| Start | Time | Activity | Requirements | Instructions | Scouter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 17:30 | 5 | Activities : Opening |
Register, beans, flag, totem and skin |
Grand Howl Flag Break Register Inspection - belts and shoes |
Akela |
| 16 Feb 17:35 | 10 | Game : Use your imagination |
The leader to pretend to throw a ball into the group of children. They then pretend to kick it to each other. Next, hand out pretend skipping ropes and they all have to pretend to skip. Can imagine any type of equipment - hula hoops, bounce a ball for netball/basketball, a bat and ball for baseball. Maybe let each Cub choose something and then they act it out. |
Akela | |
| 16 Feb 17:45 | 15 | Activities : Make a Rain Gauge |
A plastic (soft drink) bottle Some stones or pebbles Tape Marker (felt pen) A ruler |
Instructions:
What's happening? Rain falls into the top of the gauge and collects at the bottom, where it can be easily measured. Try comparing the amount of rain to the length of time the shower lasted, was it a short and heavy rain shower or a long and light one? If you want to get serious you can graph the rainfall over weeks or even months, this is especially interesting if the place you live experiences varying seasons where sometimes it is very dry and other times it is very wet. |
Akela |
| 16 Feb 18:00 | 15 | Activities : Make an anemometer |
Cup with lid 4 cups Straws Pin Tape Marker |
How to make one: Make the base, as described in the weather vane instructions. Make the top: Take four dixie cups. Punch two holes in each, across from each other. Then take two straws. Make a plus sign (+) with the two straws. Poke a pin through the center of both straws, and then tape them together. Slide a cup on each straw end. Make sure they’re all facing the same way around the circle. Mark one cup in some way (like choose a different color cup, or mark an X on it.) To use: Fill the cup with water, then put this outside in the wind. Each time the marked cup passes you, count one rotation. Set a timer for one minute and see how many times it rotates in one minute. |
Akela |
| 16 Feb 18:15 | 10 | Activities : Juice and biscuits |
Juice and biscuit break |
Akela | |
| 16 Feb 18:25 | 15 | Activities : Make a weather vane |
Cup with lid Compass Marker Straws Masking tape Cardboard Scissors |
Make the base: Take a cup with a lid. Label the 4 cardinal
directions on the lid (NESW). Insert one straw, and cover the top end of
the straw with a piece of masking tape. Make the top: Take a
second straw – cut slits in each end, and insert a cardstock flag in one
end and an arrow in the other. Balance that straw on your finger to
find the center of gravity. Push a pin through that point, then through
the tape on top of the straw. Make sure it spins freely.
To use: Fill the cup with water, then put this outside in the wind, with the letter N on the cup in the north. |
Akela |
| 16 Feb 18:40 | 15 | Activities : Cloud Windows |
Cloud window template Card Glue Scissors Water Cycle handout Sticks Cellotape |
Give each Cub a cloud window template to stick on card. Cut out the template and the window as per instructions. Sellotape on a stick so that the window can be held up to the sky. Remind Cubs to be careful about looking at the Sun directly Using the card, can they see what clouds are out today? What does that mean for the weather? |
Akela |
| 16 Feb 18:55 | 5 | Activities : Closing |
Totem, Skin Badges, certificates |
Announcements Badge handouts Grand Howl Flag Down Prayer Dismiss |
Akela |
| Category | Activities |
| Badge | Scientist |
| Time to allocate (mins) | 15 |
| Outcome | Children learn how the clouds can help predict weather as well as a little about the water cycle |
| Resources | Cloud window template Card Glue Scissors Water Cycle handout Sticks Cellotape |
| Instructions | Give each Cub a cloud window template to stick on card. Cut out the template and the window as per instructions. Sellotape on a stick so that the window can be held up to the sky. Remind Cubs to be careful about looking at the Sun directly Using the card, can they see what clouds are out today? What does that mean for the weather? |
| Cloud Window Template | screen-shot-2011-08-05-at-2-20-52-pm.png |
| Cloud and water cycle handout | Cloud-identification-weather-prediction-3.jpg |