Adventure Goal: The Bobcat Adventure is designed to be the first required Adventure.  Requirements for Bobcat include getting to know members of the den and the “How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide” which are important activities to do with your den early on.

Adventure Requirements: 

1. Get to know members of your den.

2. Recite the Scout Oath and Law with your den and den leader.

3. Learn about the Scout Oath. Identify the three points of the Scout Oath.

4. With your den create a den Code of Conduct.

5. Learn about the denner position and responsibilities.

6. Demonstrate the Cub Scout sign, Cub Scout salute, and Cub Scout handshake.  Show how each is used.

7. Share with your den, or family, a time when you demonstrated the Cub Scout motto “Do Your Best.” Explain why it is important to do your best.

8. At home, with your parent or legal guardian do the activities in the booklet “How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.”

Adventure Goal: In the Scout Oath, Cub Scouts promise to keep themselves physically strong and mentally awake. Personal fitness is about keeping your body strong by eating right and exercising, but it also means getting enough rest and exercising your mind by reading, solving problems, or even listening to music.

Adventure Requirements: 

1. Sample food from three of the following food groups: protein, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and grains.

2. Be active for 30 minutes with your den or at least one other person that includes both stretching and moving.

3. Be active for 15 minutes doing personal exercises that include cardio, muscular strength, and flexibility.

4. Do a relaxing activity for 10 minutes.

5. Review your Scouting America Annual Health and Medical record with your parent or guardian. Discuss your ability to participate in den and pack activities.

Adventure Goal: In this Adventure, the Protect Yourself Rules will give you guidance on keeping yourself safe. You will also identify ways to use electronics responsibly and ways to protect your body when you’re playing or working. When bears feel they are in danger, they may stand on their back legs, standing tall, to let the danger know that they are brave and know how to keep themselves safe.

Adventure Requirements: 

1. With permission from your parent or legal guardian, watch the Protect Yourself Rules video for the Bear rank.

2. Complete the Personal Space Bubble worksheet that is part of the Protect Yourself Rules resources.

3. With your parent or legal guardian, set up a family policy for digital devices.

4. Identify common personal safety gear for your head, eyes, mouth, hands, and feet.  List how each of these items protect you.  Demonstrate the proper use of personal safety gear for an activity.

Adventure Goal: It is important to know that Scouting America has a religious element as a part of the program as stated in the Scout Oath and Scout Law. However, Scouting America is absolutely nonsectarian in its attitude toward a member’s religion or faith. Scouting America policy is that the home and organization or group with which the member is connected shall give definite attention to religious life. 

In this Adventure, you’re encouraged to learn more about your family’s faith traditions. You will complete most of these requirements at home with your family. Faith means having complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Always be respectful when talking about your faith and when learning about other faiths. 

Adventure Requirements: 

1. With your parent or legal guardian talk about your family’s faith traditions. Identify three holidays or celebrations that are part of your family’s faith traditions. Make a craft,  work of art, or a food item that is part  of your favorite family’s faith tradition, holiday or celebration.

2. With your family, attend a religious service OR other gathering that shows how your family expresses reverence.

3. Carry out an act of kindness. 

4. With your parent or legal guardian identify a religion or faith that is different from your own.  Determine two things that it has in common with your family’s beliefs.

Adventure Goal: This Adventure is about America and the powerful symbols that represent the best of our country and how communities come together to help solve problems they are facing.  Citizenship in America is about participation.  One way to show citizenship is by making an impact locally through nonprofit organizations.  Nonprofit organizations are a place for people to give their time, talents, and resources to make a difference in their community.  You, too, can make an impact by participating in a service project that makes your community a better place. 

Adventure Requirements: 

1. Familiarize yourself with the flag of the United States of America including the history, demonstrating how to raise and lower the flag, how to properly fold and display, and the United States etiquette.

2. Identify 3 symbols that represent the United States. Pick your favorite and make a model, work of art, or other craft that depicts the symbol.

3. Learn about the mission of any non-profit.  Find out how they fund their activities and how volunteers are used to help.

4. Participate in a service project.

Adventure Goal: A bear is at home in the outdoors, and so is a Bear Cub Scout. In this Adventure, you’ll learn how to plan a one-mile walk with your den. Your walk may be around where you live, it may be on a historical trail that has been in use for hundreds of years, or it may be on a nature trail.  

When we are outside we also have responsibilities to make sure that others can enjoy the outdoors, too.  Knowing and following the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids helps us do just that. 

Adventure Requirements: 

1. Prepare for a one-mile walk by gathering the Cub Scout Six Essentials and weather appropriate clothing and shoes.

2. “Know Before You Go” Identify the location of your walk on a map and confirm your one-mile route.

3. “Choose the Right Path” Learn about the path and surrounding area you will be walking on.

4. “Trash your Trash” Make a plan for what you will do with your personal trash or trash you find along the trail.

5. “Leave What You Find” Take pictures along your walk or bring a sketchbook to draw five things that you want to remember on your walk.

6. “Be Careful with Fire” Determine the fire danger rating along your path.

7. “Respect Wildlife” From a safe distance, identify as you look up, down, and around you, six signs of any mammals, birds, insects, reptiles.

8. “Be Kind to Other Visitors” Identify what you need to do as a den to be kind to others on the path.

9. Go on your one-mile walk while practicing your Leave No Trace Principles for Kids.