If you are out with a goal oriented group and you want them to take some time to explore, consider adding one or more additional hiking activities.
BSA Tiger Supplemental Den Meeting Plan K – Go See It: Go to Work
BSA provides a set of Tiger den meeting plans for Cub Scout den leaders. This den meeting plan covers Tiger Elective 39 – Go to Work.
Weather Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
The Weather merit badge might be a good one for all of those Boy Scouts who spend a lot of time worrying about and checking the weather before they go camping.
Leadership Troop Program Feature for Boy Scouts
This program feature offers the opportunity to explore different aspects of leadership. This would be an especially relevant program theme if your troop youth leadership elections are approaching.
Bowling Pin for Cub Scouts
Cub Scouts who like to bowl can earn the Bowling pin from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program. By earning this recognition, they will practice skills to improve their game and learn more about the sport.
Venturing Ranger Award Elective – Plants and Wildlife
To complete the Venturing Ranger Award requirements for Plants and Wildlife, a Venturer must learn about how plants and wildlife coexist and depend upon each other.
BSA Wolf Supplemental Den Meeting Plan F – Make It Yourself
BSA provides Wolf den meeting plans for Cub Scout den leaders. Today’s plan is a supplemental den meeting plan in which Wolf Cub Scouts make a recipe card holder.
American Heritage Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts who are interested in history can earn the American Heritage merit badge and learn about our past.
May Cub Scout Theme – Destination Parks (Health and Fitness)
BSA offers supplemental pack program ideas for each month. One of the Cub Scout themes for the May core value of Health and Fitness is a Destination Parks theme.
Geography Pin for Cub Scouts
Today’s youth will have to know a lot about the world when they grow up. We live more in a global community than we used to . Cub Scouts can learn about different regions of the world by earning the Geography pin from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program.
Recruiter Strip
The Recruiter Strip is worn by Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts who have recruited another boy to join Scouting.
BSA Bear Supplemental Den Meeting Plan E – Magic
This Bear den meeting plan covers Bear Elective 13 – Magic.. Let your Cub Scouts learn some tricks and put on their own show!
Truck Transportation Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
A local trucking company offers Boy Scouts a skill center for the Truck Transportation merit badge every year. The last time our Scouts went, they said they learned a lot, but they were a little disappointed that they didn’t get to learn to drive a truck. 
Launch! STEM Award for Venturers (Science)
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The Launch! NOVA award provides an age appropriate program to get young men and women interested in science.
Language and Culture Pin for Cub Scouts
Cub Scouts who are interested in other parts of the world can earn their Language and Culture pin from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program. Maybe it will even interest them enough to find a Scout in another country to be a pen pal with.
Venturing Ranger Award Elective – Physical Fitness
To complete the Venturing Ranger Award requirements for Physical Fitness, a Venturer must develop and carry out a physical fitness program. Then he or she must teach another group how to set up a physical fitness program.
BSA Arrow of Light Den Meeting Plan 4 – Sportsman
This idea from the Arrow of Light series of Webelos den meeting plans covers part of the Sportsman Activity Badge with a focus on the Ultimate belt loop.
Surveying Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts who earn the Surveying merit badge will learn about calculating the distance and angles between different points and how this skill is used.
Faith and Our Ancestors Game
The Faith and Our Ancestors Game is an icebreaker activity with a genealogy twist. Players ask each other questions about how they think their ancestors lived.
Basketball Pin for Cub Scouts
It is basketball season again. If you have a Cub Scout who plays basketball, see if you can interest him in the Basketball pin from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program. If he plays on an organized team he has probably already completed many of the requirements for this recognition.
Scouter Mom
I am a Scouter with experience in the Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturing programs offered by the Boy Scouts of America. I hope you find some of the resources in my blog useful in your Scouting program. Yours in Scouting – Scouter Mom
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