Beaver Scout or Youth Ages 5-7
Make sure you look at the next days adventure to make sure you have the right materials! Remember you do not have to finish every days adventure that day, some might take a few days to complete, or you can just mix and match each day up...NO RULES, Just Have FUN!
Every Morning
Wash Your Hands Challenge - Fun way to make sure you are washing your hands enough throughout the day! What you will need; a stamp and ink pad or a washable marker (you may have to re-apply at Lunch), Stamp or Mark the back side of each hand, the challenge is to have the stamp or mark completely gone by the end of the day, depending on the ink or marker you many have mini-challenges throughout the day. Care Givers can have special rewards for the youth who complete the challenge daily.
Week 1
Day 1
Snack Art -You can have fun with healthy fruits, vegetables and other foods by making some art on your plate before you eat! Peanut butter (or spreadable cheese) on celery with raisins on top looks like “ants on a log”—but it tastes great! What about a beaver made out of a watermelon, filled with fruit salad? You can make lots of other great snacks by using different foods and some imagination. Remember to wash your hands before touching food!
Filter Water (STEM) - Build a water filter out of simple materials that you can find around your home; rock, grass, twigs, rags or what ever, to get rid of big and small things that float in the water!
Plan: Will you do this adventure inside, outside or at camp? What does a water filter do? Why would you need to use a water filter? What materials could you use to build a water filter? How are you going to clean up after you are done? How will you collect the filtered water?
Do: 1. Collect all of your materials. 2. Carefully cut the bottom off a pop bottle. 3. Use the top half to build your water filter. 4. Explore different ways of putting the materials together to build a water filter. 5. What materials should go on the bottom? The top? 6. Test out your designs—which one works best?
Day 2
Build a Map - Pretend you are a bird looking over your neighbourhood. What do you see? Houses? Apartment buildings? Your school? A park? Maybe there’s a hill or a tall building that your Colony can go to so that you can have a good look at your community. Draw a giant map of your neighbourhood, then decide as a Lodge where you’d like to visit. What are some of your favourite places to play? Where would you like to explore?
Beaver of the World - Personal Achievement Badge
Objective: I will learn about Scouting around the world.When planning your adventures, you might like to have
- an adventure that is about another country
- an adventure about Beaver Scout-age program in another country
- an adventure that helps people, animals or a good cause
Here are some ideas to help you start creating your own adventures:
- Learn a game that is played by age 5-7 year-old Scouts in another country. What else can you find out about Scouting in that country?
- Find out about the badges for Beaver Scout-age youth in other countries. Complete one of the requirements from one of their badges.
- What did Lord Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting) enjoy doing as a child? Try one or more of his favourite pastimes.
- Pick a country where there is Scouting. Go to a zoo or wildlife park and find animals in the zoo that come from that country. Take photos and create a collage, adding a photo or drawing of the Scout crest from that country.
- Draw a picture of yourself as a Rover Scout. You will be about 19 or 20 years old. Rovers often travel to meet and work with Scouts in other countries. What do you hope that you will do in Scouting by the time you are a Rover?
- What country might you like to visit with a Scout Jamboree (a jamboree is a big camp-out for many Scouts)? Find out what happens at a World Scout Jamboree. Where will the next World Jamboree be?
- Find out why Scouts around the world greet each other with a left handshake. Tell the story or create a skit to tell the story to your Lodge.
- Find out about the Scout Brotherhood Fund and how it helps Scouting in other countries. How might you or your Colony help the Scout Brotherhood Fund?
- Learn about the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). What does the WOSM flag look like? What do the symbols mean?
- Find the names of Beaver Scout-age Sections around the world. Why do they have the names they do? (Ask an adult to help you search the internet.)
- What promise and law is used by age 5-7 year old Scouts in other countries? Are they the same as your promise and law?
- Badge trading is part of the fun of Scouting. Learn about badge trading from a Scout or Scouter who has been to a jamboree. What are the rules of trading?
- Would you like to be a Messenger of Peace? Find out about this World Scouting program and how you can become a Messenger of Peace. http://www.scout.org
Pick a suitable adventure for this badge that you would like to try on your own.
Day 3
Draw “Cooperation” - “Cooperation” is a big word. Do you know what it means? It means getting along as a team. When people cooperate, everyone helps out to make something happen. A hockey team cooperates by working together to score a goal. There is only one puck to share. If every player on the team passes the puck, somebody will have a good shot to take. How do you cooperate with the other Members of your Family? Share a set of markers. Draw a big picture together of all the different ways you cooperate with one another! What do you know now that you did not know before? How does your Family cooperate with each other? How can "You" do a better job of cooperating?
North, South, East & West - Do you know the four directions on a compass? That’s right! North, South, East and West! Use a compass to figure out the four directions while standing in a square court or field. All the Beaver Scouts start in the middle, and one Beaver calls out a direction. Everyone has to run to the line on that side of the court or field, and the last Beaver is out. Play until every Beaver is out except for the winner.
Day 4
Bean Greenhouse - Create a greenhouse to help a bean grow faster!
Plan: What do plants need in order to grow? How can you help a plant grow faster? Have you ever helped out in the garden? Why are greenhouses used to grow plants? How can you build a greenhouse with the materials you have? Soak the beans overnight the day before this adventure. How will you track how much each plant has grown?
Plan: What do plants need in order to grow? How can you help a plant grow faster? Have you ever helped out in the garden? Why are greenhouses used to grow plants? How can you build a greenhouse with the materials you have? Soak the beans overnight the day before this adventure. How will you track how much each plant has grown?
Do:
Build four different spaces for beans to grow: • Water in a cup • Water and soil in a cup • Water in a greenhouse • Water and soil in a greenhouse Take your bean cups home and see how they grow during the week. How do you think you can record the growth of the beans? |
Review:
What do you know now that you did not know before? • What did you see during the week? • What did the plants look like every day? • How were beans in the cups different? Why do you think this was? • What elements of STEM were in this activity? Science? Technology? Engineering? Mathematics? • What did you like about this activity? What did you not like about it? How would you do this activity differently? |
Materials:
• 6 clear, plastic cups
• Soil
• Paper towels
• Water
• 4 paper rulers for each Beaver
• Masking tape
• 6 clear, plastic cups
• Soil
• Paper towels
• Water
• 4 paper rulers for each Beaver
• Masking tape
A New Reason to Party! - Did you know that different cultures have different holidays? There might be special days for different neighbourhoods in your own city, and there are other special days in other provinces and in countries around the world. With your Care Giver, learn about why people in other communities have special days, and how they celebrate them. Then, why not celebrate one of these special days with your Family?
Plan:
• Can your Care Giver share some holiday traditions that you have not heard of? • As a Family, decide what holiday you are going to celebrate. • Which holiday will you and your friends celebrate? • What food and decorations will you need? • What needs to be done ahead of time? Review:
• What part of the celebration did you like the most? The food? The clothes? • How was the celebration different from what your family celebrates? • What do you know now that you did not know before? • How did you work together to make this a great Adventure? • What would you do differently next time? • What can you do to build on this Adventure? |
Do:
• Celebrate a new holiday! This might mean singing new songs, eating special foods, or wearing special clothes. |
Day 5
Camp Fire: Do you know how to build a campfire? Setting things up for a campfire can be easy if you have everything you need close by. Even with all the right stuff, you have to build your fire the right way if it is going to burn well. In a fire ring, start by laying sticks out like a raft on the ground. This will keep your fire away from the cold, wet dirt. Crumple birch bark (gathered from dead trees) on the raft. Put sticks that are no thicker than a pencil on and around the birch bark. Then put sticks that are about as thick as your fingers around the first sticks. Put sticks as thick as a broom handle around all the sticks in the pile, setting them up like a teepee. If you have plenty more wood on hand, then you have a fire that’s ready for your Care Giver to light! Good job!
Plan:
• Where can you have a campfire in your community? • Have you helped built a fire before?What can you remember about building a fire? • What help do you need from your Care Giver for this Adventure? • How will you put out your campfire when you are done with it? Safety note:
• Never play with fire. Building a campfire is a good skill to master, but learn about fires with help from adults. • What will you need to put out your fire when it’s time to go? |
Do:
• Gather plenty of good firewood of different sizes, and set up a campfire that is all set to be lit. • Have an Adult light the fire, then watch how it burns. • Enjoy your campfire! |
Camp Fire Songs
Ging Gang Goolie - Scout Song
Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watcha, Ging gang goo, ging gang goo. Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie watcha, Ging gang goo, ging gang goo. Hayla, hayla shayla, hayla shayla, shayla, oooooooh, Hayla, hayla shayla, hayla shayla, shayla, oooh. Shally wally, shally wally, shally wally, shally wally Oompah, oompah, oompah, oompah. Land of the Silver Birch - Scout Song
Land of the Silver Birch, home of the beaver. Where still the mighty moose wanders at will. Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more, Boom diddy-ya-da, boom-diddy-ya-day, boom-diddy-ya-da Boom, boom. Down in the forest, deep in the lowlands My heart cries out for thee, hills of the north Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more, Boom diddy-ya-da, boom-diddy-ya-day, boom-diddy-ya-da Boom, boom. Here where the blue lake lies, I'll build my wigwam Close to the water's edge, silent and still. Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more, Boom diddy-ya-da, boom-diddy-ya-day, boom-diddy-ya-da Boom, boom. |
Boom Chicka Boom - Scout Song
I said a Boom Chicka Boom I said a Boom Chicka Boom I said a Boom Chicka Rocka Chicka Rocka Chicka Boom Uh huh Oh yeah One more time ______ style. Janitor Style: I said a Broom Sweep-a Broom I said a Broom Sweep-a Broom I said a Broom Sweep-a Mop-a Sweep-a Mop-a Sweep-a Broom Valley Girl Style: I said like boom chicka boom I said a totally boom chicka boom I said like boom chicka like rocka chicka like gag me with a spoon Baseball Style: I said a boom chicka boom I said a boom chicka boom I said a boom chicka rocka hit that softball to the moon. Barn-yard Style: I said a moo chicka moo I said a moo chicka moo I said a moo chicka watch your step, don't track it in the room. Race Car Style: I said a vroom shifta vroom I said a vroom shifta vroom I said a vroom shifta… |
Week 2
Day 6
Mental Health Check-Up!
Science of Eggs: Have you ever walked on eggs? Test how strong an egg can be and then try to make it even stronger by making an unbreakable package from recycled materials!
Plan:
• Do you want to do this adventure inside or outside? • Where can you find cheap eggs for this activity? • What do you think will happen if you walk on the eggs? • What materials can you use to make a safe and strong package for eggs? • Where will you drop your eggs? Is there a safe structure from which you can drop your eggs? How could you make one? • What do you notice when you squeeze an egg? Materials:
• 5-6 half dozen raw eggs in their original cartons • Tape • Scissors • Glue • Recycled materials such as egg cartons, newspaper and plastic containers to build your egg capsule • Newspapers or plastic table cloths to cover the floor • Cloths for cleanup Safety Tip:
Thoroughly clean any surface the raw eggs touched because they can carry Salmonella. |
Do:
Activity #1: Walk on Eggs: • Youth and Care Givers have set up a stepping stone walkway of eggs in their cartons. • One at a time, walk over the eggs barefoot. Activity # 2: Unbreakable eggs: • Design a package that will protect an egg from breaking or cracking if it is dropped from a height. How will you keep the egg safe? • Drop your eggs from a consistent height. If your egg survives the trip, drop it from a larger height. • How can you improve your design? Try another design and see how it works. More Egg Experiments
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Day 7
Germ Tag: Do you know how to keep from becoming sick when others are in your Colony, at school or at home? A good place to start is to avoid touching somebody, who you know is sick, on the hands or face. Germs are often spread through handshakes, sneezes, coughing and touching doorknobs and taps. Imagine one Beaver Scout is sick. This first Beaver is “it”, and has to tag others to spread the infection. When another Beaver is tagged, that Beaver is “it” too! Beavers who are not “infected” wear their hats. When you are tagged, take your hat off to let others know that you are sick, and they should look out! Play until every Beaver is tagged. The last one to be tagged is the winner.
Plan:
• When and where will you play germ tag? • How will you decide who will be “it” first? • What are the borders for your game? • What happens to a Beaver Scout who runs out of bounds? |
Do:
• Play a great game of germ tag! • If your game goes quickly, you can play again. The winner can be the first one “it” for the next game. |
Earth Beaver - Personal Achievement Badge
Objective: I will learn about the earth and help take care of the earth. When planning your adventures, you might like to have
- an outdoor adventure
- an adventure that helps the environment
Here are some ideas to help you start creating your own adventures
- Try building sandcastles with different kinds of earth, such as sand, rocks, dirt or gravel. What worked best? What else did you need to use?
- What plants do you know that you can find in a flower garden? Have you heard of “hens and chicks”, “snapdragons”, “monkey plants”, and “alien pods”? Grow two or three plants from a seed or bulb that you’ve never grown before.
- Notice the worms at work in a garden. Find out about vermipods and create one for your family.
- Help for one afternoon or one day at a community vegetable garden.
- Who is your environment hero? Find a fun way to tell his or her story.
- Build a birdhouse, bird feeder or bat box with help and hang it in your yard.
- What do plants need to grow? How do different growing conditions (wet, dry, windy) and different kinds of soil (dirt, sand, gravel) help or hurt their growth?
- Make your own volcano. What materials can you use? Once it is built, make it erupt with baking soda and vinegar. Share your model with your Lodge or Colony, and share some fun facts about volcanoes.
- Go on a hike through your community. Watch for animals and signs of animals, like nests, holes, tracks and poop. Take some photos of the animals and signs of animals that you find.
- Try this experiment. Bury an apple and a tin can side by side in the ground or in a box of soil. Dig them up in a month. What has happened to each? Bury them again for a month. Check again.
- Weigh your bags of recycling each week for a month. How many kilograms of recycling do you make as a family? Try the same with your garbage.
- What do you know about Earth Hour? Take on the Earth Hour challenge any time of the year of going without power for one hour. How can your family reduce its use of electricity?
- Find out about the garbage islands floating in the oceans. What do humans use that often ends up in the ocean? What could we do about it?
- Pick an animal that is almost extinct. What would we lose if this animal became extinct? What does it add to our world?
- Build a birdhouse, bird feeder or bat box with help and hang it in your yard.
- How does the rainforest help the world? What is happening to the rainforest in many parts of the world? What would happen if the rainforest was all destroyed?
- Choose a wild animal that lives near to you. What helps them survive in your area? Do they cause challenges for humans, other animals or plants? Do humans cause challenges for that animal?
Need some more ideas? Look at the trail Cards for Ringtail’s Hollow: Environment & Outdoors.
Day 8
Talking Stick - Plan-Do-Review is how we make great adventures happen in Scouting, however, Plan-Do-Review can be used with your family at home, with friends at school or even with adults at work. There are different ways to do each step in the cycle. To review an adventure, your family might sit together and talk about what you enjoyed, what you learned and how you might do things another way next time. Your review does not always have to be a simple conversation. You can make it a bit of a game. You can use a “talking stick” to make sure that every member in your family takes part in a review. Sit in a circle and pass a stick from person to person. Only the person holding the stick can talk. Take a moment to share what was fun in an adventure. How you can make things even better next time? Then pass the stick to the next member of the family and listen politely.
Plan:
• Is there an adventure coming up that you can use the talking stick to review? • When and where will you share this review? • Does anyone know another way to do a talking stick review? Safety Note:
Be polite when you have the talking stick. Remember that something you did not like might be someone else’s idea. Other family members might have enjoyed that part of the adventure a lot. Be honest, but do not hurt anyone’s feelings. |
Do:
• Review an adventure using a “talking stick”. Every Beaver should contribute to the review. It is okay to repeat what another Beaver said when you have the talking stick. Create Your Own "Talking Stick" - Below the video can show you some ideas, but you can use anything to make a unique talking stick.
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Follow My Voice - Talking, listening and understanding can be really hard sometimes. Practise these skills by giving instructions to guide a blindfolded Beaver Scout through a field of obstacles.
Plan:
• As a Family, decide what you will use as obstacles. Use something that will move if the blindfolded family member walks into it, so that he or she will not trip. • What will be the boundaries for the obstacle field? • How will you take turns being the blindfolded person and the person who gives instructions? Safety Note:
• How will you set up clear borders for your field of obstacles? The blindfolded family member is not allowed to leave the field. The borders should be set several big steps away from any walls. • The blindfolded family member must walk slowly or crawl. No running! • Remember—everybody must be quiet except for the family member giving instructions. |
Do:
• Set up your obstacle field. • Take turns being the blindfolded family member and the guiding member. |
Day 9
Phases of the Moon - Look up into the night sky and what do you see? As our closest neighbour in space, the Moon is usually the brightest object in the night sky. The Moon orbits around Earth once every 29 days. Over that time, the Moon goes from being invisible (what we call a “new moon”) to gradually appearing as a full circle in the sky, and then shrinking away again. Explore the phases of the Moon using a ball that is painted white on one side and black on the other. Keep one side facing the Sun while the Moon moves around the group. How much of the white paint can you see as the Moon moves around the circle? Scrape icing off of cream-filled cookies to show the different phases of the Moon that you saw.
PLAN:
• Where will you get chocolate cookies with white cream filling? Make sure everyone in your Family can eat them. • Where will you get a ball that you can paint black and white? • What does the moon look like when you see it in the night sky? What do you know already about the phases of the Moon? MATERIALS:
• Ball • Black and white paint • Chocolate cookies with a white cream filling |
DO:
Phases of the Moon • Divide the ball in half. Paint one side black and the other side white. The white side represents the half of the Moon that is lit up by the Sun. • Choose one side of a room to be the Sun. • One person will hold the Moon. The rest of your family should sit or stand in a group. This group is Earth. • Slowly, the Moon travels in a circle around the group, as if it were orbiting Earth, making sure that the white side is always facing the Sun. • What do you see from Earth as the Moon goes by? Cookie Moons • Each Beaver will need eight cookies for this adventure. • Slowly twist your cookies apart, trying to keep the icing intact. • Scrape or eat away the icing to create the different phases of the Moon. • Can you line them up from new moon to full moon and back? • You may not want to eat all of the cookies at the end of this adventure. You might put some into small bags to take home. |
Does it Float? - What makes an object float? What makes it sink? Explore the density of objects and liquids, and make an ocean in a bottle!
PLAN:
• Do you want to do this adventure indoors or outdoors? • How will you clean up after this adventure? • What do you think causes an object to sink? To float? MATERIALS:
• Bucket or tub of water • 10 objects that will sink or float. Examples include marbles, pieces of wood, small toys or light and heavy metal objects. • Plastic water or soda bottles (two for each Person) • Sand (enough for all the youth to fill up their bottles) • Vegetable oil (enough for each Beaver to fill his or her bottle half full) • Water • Blue food colouring SAFETY TIPS: Water and electricity do not mix. Choose objects that do not have any electrical parts and pieces.
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DO:
Activity #1: Does it sink or float? • As a Family make predictions about which objects will sink or float. Why do you think some objects will float, and some will sink? • Test the objects once at a time. Were your predictions right? Do you want to change any of your other predictions? Why? • What pattern do you notice among objects that sink? Objects that float? Activity #2: Make it float • What happens if you put an empty pop bottle and a bottle filled with sand in a bucket of water? • How can you make the bottle float just underneath the surface of the water? Activity #3: Make an ocean in a bottle • Did you know that liquids can float on top of one another? • Fill a bottle halfway with water, and add one or two drops of blue food colouring. • Fill up the bottle with cooking oil. • Shake the bottle up. What do you notice? • Gently rock the bottle back and forth. What do you notice? |
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Day 10
Camping Out Training - Get used to spending a night in a tent by setting up your tent indoors or out in your backyard. Have a sleepover with your whole family, but use camping gear to imagine a real Adventure. You wont be camping to far in your backyard or in your basement, there will not be to many bugs to worry about, and it will not matter if it rains, your family can just come back inside. Remember to see what the weather is going to be and camp inside if needed, safety is always the number one priority.
Plan:
• When and where will you share your indoor or backyard camping Adventure? • What should you pack? • What will you eat? • What games will you play? • Will you spend any time outside? • How might you help your indoor space have an outdoor look? |
Do: • Have a great indoor camping Adventure!
Safety note: Will your whole Adventure be indoors, or will you play outside before coming in to sleep? Be sure to pack everything you need for time outdoors on your Adventure. You may need a bug spray, a raincoat and a flashlight. What else should you pack? Remember to camp as a family! DO NOT PUT ANY HEAT SOURCE INTO INDOOR or OUTDOOR TENT!
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Campfire - Scroll back up to Day 5 and build or reuse the campfire you created. At the end of each week we will be adding on to your camping adventure! Click to button below for more Campfire Songs.
Week 3
Day 11
Plastic Bag Kite - A visit to the beach or pretending to have your own private beach in your backyard can be a lot of fun. We all enjoy building sandcastles, but there are other creative things that you can try with sand. Use wooden skewers, some string, some tape and a plastic bag to create a small homemade kite! On a breezy day by the water’s edge or around your home, this is a great project that can be a lot of fun to play with once it’s made. Your whole family can make kites, and everyone can fly them all together!
Plan:
• When and where will you have this Adventure? • What do you need to bring? • What games can you play with your kites? • How will you decorate your kites? • What other things can you do at the beach or in your backyard? Safety note:
• Usually when we go to the beach or playing in the backyard, it’s on a bright, sunny day. What do you need to remember to stay safe when you are out in the sun? • When making your kites, make sure an Adult is watch to keep you safe and help out when you need a hand. • Ask an Adult to cut off the pointy ends of the skewers before you begin making your kite. |
Do:
• Make a cross with two wooden skewers. Use tape or string to fix the skewers together. One end of the cross should be longer than the other three. • With help from an Adult, cut a plastic bag into a diamond shape. • Make small holes in the plastic bag to put the wooden cross through. Tape the bag to the cross, or tie things together with string. • Your finished kite will be about 20 cm tall (or the size of the skewer). • Tie a very long length of string (on a spool) to the centre of the cross. Use this string to fly your kite. |
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Marshmallow Challenge - As a Family, build the tallest freestanding structure you can using only twenty sticks of spaghetti, one yard of masking tape and one yard of string. Your tower must be topped by a marshmallow.
Plan:
• What strategy will you use to build your tower? • What roles will your team have (if any)? • What experiences can you draw upon that might help your team with this challenge? |
Do:
• Build the tallest spaghetti tower you can manage! Safety Note:
How can you make sure that this activity takes place in a safe environment? What hazards are there that everyone should be aware of? |
Day 12
Meditation 101 - Youth are capable of being mindful just like adults and it’s easy to get them to meditate when they’re excited about it! Teaching your child to meditate at a young age leads them on an awesome path to more happiness and health as they grow older. Mindfulness is an awesome skill to cultivate at any age!
Plan:
• Do you want to do this meditation indoors or outdoors? • KEEP IT SIMPLE! Meditation is simply noticing what is happening right now. • USE YOUR IMAGINATION! Children learn best through imaginative play. Why not combine mindfulness meditation for kids with using their imaginations? |
Do:
• Find a quite place to meditate! |
Spirit Beaver - Personal Achievement Badge
Objective: I will explore beliefs that are important to me and my family as well as the beliefs of another faith. When planning your adventures, you might like
- an adventure that includes the four compass points of the Internal Compass: Wonder, Gratitude, Service and Reflection
- an adventure that shows the Beaver Scout Promise, Law or Motto
Here are some ideas to help you start creating your own adventures
- Find a story from your favourite holiday. Find a story about a holiday in another faith tradition or culture. Share the stories with your family or your Lodge.
- Make a food to share with your Lodge that is part of your faith or culture or tradition. Find out about a food from another tradition. Make that food too, if you can.
- Draw a symbol that is important to you or your faith group. Why is this symbol important? Find a symbol that is important to another faith group and learn why it’s important.
- Write a prayer of your own or find a prayer from your faith tradition to share with your Lodge. Find a prayer you like from another faith and share it, too.
- Lead the Beaver Scout Colony in saying a Beaver Scout prayer. What do you like about this prayer? What might you add or change?
- Write or draw or do a “thank-you” to God.
- Go on a walk or drive with your parents or grandparents and take photos of many different places of worship. Create a collage or a picture book with your photos
- Do one thing for each point on the Internal Compass: Wonder, Gratitude, Service and Reflection. Draw the compass (or use a picture of a compass) and write down or provide a photo of you doing what you did for each point on the compass.
- Go to a service of worship for another church or another faith. What do you see?
Day 13
"Leave No Trace" Nature Collage - Use sticks, leaves, flowers and stones your find on the ground to make a collage! A bare patch of sand or rock can be your canvas. Have your Caregiver take a picture of your creation! You can make your own collage, or your Family can create something together.
Plan:
• When and where will you share this adventure? • What do you need to bring? • What will you try to show with your collage? • What other fun things can you do in nature? |
Do:
• Create a Leave No Trace nature collage! • Try making more than one! Safety Note:
• What plants do you need to look out for when gathering things for your collage? • What insects do you need to look out for when gathering things for your collage? |
Seed Bombing - Seed bombs can help multiply native plant species in your community to spread beauty and create habitats for pollinators. Make your seed bombs using materials like potter’s clay and compost and fill them with local seeds—make sure that all of the seeds you’re including already grow naturally in your area and are not considered a weed. Then, find places to release your bombs
Plan
• How will you find out how to make your seed bombs? • What supplies will you need for your seed bombs? • How can you find out what seeds to put into your seed bombs? • Where will you release your seed bombs? |
Do:
Take photos of you dropping your seed bombs and of the areas after the flowers have grown for a great before-and-after reveal. Safety Note:
• How can you be safe while making your seed bombs? • How can you be safe while spreading your seed bombs? What hazardous plants and creatures do you need to look out for? |
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Day 14
Milk to Butter - Few people realize how easy it is to make butter at home - you don't even need any special equipment. There are also dozens of flavours you can add.
Plan
• How will you find out how to make butter? • What supplies will you need to make your butter? • What equipment will you need to make your butter? Materials:
• 1 pint sized (16 oz) mason jar • 1 cup heavy cream (38% fat content) • cold water |
Do:
1. Pour heavy cream into the mason jar, filling it half-way full. Screw the lid on. 2. Shake mason jar for approximately 5-7 minutes. After the first 2 minutes you'll have whipped cream. Keep shaking until you hear that a lump has formed inside, and shake an additional 30-60 seconds after that. 3. Remove the solids from the jar. The remaining liquid is buttermilk. You can save that for other recipes, or discard it. 4. Place the solids into a small bowl. Pour cold water over the butter and use your hands to squish it into a ball. Discard water and repeat rinsing 2 times more. 5. At this point you have butter. You can add in things like salt, honey, and herbs to create flavored butters, or serve in its pure form as is. |
Lego Catapult - built an awesome LEGO catapult using basic bricks for an easy STEM and physics activity. This is fun homemade catapult just about everyone will want to be able to make! As an adult try and not build all the catapult for the youth. Instead, help troubleshoot ideas, ask questions to help when they gets stuck. Sometimes, it’s as simple as redirecting the question back can help to come up with their own solution. Try and come up with your own designs, if you do need help there are so instructions down below. Remember to have FUN!
YOU WILL NEED:
1. LEGO CATAPULT BASE
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HOW TO BUILD A LEGO CATAPULT:
1. Make a single wide wall out of 1×4 and 1×6 bricks across the small plate and attached it to the base plate. 2. Added supports on the front and back with double wide bricks. Notice that we left a gap of 4 studs in the middle. 3. The majority of the base is three bricks worth high and then one extra layer of 1×8 bricks were added onto the top of each side, still keeping the middle clear. 4. launcher to make your own. The red bricks are 2×8. Bucket part is flush with the end of the red brick. The white plate is not under it. 5.The 2×2 brick is used to keep the rubber bands in place. This is where you start experimenting with tension with your LEGO catapult. 6. Modify the design and tension to see how are you can shoot an object. |
Day 15
Camp-Out Cooking - Apples by the Fire are easy to make while on a camping trip. Wrap them in foil and cook in the campfire, bake in a Dutch oven, or bake them at home in your own kitchen!
Ingredients:
• Granny Smith Apples (Cooking Apples) • Butter Dried Fruit Mix: • Cranberries • Raisins • Walnuts • Cinnamon • Nutmeg • Brown Sugar Materials: • Mixing Bowl • Spoon • Knife • Aluminum Foil (Heavy Foil) Safety note:
• Never play with fire. Building a campfire is a good skill to master, but learn about fires with help from adults. • What will you need to put out your fire when it’s time to go? • Make sure an adult is helping when using any sharp knifes |
Instructions:
1. Core each apple, (Adults may need to help using a sharp knife). 2. Place each apple on their own two square of heavy foil, doubling up the foil to ensure that everything stays inside. 3. In a bowl combine the dried fruit mix; cranberries, raisins, walnuts, and add the cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar to taste. Mix all the dried ingredients together. 4. Stuff the apples with the dried fruit mix, add little bit of butter as you are adding the dried fruit. After filling each apple, add another dab of butter on the topping each apple. Wrapped the apples up and put them in the fire ring. Yes, it really is THAT easy! 5. Coals were hot, so, didn’t put them directly on the coals, but next to them. When done, the apples will be soft when squeezed, use a long handled tongs to check if the apples were soft, but not mushy. We took them off the heat and put them in a cardboard box to cool. 6. Cooking time between 15-25 min. |
Camping Adventure - Scroll back up to Day 5 & Day 10 and build or reuse the campfire you created and pitch that tent or create an indoor tent fort. At the end of each week we will be adding on to your camping adventure!
Week 4
Day 16
Three Little Pigs - Which little pig built the strongest house? Build castles using sand, dirt, glue and water to find out which materials are strongest and safest from weather.
Plan:
• Do you want to do this Adventure indoors or outdoors? Where will you have sand and dirt to use? • Doing the Adventure outside on pavement or grass, or on a tarp will make cleanup easier. • Some of your buildings may need extra time to dry. When will you have your build phase? Your test phase? • What kinds of materials are used to make buildings? • What kinds of things do engineers have to think about when designing buildings? • Why do you think engineers use different materials for different projects? • What materials will you use to make your buildings? • Do you want to do this Adventure alone or as a family? Materials:
• 6-8 bathroom-sized paper cups (“Dixie” cups) • 1 small bowl for mixing ingredients • White glue • Water • Plastic spoons (about teaspoon-sized) • Access to sand, dirt and gravel • Markers or crayons • Watering can • Hair dryer • Books and bricks to test the strength of the houses • 1 can of non-stick cooking spray • Safety glasses |
Do:
Activity #1: Build it! • Mix glue, sand, dirt, gravel and water to make different building materials. • Make two houses out of each material. • Set any buildings using glue aside to dry. Activity #2: Test it! • Before you start your tests, make sure any buildings using glue are completely dry. • Which building holds up best under rain? What happens to the building under the rain? • Which building holds up best against wind? • Which building is the strongest? What if something drops on it? |
Day 17
Friendship Beaver
Objective: I will share the good feelings I get from being with my friends, family and Beaver Colony. When planning your adventures, you might like to have
Here are some ideas to help you start creating your own adventures
Objective: I will share the good feelings I get from being with my friends, family and Beaver Colony. When planning your adventures, you might like to have
- an adventure that shows what is most important to you
- an adventure that uses the Beaver Scout Law
- an adventure in which you are a good friend to someone your age
Here are some ideas to help you start creating your own adventures
- Interview one of your friends. Find out about his or her favourite places, foods and activities. What do you both like to do? Why do you think you are good friends?
- Find a creative way to show your family or your Colony or Lodge what is most important to you.
- Do one thing to show each of the three parts of the Beaver Scout Law: A Beaver 1. has fun, 2. works hard, and 3. helps family and friends.
- Find someone your age who might become a new friend. Do something kind for that child. How does it feel to be a friendly person?
- Make up a song, a game or a poem that expresses friendship.
- Take photos of people (with their permission) doing things that show friendship.
- Create a Thank-you note for three good friends. Tell your friends why they are special to you.
- Create a play to show why friendship is so important. How is friendship important in the Beaver Scout Colony?
- What are ways to be friendly to a person who is new in your neighbourhood or who is new to Canada? Make a list and try them out.
- Take part in a Roots of Empathy program. (www.rootsofempathy.org)
- What are the three best values to have? Why do you think so? Share your ideas with your family or your Lodge.
- Are there friends in the animal world? Find out some stories about animal friends.
- Find out about and tell the story of a person, story character, super-hero or cartoon character that shows one or more of your values.
- Find the 52 virtues (values) listed in The Virtues Project (www.virtuesproject.com). Which are most important to you and your family?
- Do you have an animal friend? How have animals been great friends to humans?
Day 18
Nature Detectives - What living things are around you at camp, on a hike or when you are out exploring? Find all the plants, birds and animals that are living and moving around you. Is there something you have never seen before?
Plan:
• Where do you want to go to explore for livings things? You can do this in your backyard, on a day hike in the woods or at a campsite on a weekend camp. • What equipment will you need? • How will you look for small plants, birds and animals? • How will you keep track of what you see? • Do you know what a species is? How can you identify different species of plants, bird and animals? • How will you identify new plants, birds and animals? • What will you do to Leave No Trace? Safety Tips:
• How will you respect the home of the animal or plant? • How far will you explore? What boundaries will your family respect? • Beware that not all plants and animals are friendly to the touch. Ask an adult if you are not sure. |
Do:
• Go out as a Family and explore! • What do you notice about the environment around you? As the environment changes, how do the animals and plants change? • Record your discoveries. Materials:
• Magnifying glasses and binoculars • Disposable gloves • First aid kit • Materials for recording your discoveries • Animal, bird and plant field guides • Local species list |
Day 19
Build a Pond - Beavers build dams to flood out streams and create safe habitats for their families. Dams block streams or rivers to create a calm pond deep enough for the beavers to build a lodge. Design and build a dam, then add water to one side to test your dam. You can build your dam in a paint tray or head outside to a sandbox. Try different materials to find out what works best to keep the water on the upper side of your dam.
Plan:
• Do you want to do this adventure inside or outside? Do you have access to a sandbox or aluminum tray you could use instead of the paint tray? • What do you know about beaver dams? • Why do beavers build dams? • What materials will you use to build your dam? • Do you want to do this adventure alone or as a Family? • Where will you get water to test your dam? Materials:
• 1 paint tray per youth or Family (in kit) • Plasticine • Popsicle sticks • Toothpicks • Straws • Twigs • Leaves • Access to water |
Do:
• Build a dam across the middle of the container. • Test your dam by pouring water on one side. Does any water make it through? • Tweak your dam until it keeps all of the water on one side of the container. • For an extra challenge, try building a dam without any glue. Safety Tips:
• Water on the floor can be a slipping hazard. Make sure to clean up any spills as soon as they happen. • If you ever run into a real beaver dam, remember that it is an animal’s home and not somewhere to play. |
Day 20
Honouring Essential Workers - Tonight at 6:30 p.m. as a Family make your way out doors, it could be for front porch, balcony or even just in your driveway and for 10 minutes, make as much noisy as you can; start banged pots, pans, or even rubber bins. Ask your Friends and Neighbours to participate. Use the sounds you make, as a form of appreciation for all the essential workers that are helping out the community through the COVID-19 pandemic. As a Community, you may want to continue making noisy to show your appreciation daily or weekly at the same time.
Closing Campfire - Scroll back up to Day 5, Day 10 and Day 15 and build or reuse the campfire you created, pitch that tent or create an indoor tent fort, make some more delicious camp snacks and sing some songs and tell some stories. Take a look back at all the adventures you have done from your over that past few weeks, your "Scouting from Home" and continue that adventure in new ways with your Sections in the days and weeks to come. Thank you for participating in the Canadian Virtual Jamboree and we will continue to add new program from time to time so please keep checking back or join one of our Facebook Groups, may your Families stay healthy and safe during these times.