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The Changes & Why
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The Changes & Why
Rank Advancement Thru Adventures
•For each rank, complete a series of den-based
adventures, including a family-based “Duty to God”
adventure, to earn rank
 Adventures = interdisciplinary, theme-based
experiences, 3 den meetings
 Immediate recognition after each adventure
 Elective adventures available; same recognition
approach
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The Changes & Why
To Review What’s Changing:
•Oath & Law
•Tiger Cub becomes Tiger with new image
•Arrow of Light will no longer require earning Webelos
•Citizenship programs are now more participatory
•Duty to God is now more family based and does not include
the religious emblems program.
•Activities – more active, more aligned with Aims/Mission
•Advancement – simplified
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Bobcat Changes
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Scout Oath
Scout Law
What Webelos means
Cub Scout Sign
Cub Scout Handshake
Cub Scout Motto
Cub Scout Salute
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Bobcat Changes
• Having to earn the Bobcat rank before a Scout can
earn any other rank is the same.
• Bobcat requirements will remain the same except for
the One Oath/One Law change.
• Knowing Webelos, the Cub Scout Sign, the
Handshake, The Cub Scout Motto, and the Cub
Scout Salute are staying the same.
• The How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse:
A Parent’s Guide must me completed each year.
– This will now include the Scout needing to earn the Cyber Chip
for that rank.
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Bobcat Changes
The Cyber Chip
•The How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A
Parent’s Guide must me completed each year.
– This will now include the Scout needing to earn the Cyber Chip
for that rank.
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The Cyber Chip
1. Read, commit to, and sign the Level I Internet Safety
Pledge.
2.Watch the video “Bad Netiquette Stinks.”
3. Play the Router’s Birthday Surprise Interactive
Adventure, and print the completion certificate to give
to your den leader.
4.Show and tell your family, den leader, den, or pack
what you have learned.
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Bobcat Changes
The Cyber Chip
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The Tiger Year
What’s Staying the Same:
•Tigers is still for boys who have completed
Kindergarten or are at most age 7.
•Scouts will still need to have an Adult Partner present
at all meetings.
•CANNOT use knives, saws, or axes.
•CANNOT cook outdoors.
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The Tiger Year
What’s Changing:
•Tiger Cubs will instead be called “Tigers,” effective
May 2015.
•Immediate Recognition plaques and beads are gone.
•Tiger rank requirements: 6 core adventures and 1
elective adventure
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The Tiger Year
Complete each of the following Tiger required adventures with your
den or family:
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Backyard Jungle
Games Tigers Play
My Family’s Duty to God
Team Tiger
Tiger Bites
Tigers in the Wild
•Complete one Tiger elective adventure of your den or family’s
choosing.
•With your parent or adult partner, complete the exercises in the
pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s
Guide, and earn the Cyber Chip award for your age.*
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Games Tigers Play
Rationale for Adventure
To help boys develop appropriate emotional responses
and engage in shared decision making in group
settings, and to encourage engagement in an active
and healthy lifestyle.
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Snapshot of Adventure
Do you like to play games? in some games, one person or
one team wins. team-building games help everyone leave
the game a winner! in this adventure, you are going to find
out you are part of an amazing team of scouts who play
together and work together!
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Games Tigers Play
1a play two initiative or team- building games with the
members of your den.
1b listen carefully to your leader while the rules are
being explained, and follow directions when playing.
1c 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.
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Games Tigers Play
IF THE SHOE FITS...
Materials needed: One shoe of the pair you are wearing
•Each Tiger in your den takes off one shoe and tosses it in a pile in the
middle of the room.
•On the count of three, each person grabs a shoe from the pile and then
finds the person wearing the matching shoe on the other foot.
•Learn the shoe owner’s first and last name. Then ask the shoe owner to
tell you three things about himself that you didn’t know.
•After you have listened closely to the shoe owner, take turns
introducing him. Share his name and three facts you learned about him.
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Games Tigers Play
2. Make up a game with the members of your den.
3. Make up a new game, and play it with your family or
members of your den or pack.
4. While at a sporting event, ask a participant why he
or she thinks it is important to be active.
5. 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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The Tiger Year
Congratulations you earned your
Games Tigers Play Adventure Loop
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The Tiger Year
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The Wolf Year
What’s Staying the Same:
•Wolf rank is still for boys who have completed 1st
grade or are at most age 8.
•Scouts no longer need Adult Partners, but we always
welcome their help and involvement.
•Wolves can be Denner, you can still work with Den
Chiefs.
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The Wolf Year
What’s Changing:
•Immediate Recognition beads and arrowheads are
gone.
•Wolf rank requirements: 6 core adventures & 1
elective adventure
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The Wolf Year
Complete each of the following Wolf required adventures with your
den or family:
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Call of the Wild
Council Fire
Duty to God Footsteps
Howling at the Moon
Paws on the Path
Running With the Pack
Complete one Wolf elective adventure of your den or family’s
choosing.
With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the
pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s
Guide, and earn the Cyber Chip award for your age.
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The Wolf Year
Paws on the Path
Rationale for Adventure
This adventure will encourage the development of
hiking skills in Scouts.
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The Wolf Year
SNAPSHOT OF ADVENTURE
exploring far-away mountains. traveling through deep, dark
jungles. Crossing hot, dry deserts. the adventurers that
mastered these journeys got their start on a short hike, just
like the one you and your Wolf den are about to take! in this
adventure, you will use your scouting outdoor skills and
learn more about the natural world around you. hike on,
Wolf!
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The Wolf Year
Paws on the Path
1. show you are prepared to hike safely by putting
together the Cub scout six essentials to take along
on your hike.
2. Tell what the buddy system is and why we always
use it in Cub scouts.
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Paws on the Path
3. Describe what you should do if you get separated
from your group while hiking.
A Wolf should never get separated from the rest of the
group while hiking. But sometimes it happens. If you do find
yourself away from the rest of your den while on a hike in
the woods, here is what you need to do:
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S – T – O – P!
S = stay calm. Stay where you are. Sit down, take a drink of water, and eat a
little trail food. Stay where you can be seen. Don’t hide! You are not in
trouble!
T = think. Think about how you can help your leaders or others find you. Stay
where you are, and be sure people can see you. Make yourself an easy
target to find. Remember, people will come to look for you. Stay put, be seen,
and help them find you!
O = Observe. Listen for the rest of your group, or people looking for you.
Blow your whistle three times in a row, then listen. Three of any kind of signal
means you need help, and everyone will try to help you.
P = Plan. Stay calm, stay put! Plan how to stay warm and dry until help
arrives. Don’t worry, you will be found.
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Paws on the Path
4.Choose the appropriate clothing to wear on your hike
based on the expected weather.
5.Before hiking, recite the outdoor Code and the leave
no Trace principles for Kids with your leader. after
hiking, discuss how you showed respect for wildlife.
6.Go on a 1-mile hike with your den or family. Watch
and record two interesting things that you’ve never
seen before.
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Paws on the Path
7. Name two birds, two insects, and two animals that
live in your area. explain how you identified them.
8. Draw a map of an area near where you live using
common map symbols. show which direction is
north on your map.
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The Wolf Year
Congratulations you earned your
Paws on the Path Adventure Loop
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The Bear Year
What’s Staying the Same:
•Bears is still for boys who have completed 2nd grade
or are at most age 9.
•Work on Requirements and can be done by Blue and
Gold
•Boys can work toward their Whittling Chip and use a
knife.
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The Bear Year
What’s Changing:
•Bear rank requirements: 6 core adventures & 1
elective adventure.
•Instant Recognition Beads are gone, and replaced with
Adventure Loops.
•Advancement is much easier.
•More outdoor fun and building toward what will be
coming in Boy Scouts.
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The Bear Year
Complete each of the following Bear required adventures with
your den or family:
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Bear Claws
Bear Necessities
Fellowship and Duty to God
Fur, Feathers, and Ferns
Grin and Bear It
Paws for Action
Complete one Bear elective adventure of your den or family’s
choosing.
With your parent or adult partner, complete the exercises in the
pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s
Guide, and earn the Cyber Chip award for your
•Age.
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Bear Necessities
Rationale for Adventure
This adventure will introduce new Scouts to outdoor
skills while improving and developing independence in
those learned in previous ranks.
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A bear is at home in the outdoors, and so is a Bear scout!
in this adventure, you’ll learn how to plan and set up a
campsite, cook a meal with your den, and watch for
changes in the weather. But best of all, you’ll get to go
camping! are you ready?
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Bear Necessities
1. While working on your Bear badge, camp overnight
with your pack at resident camp or another scouting
event.
2. attend a campfire show, and participate by
performing a song or skit with your den.
3. make a list of items you should take along on your
campout.
4. make a list of equipment that the group should
bring along in addition to your personal gear.
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Bear Necessities
5. With your den, plan a cooked lunch or dinner that is
nutritious and balanced. make a shopping list, and
help shop for the food. on a campout or at another
outdoor event, help cook the meal, and help clean
up afterward.
6. help your leader or another adult cook a different
meal from the one you helped prepare for
requirement 5. Cook this meal outdoors.
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Bear Necessities
7. help set up a tent. pick a good spot for the tent, and
explain to your den leader why you picked it.
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Bear Necessities
8. Demonstrate how to tie the two half hitches knot.
explain what the name means and what the knot is
used for.
9. learn how to read a thermometer and a barometer.
Keep track of the temperature and barometric
pressure readings and the actual weather at the
same time every day for seven days.
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The Bear Year
Congratulations you earned your
Bear Necessities Adventure Loop
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The Webelos Program
A Note for the 2015-2016 Webelos II:
For all Webelos who earned their Webelos
Rank by June 1 2015.
You can choose between the old AOL program or
the new AOL Adventures.
This option has to be across all Webelos II.
This will only be fore the 2015-2016 year.
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What’s Staying the Same:
•Webelos is still for boys who have completed 3rd grade
or are at most age 11.
•Boys can wear either the Blue or the Tan uniform.
•Webelos can use knives and cook outside.
•Webelos can have Den campouts with parental
supervision.
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What’s Changing:
•Webelos Pins are gone replaced by Adventure Pins.
•Webelos rank requirements: 5 core adventures & 2
elective adventure.
•No longer need to complete separate belt loops to
earn a pin.
•Arrow of Light no longer requires the Webelos Badge
to be earned.
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The Webelos Program
Be an active member of your Webelos den for three months.
Complete each of the following Webelos required adventures with
your den or family:
- Cast Iron Chef
- Duty to God and You
- First Responder
- Stronger, Faster, Higher
- Webelos Walkabout
Complete two Webelos elective adventures of your den or family’s
choosing.
With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the
pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s
Guide, and earn the Cyber Chip award for your age.*
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First Responder
Rationale for Adventure
This adventure will provide Scouts with an introduction
to the skills and responsibilities of a first responder.
Activities will cover essential personal safety and firstaid skills.
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First Responder
SNAPSHOT OF ADVENTURE
In this adventure, you will put the Scout motto, “Be
Prepared,” into action by learning about first aid. You’ll
also build your own first-aid kit and make emergency
plans for your home or den meeting location. And
you’ll learn how professional first responders help
keep you safe. By the time you finish this adventure,
you should be ready to act if you are first on the scene
when an emergency happens.
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First Responder
1. Explain what first aid is. tell what you should do
after an accident.
2. Show what to do for the hurry cases of first aid.
3. Show how to help a choking victim.
4. Show how to treat for shock.
5. demonstrate that you know how to treat the
following:
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First Responder
6. Put together a simple home first-aid kit. explain
what you included and how to use each item
correctly.
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First Responder
You will need items so each Scout can construct a basic first-aid kit.
The list below was designed for Boy Scouts; include at least the red
items for the Webelos:
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Adhesive bandages (6)
Sterile gauze pads, 3-by-3-inch (2)
Adhesive tape (1 small roll)
Moleskin, 3-by-6-inch (1)
Soap/alcohol hand sanitizing gel
Triple antibiotic ointment (1 small tube)
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Scissors (1 pair)
Non-latex or disposable gloves
CPR breathing barrier (1)
Pencil and paper
Plastic bag to hold items
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First Responder
7. Create and practice an emergency readiness plan
for your home or den meeting place.
8. Visit with a first responder.
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Congratulations you earned your
First Responder Adventure Pin
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The Webelos Program: Arrow of Light
Be an active member of your Webelos den for three months.
Complete each of the following Webelos required adventures with
your den or family:
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Building a Better World
Camper
Duty to God in Action
Scouting Adventure
Complete three Webelos elective adventures of your den or
family’s choosing.
With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the
pamphlet How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parent’s
Guide, and earn the Cyber Chip award for your age.*
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Scouting Adventure
Rationale for Adventure
This adventure will provide Scouts with an introduction
to Boy Scouting, Scout skills, and Scout spirit.
Webelos Scouts will attend a troop meeting and
accompany a troop on a campout or outdoor activity.
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Scouting Adventure
SNAPSHOT OF ADVENTURE
The Scouting Adventure is all about what happens
when you leave your Webelos den & become a Boy
Scout. In this adventure, you’ll learn about things like
the Scout Oath & the patrol method. You’ll find out
about merit badges & ranks, and then you’ll visit a Boy
Scout troop meeting. Best of all, you’ll go along with a
Boy Scout troop on one of their outdoor activities. By
the time you finish this adventure, you’ll be ready for
the new adventures that await you in Boy Scouting.
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Scouting Adventure
1. Prepare yourself to become a Boy scout by
completing all of the items below:
• repeat from memory the scout oath, scout Law,
scout motto, and scout slogan.
• Explain what scout spirit is.
• Give the Boy scout sign, salute, and handshake.
• Describe the First Class scout badge
• Repeat from memory the Outdoor Code.
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Scouting Adventure
2. Visit a Boy scout troop meeting with your den
members, leaders, and parent or guardian. After the
meeting, do the following:
A. describe how the scouts in the troop provide its leadership.
B. describe the four steps of Boy scout advancement.
C. describe ranks in Boy scouting and how they are earned.
D. describe what merit badges are and how they are earned.
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Scouting Adventure
3.practice the patrol method in your den for one month
by doing the following:
A. explain the patrol method. describe the types of patrols that
might be part of a Boy scout troop.
B. Hold an election to choose the patrol leader.
C. develop a patrol name and emblem (if your den does not already
have one), as well as a patrol flag and yell. explain how a patrol
name, emblem, flag, and yell create patrol spirit.
D. As a patrol, make plans to participate in a Boy scout troop’s
campout or other outdoor activity.
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Scouting Adventure
4.With your Webelos den leader, parent, or guardian,
participate in a Boy scout troop’s campout or other
outdoor activity. use the patrol method while on the
outing.
5.Do the following:
A. show how to tie a square knot, two half hitches, and a taut- line
hitch. explain how each knot is used.
B. show the proper care of a rope by learning how to whip and fuse
the ends of different kinds of rope.
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Scouting Adventure
6. Demonstrate your knowledge of the pocketknife
safety rules and the pocketknife pledge. if you have
not already done so, earn your Whittling Chip card.
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Congratulations you earned your
Scouting Adventure Adventure Pin
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You’ve Made It
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Transition Plan
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Whats Next?
Fall 2014
Region and Area Meetings
First Quarter 2015 Webinar Schedule
What’s Changed Training Launched
May 2015
Handbooks in Scout Shops
Revised training available
June 1 2015
Packs will start using the new
program.
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Questions ?
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