Public Tiger - Cub Scout Pack 1 (Beacon, New York)

There are 6 Core (Required) Adventures in the Tiger program:

Take a 1-foot hike. Make a list of the living things you find on your 1-foot hike.
Point out two different kinds of birds that live in your area.
Be helpful to plants and animals by planting a tree or other plant in your neighborhood.
Build and hang a birdhouse.
With your adult partner, go on a walk, and pick out two sounds you hear in your “jungle.”

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Do the following:
1. Play two initiative or team-building games with the members of your den.
2. Listen carefully to your leader while the rules are being explained, and follow directions when playing.
3. At the end of the game, talk with the leader about what you learned when you played the game. Tell how you helped the den by playing your part.
Make up a game with the members of your den.
Make up a new game, and play it with your family or members of your den or pack.
While at a sporting event, ask a participant why he or she thinks it is important to be active.
Bring a nutritious snack to a den meeting. Share why you picked it and what makes it a good snack choice.

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Complete requirement 1 and at least two from requirements 2–4.

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List the different teams of which you are a part.
With your den, make a den job chart that shows everyone doing something to help. As one of the den jobs, lead the Pledge of Allegiance at a den meeting.
Pick two chores you will do at home once a week for a month.
Make a chart to show three ways that members of your Tiger team are different from each other.
Do an activity to help your community or neighborhood team.

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Identify three good food choices and three foods that would not be good choices.
Show that you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of each.
With your adult partner, pick a job to help your family at mealtime. Do it every day for one week.
Show you can keep yourself and your personal area clean.
Talk with your adult partner about what foods you can eat with your fingers. Practice your manners when eating them.
With your adult partner, plan and make a good snack choice or other nutritious food to share with your den.

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With your adult partner, name and collect the Cub Scout Six Essentials you need for a hike. Tell your den leader what you would need to add to your list if it rains.
Go for a short hike with your den or family, and carry your own gear. Show you know how to get ready for this hike.
Do the following:
1. Listen while your leader reads the Outdoor Code. Talk about how you can be clean in your outdoor manners.
2. Listen while your leader reads the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids. Discuss why you should "Trash Your Trash."
3. Apply the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Principles for Kids on your Tiger den and pack outings. After one outing, share what you did to demonstrate the principles you discussed.
While on the hike, find three different kinds of plants, animals, or signs that animals have been on the trail. List what you saw in your Tiger handbook.
Participate in an outdoor pack meeting or pack campout campfire. Sing a song and act out a skit with your Tiger den as part of the program.
Find two different trees and two different types of plants that grow in your area. Write their names in your Tiger handbook.
Visit a nearby nature center, zoo, or another outside place with your family or den. Learn more about two animals, and write down two interesting things about them in your Tiger handbook.

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ELECTIVES THAT THE TIGERS ARE DOING THIS YEAR 2016

Do the following:
1. Memorize your address, and say it to your den leader or adult partner.
2. Memorize an emergency contact's phone number, and say it to your den leader or adult partner.
3. Take the 911 safety quiz.
Do the following:
1. Show you can "Stop, Drop, and Roll."
2. Show you know how to safely roll someone else in a blanket to put out a fire.
Make a fire escape map with your adult partner.
Explain your fire escape map, and try a practice fire drill at home.
Find the smoke detectors in your home. With the help of your adult partner, check the batteries.
Visit an emergency responder station, or have an emergency responder visit you.

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Do the following:
1. With your den or adult partner, say the Scout Law. Explain to your den one of the 12 points of the Law and why you think a knight would have the same behavior.
2. If you have not already done so, make a code of conduct with your den that will describe how each person should act when you are all together. If your den has a code of conduct, discuss with your den what updates it might need. Vote on which actions should go in your den code of conduct.
Create a den shield and a personal shield.
Using recycled materials, design and build a small castle with your adult partner to display at the pack meeting.
Think of one physical challenge that could be part of an obstacle course. Then help your den design a Tiger knight obstacle course. With your adult partner, participate in the course.
Participate in a service project.

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With your den or adult partner, go outside to observe the night sky. Talk about objects you see or might see.
Look at a distant object through a telescope or binoculars. Show how to focus the device you chose.
Observe in the sky or select from a book or chart two constellations that are easy to see in the night sky. With your adult partner, find out the names of the stars that make up the constellation and how the constellation got its name. Share what you found with your den.
Create and name your own constellation. Share your constellation with your den.
Create a homemade constellation.
Find out about two different jobs related to astronomy. Share this information with your den.
Find out about two astronauts who were Scouts when they were younger. Share what you learned with your den.
With your den or family, visit a planetarium, observatory, science museum, astronomy club, or college or high school astronomy teacher. Before you go, write down questions you might want to ask. Share what you learned.

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Tiger Core Adventures