Cubs to do the following actions when the commands are given (like a normal game of North, South, East, West):

Go Home - run to the fence

Shush - run away from the Susher (stick with rock on the end)

Music Playing - put your hands up in the air like you just do not care

Turn off the Gravity - stand on tip toes and reach as high as you can

Slushious - pretend to drive a flying car

The Gorg are Coming - run around screaming

Plastic bags cut into squares

String

Stone/nut to give weight

Tie the string to the four corners of the plastic square

Tie the nut to the four strings

Test by throwing your parachute up the air

You can test with different fabrics - cotton, tissue, etc. to see what the best material for a parachute is

Various objects of different weights and sizes

§  Small dowel or stick
§  String
§  Paperclips
§  Scissors
§  Tape
§  Strong magnets (Use either neodymium magnets .5 inch or bigger or ceramic magnets .75 inch or larger. Regular craft magnets won’t work.)
§  Metal ruler (or wooden ruler with tape)
§  Blocks, books, or other material for stacking

Falling Objects

Gravity is what keeps our feet on the ground. It's one thing that affects all people and things equally. 

In a vacuum, a bowling ball and a feather would fall at exactly the same speed, but because of the Earth’s atmosphere, a heavy bowling ball falls much quicker than a light feather—thanks to gravity. Try this experiment to see if you can see the difference in speed between falling objects and maybe even puzzle out why. Just make sure not to drop any bowling balls on your toes!

Materials:
Balls
Balloons
Assorted household items
Sturdy chairs
Stopwatch (a smartphone works great!)
Optional:­­ bathroom or kitchen scale

1. Collect a selection of balls and a household object, like a doll or an action figure, that’s approximately the same weight as each of the balls. Then blow up a balloon to be the same size as each ball. If you have a scale, weigh each item and record the weights.

2. Stand on a sturdy chair and have a family member get the stopwatch ready. First, drop a ball and time how long it takes to hit the ground. Then do the same with the appropriate sized balloon and household object. Make sure you’re dropping the items from the same height each time. Maybe to be sure, hold the item at your nose and drop them from there. As you drop each item be sure to record how long it takes for it to land.

3. When complete, examine your results. What did you observe? Did shape, size or weight have an impact on how quickly items reached the ground?

Defying Gravity

Place three magnets along a metal ruler. (If you’re using a wooden ruler, you can tape the magnets to the top.)

Suspend the ruler from two stacks of blocks, books, or other materials. Be sure the magnets are facing down.

Tie pieces of string to the paper clips

Take one paperclip and hold it until it’s just suspended below the first magnet. Tape the string in place onto the table (or whatever surface your activity is on). Do this with the other two paperclips.

After taping the strings in place below the magnets, remove the ruler and observe what happens. All the paperclips fall to the ground! We talked about why the paperclips were not going up into the air after we removed the magnets.

Put the ruler with magnets back above the paperclips. Slowly lift each paperclip toward each magnet until they are all suspended.

Ask two Cubs to stand in front of the others.

- Ask all the Cubs to look for what is different about the two Cubs that can be seen (visible diversity)

- Ask all the Cubs to mention what might be different about the two Cubs that can't be seen (invisible diversity)

- Ask all the Cubs to mention what is the same about the two Cubs that can be seen (this is often more difficult, especially if the chosen Cubs are different races, genders.  An obvious similarity is that they are both in uniform.  This is only visible when they are actually wearing their Cub uniform)

- Ask all the Cubs to mention what is the same about the two Cubs that can't be seen.

(The SA Constitution prohibits discrimination on any one or more of the following grounds:  race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.  This gives some indication of the types of diversity aspects that you would be listening for the Cubs to mention.  You can prompt where necessary).

Debrief:  So, what is diversity?  It is the mixture of sameness and difference of each of us.  We are not one thing - I am female, a mother, White and speak English - I am not just one thing and in the same way we all have things that are the same and things that are different between us.

It is easier to see the differences but we need to look for what is the same as well.

Ask the cubs to think of a time when they were left out (excluded) - a friend did invite them to a party, they weren't picked for the sport team, the teacher ignored them in class, mom bought your brother something and not you.... (just think, don't have to tell us)

How did it make you feel?  Think of the word.  Now, go and introduce yourself to as many of the Cubs as possible using that word.

(Leader to demonstrate - walk up to someone, shake their hand and say "hi, I'm angry")

Let them go around for a while then call the Cubs back.

Ask them to tell you the words they heard - write up on board/paper

Can then ask them how you behave when you feel like that (eg. if I am angry, I shout...) and write these up next to the words

Ask the Cubs to now think of a time when they were included - invited to a party, made to feel special, your mom asked what you wanted for dinner, your teacher noticed your work in class, etc.  How did it make you feel?

Ask the Cubs to give you those words and write them up as a second list.

Can ask them how you behave when you feel like that (eg. if I am happy, I smile).. write up next to the words

Ask the Cubs which Cub Group they would rather be part of.

No-one likes being left out.  It hurts.. the same as if you have been hit. 

Ask Cubs what we can do to make sure everyone is included?

Have Cubs (1 per Six) blow as many bubbles as they can. Make sure the bubble blowers blow UPWARDS. Then let the rest of the Six blow on the bubbles lightly. The bubbles will fly up, left, right, or down. The point of the game is to see how long each Six can keep the bubbles in the air. Once all the bubbles have blown away let the bubble blowers blow some more (and alternate different Cubs in the Six).