This information is for the Cub Scout program before the June 1, 2024 updates. After June 2024, all Cub Scouts should use the updated program requirements. See here.
Wolf Cub Scouts learn about good hygiene while working on the Germs Alive! adventure. They learn how diseases spread and how good habits, like hand washing and covering your mouth when you sneeze, can help keep everyone healthy.
See below for a printable copy of the requirements and resources for completing this adventure.
Requirements for the Wolf Germs Alive! Adventure
Complete at least five of the following requirements:
- Wash your hands while singing the “germ song.”
- Play Germ Magnet with your den or your family. Wash your hands afterward.
- Conduct the sneeze demonstration.
- Conduct the mucus demonstration with your den or family.
- Grow a mold culture. At a den or pack meeting, show what formed.
- Make a clean room chart, and do your chores for at least one week.
Related Resources for the Germs Alive! Wolf Adventure
Sneeze Demonstration
The sneeze demonstration for the Wolf Germs Alive! adventure involves putting confetti in a balloon, blowing it up, and then popping it. The confetti ends up all spread out, like germs in a sneeze.
Mucus Demonstration
For the Germs Alive! mucus demonstration, you make fake “mucus” from borax, warm water, and glue. Then you use something like glitter or cocoa powder to see how the mucus traps small particles.
The Germ Song
The child should sing the song while washing his or her hands. When she gets to the end of the song, she knows she has washed her hands long enough to get them clean.
Germ Transfer Demonstration
This shows a great demonstration for how to show kids how easily germs spread.
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