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Category: Aims and Methods of Scouting

  • Printable Water Cycle Explanation

    Printable Water Cycle Explanation

    This water cycle printable helps Scouts learn how water moves through nature. It shows evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection in one clear picture. Leaders can use it during meetings or lessons about weather. Scouts can look at the image while listening to simple explanations. The printable also works well for drawing, coloring, or review activities.…

  • Crossover and Cub Scouts with Incomplete Requirements

    Crossover and Cub Scouts with Incomplete Requirements

    Crossover time can bring many questions, especially when some Cub Scouts have incomplete requirements. Packs often wonder how to handle Arrow of Light, crossover, and recognition for Scouts who are not moving into a troop. The good news is that these moments do not have to be stressful. Arrow of Light and crossover are separate,…

  • James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award

    James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award

    The purpose of this award is to introduce Scouts to the life of a great American, James M. Stewart. The Jimmy Stewart Museum is offering this award to a Scout or Scouter who has exemplified the characteristics necessary to live the life of a good citizen.

  • Memorial Day Resources

    Memorial Day Resources

    Memorial Day is a time for Scouts to remember those who died while serving in the military. This article shares simple ways your unit can take part. Scouts can place flags on graves, attend ceremonies, or hold a short program at a meeting. You will also find ideas for readings, Scoutmaster minutes, and care package…

  • Grin and Bear It Adventure: Retired

    Grin and Bear It Adventure: Retired

    BSA retired this adventure on June 1, 2024. This information remains here for historical purposes.. Grin and Bear It is one of the Bear elective adventures. For this adventure, Bears play a game and hold a Cub Scout Carnival at a pack meeting.

  • Inactive Scouts in Patrols

    Inactive Scouts in Patrols

    Many troops list over one hundred Scouts on the roster. Then only forty show up for a campout. This can make patrol elections and patrol planning difficult. Leaders may wonder if the patrol system still works when attendance is uneven. The good news is that it does. Even small patrols can function well. Three or…