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With the help of an adult, you can also find information
on the Internet at www.praypub.org or
www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/512-879_WB.pdf.
REQUIREMENT 2 | Complete 2A and at least two of
requirements 2B-2D.
REQUIREMENT 2A | Working with a parent or
guardian, spiritual advisor, or religious leader,
provide service to help a place of worship or spiritual
community, school, community organization, or
chartered organization that puts into practice your
ideals of duty to God and strengthens your fellowship
with others.
Cub Scouts are good at helping people. So are people of faith.
When you serve others, you also serve and honor God.
A Scout is helpful. You can show you are helpful by
participating in service projects.
There are lots of ways to help people and do your duty to
God. You can collect food, clothes, or toys for people who are less
fortunate. You can read and play games with children. You can rake
leaves for elderly people in your community or visit people who
live in a senior living center.
Think about people you might help and then talk with your
parent or another trusted adult about ways you could help them.
After your service project, write down what you did and how you
felt about your experience.
MY S ERVICE PROJECT
The people I served:
_________________________________
__________________________________________________
What I did:
_________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
The people who worked with me:
______________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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How helping other people made me feel:
_________________
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REQUIREMENT 2B | Identify a person whose faith
and duty to God you admire, and discuss this person
with your family.
M any people throughout history have shown great faith in God
by reaching out to people in their neighborhoods and communities.
They freely gave their time and talent to help other people.
Here are some individuals who helped other people because of
their faith. Find out more about one of these individuals or another
person with a strong background of faith. What can you learn from
that individual?
Roger Williams started the colony of Rhode Island so he and
his friends could practice their faith freely. He was a friend to
American Indians and wanted the slaves to be free.
Job Ben S olomon was a M uslim leader from Africa who was
enslaved in the colony of Georgia. His intelligence and
faithfulness may have helped convince the colony’s founder,
James Oglethorpe, to turn against slavery.
Barbara Heck was an Irish immigrant who helped found the
first M ethodist church in New York. At a time when women
didn’t tell men what to do, she convinced Philip Embury to
lead the new church.
Father Pierre-Jean De S met was known as Black Robe by
Native Americans. He was a Catholic missionary in the
American West and made friends with American Indians,
mountain men, and pioneers of many different religions.
Abraham Lincoln did not go to any particular church, but he
had a strong belief in God. That belief led him to decide that all
people should be free and helped him win the Civil War, which
freed the slaves.
Brigham Young was a pioneer leader of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is also known as the
M ormon church. He helped establish many settlements in the
western United States where M ormons could practice their
religion in peace.
Jacob S chiff was a German-born American businessman. He
worked hard to help Jewish people come to America between
1880 and 1920 and feel welcome here.
Jane Addams was inspired by her religious faith to improve
the lives of children and immigrants. She helped turn a rundown
Chicago mansion into a settlement house where people could
get assistance and learn what it means to be an American.
Daisho Tana was a Buddhist priest who ministered to fellow
Japanese Americans who were removed from their homes
during World War II. He helped them practice their religion in
difficult circumstances.
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. relied on his Christian
faith in his nonviolent struggles for equal rights in America. He
showed that by loving your enemies you can sometimes turn
them into friends.
Cesar Chavez relied on his Catholic traditions in his work to
help Hispanics and migrant farm workers earn civil rights and
respect. He also used principles of nonviolent protest and
developed the slogan, “¡Sí, se puede!” (“Yes! It can be done!”).
Who I researched:
__________________________________
__________________________________________________
Characteristics I liked about this person:
________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Which characteristic I chose to practice for two weeks:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
What I learned from this experience:
____________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
A Scout is reverent. Part of being reverent is doing the
things that God calls us to do.
REQUIREMENT 2C | Make a list of things you can do
to practice your duty to God as you are taught in your
home or place of worship or spiritual community.
Select two of the items, and practice them for two
weeks.
Every faith tradition has things its members are supposed to
do. Some of those things draw you closer to God, like praying and
going to worship services. Some of those things draw you closer to
other people, like serving and offering help to others in need.
Make a list of things you can do to practice your duty to God.
Your list might include praying each day, reading inspirational
poems or books of faith, singing hymns, doing chores with a
positive attitude, helping classmates with their homework, or using
good manners.
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Circle two practices from your list that you will do for two
weeks.
REQUIREMENT 2D | Attend a religious service, den
or pack meeting worship service, or time of family
reflection and discussion about your family’s beliefs.
Religious services are a time when we meet together and share
our faith in God. We grow closer to God and one another when we
attend religious services together. We gain confidence to make good
choices when we listen to others share their experiences and the
blessings they have received by practicing their faith in God. We
gain strength when we pray for others and know that others pray
for us.
For this requirement, you can also meet with your family to
reflect on your family’s beliefs. What does your family believe
about God? Where did those beliefs come from? How does your
family act on what it believes?
The event I attended:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
What I did:
________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
What I learned:
_____________________________________
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My favorite part:
____________________________________
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Snapshot of Adventure
In this adventure you will explore the world of mammals,
birds, plants, and more. You will learn more about where wild
creatures live and you will do your part to help them. You will
practice the Outdoor Code by showing ways to be considerate
in the outdoors. So grab your binoculars and start exploring
the natural world.
A Scout is kind. You can show you are kind to animals
by improving their habitat.
REQUIREMENT 1 | While hiking or walking for one
mile, identify six signs that any mammals, birds,
insects, reptiles, or plants are living nearby the place
where you choose to hike.
Do you remember that as a Cub Scout you must always Do
Your Best? One way is to prepare for hiking by warming up your
muscles.
To warm up for your hike, walk or jog for a few minutes and
then do these stretches. When you stretch, don’t bounce. Just
move gently until you feel your muscles start to stretch.
Quadriceps (muscles in the front of your thighs): Stand up and
hold on to a sturdy support. Grab your left ankle and bring it up
behind you. With your knees close together, push your hips
forward until you feel the muscles stretching. Hold for 20 seconds.
Repeat on the other side.
Abductors (muscles in your hips, bottom, and sides of your
thighs): Sit on the floor with your right leg straight out. Bend your
left leg so your left foot is to the right of your right knee. Twist
your upper body to the left until you feel the muscles stretching.
Hold for 20 seconds. Repeat on the other side.
Hamstrings (tendons on the backs of your thighs): Sit on the
floor with your right leg straight out and your left leg bent. With
your back straight, bend forward from your hips, reaching toward
your right foot. Hold for 20 seconds. Repeat on the other side.
Hip Flexors (muscles in your hips that flex your thigh bones):
Kneel on the floor, then position your right leg so your right foot is
in front of you and your right knee forms a 90 degree angle. Push
forward with your hips, keeping them as square as possible. Hold
for 20 seconds. Repeat on the other side.
Calves (muscles in your lower legs): Stand up and take a big
step forward with your right leg. Keep your left leg straight. Lean
forward a little so that your body and left leg form a straight line.
Hold for 20 seconds. Repeat on the other side.
With your den or a family member, explore your neighborhood
or the area around your den meeting location, or take a 1-mile hike.
Bring binoculars and a notebook and pencil to take notes or a
camera or smartphone to take pictures. Be sure to pack your Cub
Scout Six Essentials.
CUB S COUT S IX ES S ENTIALS
As you walk, look up, down, and all around for signs that
mammals, reptiles, insects, or birds have been there. Also look for
different types of plants. Write down what you see.
Here are some things to look for:
Partly chewed leaves or flowers that insects or mammals
have left
Slime trails that show where snails have traveled
A bird flying by with a leaf or twig in its beak on its way to
build a nest nearby
Scratch marks on a tree where an animal has marked its
territory
Holes that lead to the underground home of a mammal,
reptile, or insect
Animal scat (droppings) that indicates a creature ate a meal
nearby
All Scouts learn and follow the Outdoor Code. As Bears, you’ll
focus on the part of the Outdoor Code that says to be considerate
in the outdoors. Two of the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids go
right along with that idea. Those principles are “Leave What You
Find” and “Be Kind to Other Visitors.”
After your hike, discuss with your den leader ways that you
demonstrated those principles. How do those principles support
the Outdoor Code?
REQUIREMENT 2 | Name one animal that has
become extinct in the last 100 years and one animal
that is currently endangered. Explain what caused
their declines.
An animal species becomes extinct when its last member dies.
Extinction happens for many reasons, including loss of habitat,
overhunting, climate change, or the appearance of a new predator
or disease.
You’ve heard of animals like dinosaurs that became extinct
millions of years ago. But some animals became extinct more
recently. A good example is the passenger pigeon. When Europeans
first came to North America, there were billions of passenger
pigeons. In the 1700s, a man named Cotton M ather wrote about a
flock of birds that was a mile wide and took several hours to pass
overhead!
Passenger pigeons were an important source of food in the
1800s, and they were hunted nearly to extinction. A few survived
in captive flocks, but the last passenger pigeon, M artha (named
after M artha Washington), died in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Not all stories have sad endings. After World War II, the
American bald eagle was in serious decline. A pesticide called DDT
was poisoning the fish that eagles liked to eat and hurting the
eagles. In 1967, the species was listed as endangered.
DDT was banned in the United States in 1972, which helped
eagles rebound. Conservationists also worked hard to breed captive
eagles, reintroduce them into nature, and protect their nest sites.
By 1995, bald eagles were listed as threatened, which is better than
endangered. In 2007, the species was removed from the list of
threatened and endangered species altogether. (It is still illegal to
kill, sell, or possess bald eagles without special permission.)
THREATENED, ENDANGERED, AND EXTINCT
“Threatened” means a species is likely to become
endangered if people don’t work to protect it.
“Endangered” means a species is likely to become extinct
in all or a major part of its natural habitat.
“Extinct” means a species no longer exists.
Extinct animal: _________________________________________
Endangered animal: ____________________________________
You can learn about threatened and endangered species in
your area by visiting www.fws.gov/endangered with
your parent’s or guardian’s permission.
There are many reasons to conserve threatened and
endangered species:
Contributions to medicine. M any important medicines come
from plants. For example, scientists make cancer medicine
from the bark of the Pacific yew tree.
Contributions to agriculture. Birds and insects pollinate one
third of the food we eat. For example, bees pollinate fruit
and nut trees and melon vines.
Environmental monitors. Problems with animal species can
alert humans to dangers to our planet. For example, the
decline in bald eagles helped people discover that DDT was
dangerous.
Keeping the food chain going. Animals and plants are part of
a food chain that provides food for other animals (including
us!). For example, eagles eat snakes, which eat mice, which
eat crickets. If crickets became extinct, mice, snakes, and
eagles would all go hungry.
Beauty. Nothing compares with the beauty of nature!
“Keep close to Nature’s heart … and break clear away,
once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in
the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” - John Muir,
naturalist and co-founder of the Sierra Club
REQUIREMENT 3 | Visit one of the following: zoo,
wildlife refuge, nature center, aviary, game preserve,
local conservation area, wildlife rescue group, or fish
hatchery. Describe what you learned during your
visit.
M any organizations and government agencies work to protect
animals and plants. Some of them have facilities you can visit to
learn more about their work and perhaps see the creatures they
protect.
You may even be able to help them help those creatures!
Agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service use volunteers to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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