Artist Activity Pin for Webelos

ARTIST

Do These:

1. - Done - Talk to an artist in your area or to your art teacher about the different occupations in the art field.  Make a list of them.
2. Create a scrapbook (portfolio) of your Artist activity badge projects and show it to your den leader.

Do Five of These:

3. Draw or paint an original picture out-of-doors, using the art materials you prefer.  Frame the picture for your room or home.
4. List the primary and secondary colors.  Explain what happens when you combine colors.
5. Using a computer, make six original designs using straight lines, curved lines, or both.
6. Draw a profile of a member of your family.
7. Use clay to sculpt a simple object.
8. Make a mobile, using your choice of materials.
9. Make an art construction, using your choice of materials.
10. Create a collage that expresses something about you.
11. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Art.

graphics

design

murals

paintings

art teacher

stained glass

I have a goal to earn all the Cub Scout Belt Loops

Image via WikipediaThere are currently 28 sports activity areas, and 25 academics activity areas  That's a total of 53 belt loops
I have 7 left to earn !

*  = earned 

** = received award
. = on belt
/ = on shirt

W = can do as a Webelos Scout for Sportman Award
T = Team Sport
To get Webelos Sportman Award you have to do 2 Team Sports Belt loops and 2 Individual Sport Belt Loops

28 sports activity areas
.**Archery,
.**BB Gun Shooting,
Badminton,W completed #1 10-20-11
.**Baseball,W,T
**Basketball, W,T (Mom lost this one)
.**Bicycling,W
.**Bowling,W
.**Fishing, W
.**Flag Football,W,T
.**Physical Fitness,W
.**Golf,W
*Gymnastics,W
.**Hiking,
*Hockey, Webelos Scout summer 2012
.**Horseback Riding, earned as a Webelos Scout 10/19/11 with Rebecca, Philip, Cozette, Mary Cleia
/**Horseback Riding Pin, earned  as a Webelos Scout 10/19/11 with Rebecca, Philip, Cozette, Mary Cleia
*Ice Skating,W earned as a Webelos Scout 8-18-12
*Kickball,
.**Marbles, W
*Roller Skating,W earned as a Webelos Scout summer 2012
.**Skateboarding, Did all but #3 March 2012, Did #3 March 29, 2012  earned as a Webelos Scout
/**Snow Ski and Board Sports,W 3-5-12 (Earned as a Webelos Scout)
/**Snow Ski and Board Sports Pin 3-5-12 earned as a Webelos Scout
.**Soccer,W,T
/** Soccer Pin
*Softball,W,T Webelos Scout summer 2012
.**Swimming,W
.**Table Tennis,W Did with scout group Feb 2012  earned as a Webelos Scout
*Tennis,W
.**Ultimate,W,T
.**Volleyball,W,T
 
25 academics activity areas:
.**Art, W
.**Astronomy,
.**Chess,
.**Citizenship, W REQUIRED Did again as a Webelos,  earned as a Webelos Scout
.**Collecting,WOLF
.**Communicating,
/** Communicating Pin
.**Computers,
*Disabilities Awareness,
.**Family Travel,W TRAVELER Found it!
.**Geography,
*Geology, W GEOLOGIST Finished 4-28-12  earned as a Webelos Scout
.**Good Manners,
*Heritages,  FAITH IN GOD
.**Language & Culture,  Finished!   Did #1 at scouts 2-22-12, #2 done 2-20-12, #3 did 1 game at scouts 2-22-12, did 1 game 3-7-12 earned as a Webelos Scout
.**Map & Compass, did at scout camp,  earned as a Webelos Scout
.**Mathematics,  earned as a Webelos Scout
.**Music,
/** music pin
.**Nutrition,earned as a Webelos Scout
.**Pet Care,
/** pet care pin
.**Photography,
*Reading and Writing, earned as a Webelos Scout
*Science, Webelos Scout 9-7-12
.**Video Games,
.**Weather,  earned as a Webelos Scout
*Wildlife Conservation ,  (have the belt loop from thrift store)

Cub Scout World Conservation Award
Leave No Trace Cub Scout Award

Belt Loops Left to Earn

5 sports activity areas

Badminton,W completed #1 10-20-11
Gymnastics,W (Working with Cortez Rec Center to schedule)
Kickball,
Tennis,W


4 academics activity areas:


Disabilities Awareness, (need a little bit more)
Heritages,  FAITH IN GOD
Science,
Wildlife Conservation ,

Requirements for the Ice Skating Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

1. Explain ways to protect yourself while ice skating, and the need for proper safety equipment. done
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing the skills of skating. done
3. Go ice skating with a family member or den for at least three hours. Chart your time. 5-11-12 skated and practiced for 2 hours

Requirements for the Roller Skating Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

1. Explain ways to protect yourself while roller skating or inline skating, and the need for proper safety equipment.

You wear a helmet, knee pads and try to protect yourself from doing things that you know might hurt you.  You need a helmet to keep your head from cracking open.  

1. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing the skills of roller skating or inline skating. done  
2. Go skating with a family member or den for at least three hours. Chart your time.  

5-15-12   -  30 min.
6-14-12 -  1 hour

Requirements for the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop

Requirements for the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop

1. Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them.  done
2. Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged.
3. Learn about an endangered species. Make a report to your den that includes a picture, how the species came to be endangered, and what is being done to save it.

Requirements for the Wildlife Conservation Pin

 
Earn the Wildlife Conservation belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

1. Visit a wildlife sanctuary, nature center, or fish hatchery.
2. Collect and read five newspaper or magazine articles that discuss conservation of wildlife and report to your family or den what you learn.
3. Learn about five animals that use camouflage to protect themselves.
4. Make a birdbath and keep a record for one week of the different birds that visit it.
5. Make a collage of animals that are in the same class: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals.
6. Make a plaster cast of an animal track. Show it to your den.
7. Visit with a person who works in wildlife conservation, such as a park ranger, biologist, range manager, geologist, horticulturist, zookeeper, fishery technician, or conservation officer.
8. Visit a state park or national park.
9. Participate in an environmental service project that helps maintain habitat for wildlife, such as cleaning up an area or planting trees.

Geology Belt Loop

Requirements for the Geology Belt Loop

1. Explain to your den or an adult family member what geology means. done
2. Collect samples of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Explain how each was formed.  done
3. Collect samples of three minerals. Explain to your family or den what a mineral is and show and tell about the minerals you collected.  done

Requirements for the Geology Pin

 
Earn the Geologybelt loop, and complete six of the following requirements:

1. Make a plaster cast of a fossil.
2. Make a special collection of rocks and minerals that illustrates the hardness scale.
3. Give examples of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
4. Gather several different types of rocks. Compare them and put them in groups according to physical properties such as color, texture, luster, hardIless, or crystals.
5. Describe the effects of wind, water, and ice on the landscape.
6. Make "pet rocks" using rocks, paint, and glue-on eyes. Tell a creative story about your pet rocks.
7. Draw a diagram showing different types of volcanoes or draw a diagram that labels the different parts of a volcano.
8. Make a crystal garden.
9. Make a collection of five different fossils and identify them to the best of your ability.
10. Make a poster or display showing 10 everyday products that contain or use rocks or minerals.
11. Visit a mine, oil or gas field, gravel pit, stone quarry, or similar area of special interest related to geology. Went to rock shop in Moab 4-12
12. With your parent or adult partner, visit with a geologist. Find out how he or she prepared for the position. Discuss other careers related to geology.
13. Draw the inside of a cave showing the difference between stalactites and stalagmites.

Reading and Writing Belt Loop

Requirements for the Reading and Writing Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

1. Visit a library and get your own library card. Check out and return a book.  done
2. Write a letter or a short story. Read it to your den or family.  done
3. Keep a diary of your activities for one week. Read it to your den or family.  done

Requirements for the Reading and Writing Pin

Earn the belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

1. Locate and identify the following parts of a book: title, author, spine, cover, table of contents, and index.  done
2. Read a book to a child or group of children.  done
3. Participate in a school or community organized reading program.  
4. Explain the differences in a biography, autobiography, fiction, and nonfiction books to your parent or den leader.
5. Create a bookmark that you can use, or design a book cover.  done
6. Read an article from a newspaper or magazine. This can be done on the computer. Report about what you read to an adult.  done
7. Write a poem and read it to a family member.
8. Write a short report about something of interest to you. Read your report to your den or family.   done
9. Read several jokes and riddles. Create two of your own and share them with your den or family.     
10. Write a commercial, song, or jingle for some product. Perform it for your den or family
11. Create your own alphabet, writing system, or code and explain it to your den or pack.
12. Learn about another writing system such as petroglyphs or Egyptian hieroglyphs. Do your best to draw some of these symbols. Report what you learned to your den or family.

Nutrition Belt Loop

Brussles Sprouts on the Stalk & Celeriac (Photo credit: Chiot's Run)

Thin noodle Chinese noodle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A bunch of carrots (Daucus carota), washed and placed on a wooden cutting board (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. longifolia). Français : Laitue romaine (Lactuca sativa var. longifolia). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: A new variety of strawberry is exhibited at the 7th International Strawberry Symposium on February 18, 2012 in Beijing, China. The 7th International Strawberry Symposium is being held in the Changping District of Beijing, from February 18-22. Changping is a well-known strawberry growing district and production base in China. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Red Raspberry Fruits / Ice Frozen Food in Winter (Photo credit: epSos.de)

Whole green beans in a carton. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nutrition Belt Loop

1. Make a poster of foods that are good for you. Share the poster with your den. 
2. Explain the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of each.  done
3. Help prepare and eat a healthy meal of foods that are included in a food pyramid. (With your parent’s or adult partner’s permission, see http://www.mypyramid.gov)  done

Foods good for you:

Lettuce, carrots, green beans, apples, 

Requirements for the Hockey Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

1. Explain ways to protect yourself while skating.  Done 3-6-12   Demonstrate how to put on all necessary safety equipment. Explain why proper safety equipment is important.  Done 3-6-12 
2. Spend 30 minutes practicing the skills of hockey: skating, stick handling, passing, shooting, and checking. This may be over two different practice periods.
3. Play a game of hockey while on roller skates or hockey skates.

Mathematics Belt Loop

Mathematics,

1. Do five activities within your home or school that require the use of mathematics. 5 activities
                 1- Minecraft (dividing sticks to make fences) - done
                 2 - Allowance Game - done
                 3 - Computer model of house - done
                 4 - Calculate tithing - done
                 5 - Counted Belt loops and calculated how many are left to earn - done    Explain to your den how you used everyday math. done
2. Keep track of the money you earn and spend for three weeks. 
3. Measure five items using both metric and nonmetric measures.  keyboard 46 cm & 18 1/2 inches,  green pen 14 cm & 5 1/2 inches, alien man 3.5 cm & 1 inch,  TV 43 cm & 16 inches,  timer  2 1/4 in & 6 cm   Find out about the history of the metric system of measurement.   learned about the history of metric system 3-3-12

     

bicycling belt loop

You should always wear helmets.