant Green grass ---The wind on a hill ·Old leaves ---Sunshine THINGS HAPPENING Rotten wood An ant moving something Tree bark --~Spiderweb with a bug in it .~A leaf falling An animal eating A turtle swimming --A frog jumping This is a sampling of items that can be used. BIRDS AND WORMS SOURCE: Our wonderful World: Solutions for Math and Science, AIMS Education Foundation, 1987. GRADE LEVEL: 2-4 OBJECTIVES: To introduce basic concepts of camouflage and natural selection. MATERIALS: Various colored pipe cleaners cut and bent in the shape of worms (number varies depending on size of group), large sheet of paper, drawing paper, crayons, The Mixed ~ Chameleon by Eric Carle, other books on camouflage such as Unfolding World: Invisible Animals, 1993, Running Press Book Publishers, Philadelphia. PROCEDURES: Preactivity: Read the Mixed-up Chameleon Discuss when and why the chameleon changed colors and how this helped him. Introduce the terms camouflage and natural selection. Tell the group we are going outside to play a game and learn more about this. Activity: Have the group close their eyes while you scatter the worms about the field of prey. Each member of the group will draw the name of a bird. Call the name of a bird, one at a time. The bird flies over the field and catches the first worm it sees. As they return each bird lays its worm in order on the large sheet of paper. After everyone has a turn, discuss which worms were found first and why. The discussion will relate to the color of the worms and their habitat. Follow-up: Continuing the discussion inside, look at several books on animal camouflage and talk about ways that animals use camouflage in their environment. As the group for examples of different animals that use camouflage and how this helps the animal. Pass out drawing paper and crayons. Draw pictures of animals using camouflage in their natural environment. Pass around books for ideas on what to draw. Share and explain drawings. All insects MWI jointed bodies divided Into three parts. Facts About Insects ThIs Is • typlCllIlnsecL WI.. Notice how the , ,//// - (twopein) Insects ere one of nrth's moat numerous .nd ..rllest life forms, d.t body Is endoeed A_..... - /,O'l{ ,vj:(' :; lng beCk about 350 million v-s-n-e are more Insects In the world in horny pl.tes L ,"I" ._ Tho.... then .11 other living things comblned. - ,'I ,....---- of • subst.nce You can c:oIlec1lneecte altnost enywhere----ln the city and ItI ltIe coon- called c:toltln. An , by. All you rwed to catch them ... net, a killing bottle, .. spreecllng Insect h.s no Compound ballrd .nd specimen boll...... 11 of WIIlch you can eaily make. bones. Its ske'" eye - YCMl can 1180 c.plure certlIln Insects llIve lIf1d keep them In )ani or ton .. on the out· c:agea. Tbey "Md ¥ery IIt1le attention, Just food and waNr. side. " OvlpoAllon True InMeu ha... tIll legs, and most adult In.eeu tuI... wings. All insects d8Yelop from eggs. Some. like the btltterfIy. go through fCMlr stages, celled compolela rnetamorpl'loalll, ltlaeeu haYe onfy one pelr of .ntennae but hhe th,.. pelrs 01 Jaws. , ThOR !hilt live on fluids ~ their )a_ fused, to pierce ancl tuck. ~1a ~ ! _pi_ k#Aduh ~E~_-~-~~' .. :':"".-_- /~' Adult Others go lhrougtl three st.ges, . ':'" ' called Incomplete met8m«phoS". The dragonfly l$.In example. A g,.~ g_ from egg to adult by shedding lis skin. ThIs III called molting. SIXTY SELECTED ... SHORT~·~:~~< Country Walks it NATtJ.RE'~ CONNECTICUl WALKS A Guide to The Nature Conservancy IN CONNECTICUT Preserves Second,EJition Third Edition by EUGENE KEVARTS Susan ,D.-Cooley ediwd by CARoLY:,,/ BAmSTA l)uhli~hcJ hv Appalal:hiall ~h\untOlin-CluhBooks £tnd The I'uturc Comcr\'ancy FORESTER A mEE'S NEEDS. u"ke all oth<>r plant~ , have light. water. and air. The . - using smallt'r monlh and check progn'SSat later mt:etings. pfants than ~s. win demonstrate what ~se b<:an .orcom ~.~ seeds are good . .'. ~.. RAISING FROGS board. Letters and numbers can be drawn with a mark ing pen. Ask them to recorQ their daily observations cf nature and make drawings to illustrate the calendar. Frog eggs can be found attached to aquatic plants in swampy pools and ponds. They are usually laid in clumps which are covered. with a jellylike protective coating. OUTDOOR HAZARDS Collect only 30 to 40 eggs along with some of the plants and greenish scum (algae) to provide food for the tad One of the badge requirements is for the boys to iden poles and to help keep the water fresh. Place all of this tify poisonous plants and reptiles in their area. Poison in an aquarium of pond water away from direct sunlight ous reptiles are described and illustrated in the We~/os so the water doesn't get too warm. Scout Book. After the tadpoles hatch from the eggs. they must be fed Poison ivy usually grows as a woody vine twining on tree daily. CoIlect more pond water; which contains small trunks or stumps or stone walls. It can also be found trail plants and animals, the ladpoles' natural food. Or the ing .along the ground, often forming upright bushes if commercially prepared food used in aquariums may be there is no suppon for it to climb upon. added to the water. As the tadpoles grow, they can be fed bitS of raw meat or fish. Grows as a vine on tree Frogs and toads should be fed live insects or bits of meal trunks or stumps or stone and fish. They prefer grub~, earthworms, or other soft walls. Also trails along the ground forming upright insects. A dry-land resting place is needed for the adult bushes as It straggles frogs since Ihey breathe air. along. See the "Nature and Outdoor Activities" seclion of the Cub Scout uoder How-To Book for nighttime activities POISON IVV BERRIES with frogs: NATURE ODSERVATIOH " CALENDAR Have each boy make a calendar, sUl:h as the one shown here, on a 100by-12-inch piece of heavy paper or card- NflTVRE OBSERVATION CALENDJII Other varieties of poison ivy have leaves resembling oak leaves; thus the name "poison oak." This plant usually grows as a low shrub, under 3 feet lall. It is found in the southern and Pacific coastal areas. Poison sumac grows as a coarse, scrubby shrub or small tree, S 10 25 feet tall, and is found in swampy areas thoroughout the eastern United States. Its leaflets are always odd-numbered. The fruit of poison sumac dan gles between leaf and branch, whereas the fruit of harm less sumac grows in upright clusters from the ends of branches. In case of contact with poisonous plants, first remove all contaminated clothing; wash the exposed areas thoroughly with soap and water, followed by rubbing alcohol. If a mild rash appears, apply calamine lotion. If a severe reac tion occurs, get medicnl help. J1 \ · _. . {~~ W WWF FREE WILDLIFE - Project 3 - Plant Studies PLASTER CASTS OF LEAVES Make a collection of plaster casts of leaves from trees in your neighbourhood', . 1.Roll out a piece of clay so it is com pletely smooth. 2.Place a leaf on the clay and roll it on so that the panern of the leaf appears clearly on the clay. Then remove the leaf. 3.Place a strip of cardboard around the clay to make a mould. 4.Pour plaster of Paris into the mouId. S.After 15 - 20 minutes the cast can be removed from the mould. Write a label with the name of the tree from which the leaf comes - also the Latin name. Check in a book of plants. Indicate the date when you picked the leaf. , INK PR.INT1~e;, ~U& PRINT1NG PIUNT1NG LEA YES. To ink prirlt a leaf. In,. use wad of cottOD 10 rub leof with place it OIJ a glau plQt~ and roll small dab graphite cr colfJl"ed clJalk. Place paper aver ofprinler'. mJc over It Than place IH/. JnJc !be leafGltd rub I' with rmotber wad ofall "de down. 011 whilepaper. awerwith 1I8W5- ' Ion. To flx tbe print. spray with a fJ%tltivtJ paper. and run roller OVltl" It Por a rub'print. from ~n art supply Jtare. World Scout Bureau 95 Help to Save the world 30 GUIDE TO BEGINNING 8IRDI~G WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU SPOT A BIRD SIZE BEHAVIOR Compare it to a bird you know: Does It: () Cardinal size [) Climb trees (] Crow size [] Perch on a branch I1Sparrow 5 i ze (] Stay on the ground () \Ja Ik [] Hop SHAPE OF BIRO BODY: () Chunky If It's a water bird, does It: [) Slender [) SwJ m- l ] 0 Ive WINGS: [] Pointed ( 1 Dip [ 1 Rounded [] Wade LEGS: [) Long-legged ( 1 Short-legged FLYING BilL: [ 1 long Does It: [] Short [] Dip up and down [) Curved [ 1 Fly In a straight tine [] Thick ( ]. Soar TAIL: () long ( 1 Beat it's wings slowly (J 'Short L) Beat It's wings rapidly ( 1 F'orked How does It hold It's neck and legs [] Square-tipped when It ftys1 ~ _ [] Round-tipped (] Pointed rtElD KARKS Is it's breast (1 plain () spotted [ 1 streaked Does Itls tall have { 1 a band at the tip (] white outer feathers What tolor are It's legs? 'Doe sit have (1 rump pa tch------or [ 1 wing bars ring Does the eye have a strIpe -[] over It ( ,J through t [ ] around It Are there any patches of color anywhere on the body? HABITAT - Is it found in: ) Heavy w\lods [- ] A fIe 1d [ 1 Harsh [ 1 Lake [] Sandbar CONNEcnClITRIVERS COUNClL BOY scours OF AMERICA BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CUB SCOUT CONSERVATION AWARD APPUCATION Name, _ Adrlrcss, _ Agc, _ This is to cenify that Cub SCOUl, Is a registered member ofPack ______---And has completed (No.) (District) (City) the following requirements for his age and badge. WOLF BEAR WEBaos _Complete achievement #7 _ Complete achievement #S Complete the following Complcte all arrow points _ Complete all arrow points activity badges: in two ofthe following in twO ofthe following Forester three electives t.bree electives: Naturalist 13 - Birds 2 - Weather _ Outdoorsman _ 1S - Gardening 12 - Nature _ 19 • Fishing _ 15 - Water and Soil Conservation Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above. Date _ Project. _ He is now qualified to receive thc World Conservation Award. Date _ Project, _ (Cubmas1cr's Signature) Mail to: Cotmccticut River Council, BSA 60 Darlin Street East Hartford, CT 0612g Notc: This award is only e:uned oncc. NATURE CENTERS AND JUNIOR MUSEUMS ANSONIA COLEBROOK · Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center .Camp Jewel YMCA Outdoor Center 10 Deerfield Lane Prock Hill Road Ansonia. CT 06401 Colebrook. CT 06021 Tel: 736-9360 Tel: 379-2782 AVON .DARIEN · Talcott Mountain Science Center for Darien Nature Center Student Involvement Inc. P.O. Box 1603 Montevideo Road Darien. CT 06820 Avon. CT 06001 Tel: 655-7459 Tel: 677-8571 DERBY BRIDGEPORT Kellogg Environmental Center ·The Discovery Museum 500 Hawthorne Avenue. P.O. Box 435 4450 Park Avenue Derby. CT 06418-0435 Bridgeport. CT 06604 Tel: 734-2513 Tel: 372-3521 DURHAM BRISTOL . Outdoor Education Center Bristol Regional Environmental Center Brewster School 501 Wolcott Road 126 Tuttle Road Bristol. CT 06010 Durham. CT 06422 Tel: 583-1234 Tel: 349-3076 · Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center EAST HADDAM 17 Shrub Road Bristol. CT 06010 Norma Terris Humane Education and Tel: 589-6082 Nature Center The National Association for the Advancement of ·Indian Rock Nature Preserve Humane Education 501 Wolcott Road P.O. Box 362 Bristol. CT 06010 East Haddam. CT 06423 Tel: 583-1234 Tel: 434-8666 BROOKLYN FAIRFIELD · Ragged Hill Woods Environmental Center/4-H Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary 139 Wolf Den Road Connecticut Audubon Society Brooklyn. CT 06234 314 Unquowa Road Tel: 774-9600 Fairfield. CT 06430 Tel: 259-0416 CANTON Fairfield Nature Center · Roaring Brook Nature Center Connecticut Audubon Society 70 Gracey Road 2325 Burr Street Canton, CT 06019 Fairfield. CT 06430 Tel: 693-0263 Tel: 259-6305 25 NATURE CENTERS AND JUNIOR MUSEUMS GLASTONBURY KENSINGTON Holland Brook Nature Center Hungerford Outdoor Education Center Connecticut Audubon Society 191 Farmington Avenue 1361 Main Street Kensington, CT 06037 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Tel: 827-9064 Tel: 633-8402 KILLINGWORTH GRANBY Platt Nature Center McLean Game Refuge 344 Roast Meat Hill Road 75 Great Pond Road P.O. Box 825 Simsbury, CT 06070 Killingworth, CT 06417 Tel: 663-1361 GREENWICH LITCHFIELD Bruce Museum Museum Drive White Memorial Conservation Center, Inc. Greenwich, CT 06830 80 Whitehall Road, Box 368 Tel: 869-0376 Litchfield, CT 06759 Tel: 567-0857 GROTON MANCHESTER Project Oceanology Avery Point Center for Environmental Education Groton, CT 06340 269 Oak Grove Street Tel: 445-9007/536-3926 Manchester, CT 06040 Tel: 647-3321 GUILFORD Lutz Children's Museum Shoreline Outdoor Education Center 247 South Main Street 730 County Road Manchester, CT 06040 Guilford, CT 06437 Tel: 643-0949 Tel: 457-0692 MYSTIC HAMDEN Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Inc. Brooksvale Recreation Park Pequotsepos Road 524 Brooksvale Avenue P.O. Box 122 Hamden, CT 06518-1232 Mystic. CT 06355 Tel: 248-0440 Tel: 536-1216 HEBRON Mystic Marinelife Aquarium 55 Coogan Boulevard Hemlocks Recreation Center Mystic, CT 06355 P.O. Box 198 Tel: 536-9631 Jones Street Hebron, CT 06248 Seaport Planetarium Tel: 228-9496 Mystic, CT 06355 Tel: 536-2631 IVORYTON .Bushy Hill Nature Center P.O. Box 577 Ivoryton, CT 06442 Tel: 767-0848 NEW BRITAIN NEW MILFORD New Britain Youth Museum, Inc. Pra~ Center 30 High Slreet 163 Paperrnill Road New Britain, cr 06051 New Milford. cr 06776 Tel: 225-3020 Tel: 355-3137 NEW CANAAN NORm WINDHAM New Canaan Nature Center Association Goodwin, James L., State Forest )44 Oenoke Ridge Conservation Center New Canaan, cr 06840 23 Poner Road Tel: 966-9577 North Windham. cr 06256-1616 Tel: 455-9534 NEW F AIR.FIELD NORWALK Hidden Valley Nature Center Gillotti Road The Maritime Center at Norwalk cia First Selectmen's Office 10 North Waler Street New Fairfield, cr 068 )0 Norwalk. CT 06854 Tel: 746-3095 Tel: 852-0700 NEW~VEN STAMFORD New Haven, City of, Parks, Recreation & Trees Stamford Museum and Nature Center East Rock Ranger Program Parle: Office 39 Scofieldtown Road 720 Edgewood Avenue Stamford. CT 06903 New Haven, CT 06515 Tel: 322-1646 Peabody MuseumofNatural History. Yale University STORRS 170 Whitney Avenue New Haven. cr 06511-8161 CT State Museum of Natural History Tel: 432-5050 Box. U-23. University ofConnecticut 75 North Eagleville Road West Rock Nature Recreation Center Storrs. CT 06269-3023 Wintergreen Avenue Tel: 486-4460 P.O. Box 2969 New Haven. cr 06515 WASHINGTON Tel: 787~016 American Indian Archeological Institute NEW LONDON P.O. Box 1260. 38 Cwtis Road Washington. cr06793-026O Connecticut College Arboretum Tel: 868-0518 520 I 'Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Avenue John Dorr Nature Laboratory New London. cr 06320-4196 P.O. Box 290 Tel: 439-2140 Nettleton Hollow Road Washington Depot. cr 06794 Thames Sdence Center Tel: 868-2230 Gallows Lane New London. cr 06320 Tel: (401)849-6966 NATURE CENTERS AND JUNIOR MUSEUMS WATERTOWN WOODBURY Judd Farm Nature Center Flanders Nature Center, Inc. Judd Fann Road P.O. Box 702 Watertown. cr 06795 Woodbury, cr 06798-0702 Tel: 274-5659 Tel: 263-3711 WESTON Devil's Den Preserve (The Nature Conservancy) Box 1162 Weston. cr 06883 Tel: 226-4991 WESTPORT The Nature Center for Environmental Activities, Inc. 10 Woodside Lane P.O. Box 165 Westport. cr 06881 Tel: 227-7253 WEST HARTFORD Science Museum of Connecticut 950 Trout Brook Drive West Hartford. CT 06119 Tel: 236-2961 Westmoor Park I 19 Flagg Road West Hartford. CT 06117 Tel: 232-1134 WETHERSFIELD Wethersfield Nature Center 30 Greenfield Street Wethersfield, cr 06109 Tel: 721-2953/Fax: 721-2994 WILTON Woodcock Nature Center 56 Deer Run Road Wilton, cr 06897 Tel: 762-7280 WINDSOR Northwest Park Interpretive Nature Center 145 Lang Road Windsor, CT 06095 Tel: 285-1886 28 C;.: '"-...} > v;s: rn a. c: ro OJ o ~ o C" :l C. o :l .. ~ ~ o z o m /. ,/./ ..- " /, /.' {' ~~, . . ,I ~ :E . , '." ' , /" •" .,..:". I o .. . - .. ' I," \," 'j :xl .: I·.; ". :./ :,1 l ~.'.,', .~:-: .... ! 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