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A Challenge for All Sections on the Themes of Transport, Travel, Invention and Adventure! 1St Waddington Guides’ Transport Challenge A challenge for all sections on the themes of transport, travel, invention and adventure! 1st Waddington Guides’ Transport Challenge A challenge badge for all sections on the themes of transport, travel, invention and adventure! On a recent camp we experienced so many different and exciting forms of transport that we thought we deserved a badge! So we have created this challenge badge for all the members of Guiding who love to travel, to encourage them to find out about different methods of transport, try out some which are new to them and have lots of fun doing some challenges along the way – literally! There are lots of activities which we have tried and tested, so we hope you will enjoy them as much as we have! The challenge consists of 5 sections: Section 1: Vehicular Voyages – Experiencing different forms of transport Section 2: Excellent Expeditions – Maps, directions & explorations Section 3: Transport Trivia – Finding out more about transport past & present Section 4: Joyous Journeys – Making journeys fun Section 5: Creative Conveyances – Transport-themed arts and crafts To complete the challenge we suggest that: Rainbows should complete six challenges Brownies should complete eight challenges Guides should complete ten challenges Senior Section members and adults should complete twelve challenges In each case, at least one challenge should be completed from each section. Vehicular Voyages Everyday Transport During a single Guiding event (e.g. a camp or day trip) travel by four of the following: Bike/Scooter Car Foot Train Bus Coach Taxi Tram Unusual Transport Travel by one of the following methods of transport and tell others about your journey in an interesting way (e.g. poster, diary entry, talk, powerpoint, news article): Amphibious vehicle Horse & carriage Open top bus Boat/Ferry Hot air balloon Paddle steamer Cable car Hovercraft Plane Chained ferry Light railway Rickshaw Cliff lift Monorail Tourist/beach train Funicular Motorbike Speedboat Gondola Narrow boat Steam train Helicopter Narrow gauge train Underground train Transport for Fun ᴽ Transport isn’t just about getting from A to B – travelling by unusual methods can be just for fun! With your Six, Patrol or Unit, try out any one of these: Bell boating Parachuting Skiing Canoeing/Kayaking Paragliding Sledging (snow or grass) Canyoning Parascending Snowboarding Coasteering Parasailing Surfing Dragon boating Pedalo Swimming Go karting Punting Tandem Gorge walking Quad biking Turfboarding Horse riding Rafting Water skiing Ice skating Roller skating/blading Windsurfing Jet skiing Rowing White water rafting Kite surfing Sailing Zip wire Microlighting Segway Zorbing Remember to check the A-Z of activities and ensure the correct risk assessment requirements, adult:child ratios, instructor qualification, etc. are fulfilled Excellent Expeditions Coin Walk Go on a coin walk – take a coin with you and every time you reach a corner toss the coin. If it lands heads up turn left and if it lands tails up turn right. Remember to keep a note of which way you have been so that you can find your way back! Geocaching Try geocaching – a treasure hunting game using GPS. For details of where geocaching is available near you, go to www.geocaching.com Orienteering *Learn to set and use a compass and use it to go orienteering. Local Area ˜*° Draw a sketch map of your local area, marking on it important landmarks such as churches, phone boxes and schools. Use it to explain to someone how to get to three local places of importance, for example the police station or hospital. Plan a Journey *ᵡ°ᶻ With other members of your unit, plan and make a journey using at least one mode of public transport. You will need to consider: Where you are going & why How you and your group will keep safe Which form(s) of transport you will use How much the journey will cost How long it will take (use a timetable) What you need to take with you Budget Travel How far can you travel from your meeting place on a budget of, for example, £10? Either use the internet to find out, or actually try it for yourselves! You could do this in small groups, competing others to see which group can travel furthest. Stay safe – let someone know where you are regularly and hitchhiking is not allowed!! Transport Trivia Famous Journeys Find out about one of the following famous journeys and tell your unit about your findings in an interesting way: Saul’s journey to Damascus (Biblical) Christopher Columbus discovers America (1492) Titanic’s maiden voyage (1912) Scott of the Antarctic’s mission to the South Pole (1912) Apollo 11 – first manned mission to the moon (1969) Inventions Transport today would be very different without the inventors of the past! Find out what each of the following people invented and when: Karl Benz G Daimler & W Maybach RJ Mitchell Louis Brennan Karl Drais Robert Stephenson Christopher Cockerell Cornelius Drebbel Frank Whittle Paul Cornu Dean Kamen Orville & Wilbur Wright There are matching cards at the back of this pack to use with this challenge if you wish. See for Yourself Go on an outing to a transport museum, famous vehicle or airshow/similar. For example, you could visit York Railway Museum or the HMS Belfast, watch the Red Arrows perform or go to watch a motor race. Historical Events Transport has played an important part in many historical events. Find out about one of the following and tell your unit about your findings in an interesting way: Anti-Jewish bicycle decree John F Kennedy’s assassination London Underground air raid shelters Rosa Parks’ bus journey Trojan horse Joyous Journeys Travel Games ᶻ Make up games which you could play on two of the following types of journey: Boat/Ferry Coach/Bus Train Car Plane Walk Picture Journey ᵡᶻ On a journey, take photographs or draw pictures of what you see along the way. When you get home, use them to make a poster or timeline showing people where you went on your journey and what you saw. Alphabetical I-Spy On a journey with other members of your unit, look out for items starting with every letter of the alphabet and write them down. The first person to spot an item starting with all 26 letters is the winner! Scavenger Hunt Make a list of 15 items for someone to find whilst they are on a journey. Think about what they are likely to see (this will depend on the type of journey) and decide whether you want them to bring the items back with them or just see them. If possible, swap lists with someone and have a go at finding the items on a journey! Sing as You Go Singing always helps to pass the time on a long journey. Learn or sing some (vaguely!) transport or travel themed songs, such as: Barges Oh you’ll never go to Heaven Daisy Bell (Give me your answer do) Princess Pat Everywhere we go Row, row, row your boat Follow the yellow brick road The ants went marching one by one It’s a long way to Tipperary The wheels on the bus Me Tarzan, you Jane When I was one…. (Pirate song) Creative Conveyances Transport of the Future What might transport look like in the future? Let your imagination go wild and create a new form of transport. You could draw or paint a picture or create a model from clay, plasticine, paper or recycled rubbish. Books Read a book, such as those listed below, in which someone goes on a great journey. Then write a review about the book or tell someone what you thought of it. Alice in Wonderland The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Around the world in eighty days The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Charlie and the great glass elevator The Time Machine Gulliver’s travels Watership Down Films With members of your unit, watch one of the following short films involving a journey. Then act out your favourite scene. Each film’s length (min) is in brackets. Alternatively, if you have more time, you could watch a full length film involving a journey, such as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Homeward Bound or Road Trip. Hedgehog in the fog (11) The Snowman (26) Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie (8) Wallace & Gromit – A Grand Day Out (24) Poems, Songs & Stories Listen to a poem, song or story about transport or travelling, for example From a Railway Carriage (Robert Louis Stevenson), Daisy Bell (Henry Dacre) or The tortoise and the hare (Aesop). Then have a go at making up your own. Bear & Balloon Challenge Make a hot air balloon which is able to lift a small teddy bear at least 10cm off the floor for a minimum of 20 seconds. Delicious Transport Try one of these transport-themed food ideas. Remember to check for allergies! Helicopter sandwiches Fruity cars Jelly boats Make a sandwich and cut off Use bananas, kiwi, blueberries, Use jelly, blue food colouring, the crusts to use as propellers strawberries and cocktail sticks oranges, melons and cocktail and landing skids. Use chip- to make these delicious and sticks to make these delicious shaped crisps for the tail and a healthy cars! boats. slice of apple for the window. Crafty Creations Try one of these transport-themed crafts. Instructions are at the back of the booklet. Balloon powered Balloon Paper plane Space rocket car hovercraft garland Baker Ross Buys I’ve never met a Guider who doesn’t like Baker Ross! The following Baker Ross transport-themed crafts have proven popular in our unit: Car suncatchers Flying gliders Racing car Racing car ceramic coin scratch art banks bookmarks EK6726 6 for £2.50 EV1813 8 for £2.50 P573 4 for £6.96 ET145 10 for £2.99 EK6727 24 for £9.12 EV1814 24 for £6.96 P5731 12 for £19.80 ET1451 30 for £8.10 Additional Information Over the next few pages you will find: Instructions for making the crafts Inventions matching cards and answers Information on links to interest badges, etc.
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