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One really fun thing about rain sticks is that each one is
different. If you and a friend both make rain sticks, each one will
have its own special sound.
Materials and Tools
Cardboard mailing tube (try to find one with plastic end
caps)
Crayons, markers, and other art supplies
Paper
Packaging tape
Thin wire (the kind florists or picture-framers use is great)
Four or five chenille stems
A variety of small objects like uncooked rice, beans, small
beads, dry macaroni, small pebbles, and buttons
Wire cutters
Instructions
1. With the help of an adult, use the wire cutters to cut a piece of
wire two or three times as long as the tube. Put tape over the
ends so you don’t poke yourself. Twist and tangle the wire so
it is the same length as the tube and will fit inside.
2. Cut the chenille stems in half and twist them around the wire
every 6 inches or so like the picture shows. If your mailing
tube is extra wide, use whole chenille stems so that they stretch
across the tube.
3. Carefully slide the wire inside the tube. Tape each end to the
inside of the tube so it won’t slide up and down.
4. Put the cap on one end of the tube or tape a piece of paper over
the opening.
5. Now comes the fun part. Pour a handful of rice, beans, or other
small objects into the tube. Hold your hand over the open end
and slowly turn the tube upside down.
6. If you like the sound you hear, put the cap on the other end of
the tube or tape paper over the opening. Otherwise, pour the
objects into a bowl and try again. You will discover that
different objects make different sounds. If you want a quiet
rain stick, use birdseed, rice, or small pasta like orzo. For a
louder rain stick, use beans, buttons, elbow macaroni, or
pebbles.
7. Once you like your rain stick’s sound, cap or tape over the open
end. If you’re using a tube with plastic end caps, put tape over
both caps so nothing can spill out.
8. Decorate the outside of the mailing tube with symbols, your
name, or anything else you like.
How to Play
You can play your rain stick lots of different ways. Turn it over
slowly to make a rain-like sound. Shake it gently to create a beat.
Tap on it to make a sound like a drum. See who in your den can
make the coolest sound with his rain stick! Better yet, you can
bring all of your new instruments together and put on a show!
The following awards can be earned while you are a Cub Scout.
Check with your pack leaders or go online (with a parent’s or
guardian’s permission) to learn more.
Conservation Good Turn Award
The Conservation Good Turn is an award packs may earn by
partnering with a conservation or environmental organization to
choose and carry out a Good Turn in their home communities.
Outdoor Activity Award
Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts have the opportunity to earn
the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award. Scouts may earn the
award in each of the program years as long as the requirements are
completed again each year. Cub Scouts complete specific
requirements for each rank, including a number of different outdoor
activities.
National S ummertime Pack Award
The National Summertime Pack Award encourages packs to be
active when school is out for the summer. Youth and adult pack
members can earn the award by taking part in one activity per
month in June, July, and August.
Outdoor Ethics Awareness Award
Outdoor Ethics Action Award
Cub Scouts who are interested in learning more about outdoor
ethics and Leave No Trace may earn the Outdoor Ethics Awareness
Award. The Outdoor Ethics Action Award asks Scouts to use their
new knowledge to take steps to improve their outdoor skills.
S TEM/Nova Awards
The Nova awards for Cub Scouts are for Wolf, Bear, and Webelos
Scouts who are interested in learning more about science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics. These awards may not
be earned by Tiger Scouts.
For their first Nova awards, Scouts have the opportunity to earn
the Nova award patch, followed by three more π pin-on devices.
The patch and the three devices represent each of the four STEM
topics. The Supernova awards have more challenging requirements
and recognize more in-depth, advanced achievement in STEM -
related activities.
World Conservation Award
The World Conservation Award for Cub Scouts provides an
opportunity for individual Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts to
“think globally” and “act locally” to preserve and improve our
environment. This program is designed to make youth members
aware that all nations are closely related through natural resources,
and that we are interdependent with our world environment.
Requirements for this award must be completed in addition to
any similar requirements completed for rank. This award may not
be earned by Tigers.
Your name ___________________________________
Fill in seven tracks to earn the Bobcat badge.
1. Complete each of the following Bear required adventures with
your den or family:
Required Adventures
2. Complete one Bear elective adventure of your den or family's
choosing.
My elective adventure: ____________________________
3. 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.*
*See full requirements on page 28.
Elective Adventures
Get Set For the Webelos Adventures!
Acknowledgments
The Boy Scouts of America gratefully acknowledges the
contributions of the many Cub Scouts, Scouters, subject experts,
and staff throughout the nation for their help in preparing the Bear
Handbook.
Photo/Illustration Credits
Illustration
BSA—page 36 (bottom)
Choosemyplate.gov—page 49
Jeff Ebbeler—pages 46, 95, 96, 155, 188, 200, 207, 221, 260 (top),
262-263, and 274
Chris Folea—pages i, 16, 27, 31, 34, 41, 43, 45, 57, 59, 62, 69, 71,
77, 89, 91, 103, 105, 109, 119, 139, 150, 153, 169, 171, 183, 193,
205, 213, 217, 229, 249, 260 (bottom), 269, 274, 277, 279, 287,
and 293
All Rights Reserved. RUBE GOLDBERG® is a registered
trademark of Rube Goldberg Inc. All materials used with
permission. Rubegoldberg.com—page 216
Aleksey Ivanov—pages 73, 86, 231, 232, and 236-238
John M cDearmon—page 12 and inside back cover
Rob Schuster—pages 36 (top), 37, 39-41, 54, 82-83, 98, 101, 102,
122-128, 131, 134-135, 136, 137, 148, 151, 211, 214-215,
244-247 (top), and 255-257
Photography
Dan Bryant—pages 140 and 152
BSA—pages 4, 9, 61, 167, 169, 185, 198, 235, and 240
Tom Copeland—pages 3, 120, 122-123, 124, 125, 126, 130, and
138
Phil Davis—pages 203
Al Drago—pages 10, 24 (bottom), 30, 32, 104, 106, 117, 118, 132,
170 (top), 178, 195, and 218
Caroline Finnegan—page 88
M athew B. Brady, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs—
page 108 (Susan B. Anthony)
Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and
Photographs Division—page 64
Detroit Publishing Company Collection, Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs—page 174
Dick DeM arsico, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division—page 65 (Martin Luther King Jr.)
Gerhard Sisters, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division—page 65 (Jane Addams)
William Hoogland, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs—
page 107 (Sequoyah)
J.E. Purdy, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs—page 108
(Clara Barton)
Gilbert Stuart, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs—page
107 (George Washington)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs—pages 107 (Thomas
Jefferson) and 108 (Thomas Edison, Wilbur and Orville Wright)
Karl Schumacher, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs—
page 107 (Jimmy Carter)
Courtesy of the family of Charles M cGee—page 109 (Charles
McGee)
Roger M organ—pages 6, 24 (top), 93, and 172
NASA.gov—page 109 (Neil Armstrong)
Brian Payne—pages 38, 67, 72, and 194
National Park Service, Independence National Historic Park,
Charles Willson Peale—page 107 (William Clark and Meriwether
Lewis)
Randy Piland—page 87, 184, and 240
Rivet Images—pages 8, 17, and 230
M ichael Roytek—pages 1, 2, 11, 12 (top), 14-15, 18, 22, 23, 25,
33, 34, 42, 44, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 68, 73-75, 90, 92,
94, 99, 113 (salute), 154, 168 (bottom), 173, 176-177, 179, 181,
182, 199, 206, 208- 210, 212-224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 250, 252,
253 (all), 254 (all), 258, 259, 264, 266, 272, 273, 275, 276-277,
278, 280-281 (building mbira series), 283, and 285-286
Courtesy of Shutterstock.com—pages 13 (ladybug, ©Slavko
Sereda), BM 1 (landscape, ©Diane Uhley), 55 (barometer,
Kaewkhammul), 76 (leaf, ©Napat), 78 (pigeon, ©M arzolino), 81
(sea turtle, ©Elliotte Rusty Harold), 84 (top, ©mj007), 84 (bottom,
(composting, ©Sanit Fuangnakhon), 112 (flag, ©Angilla S.), 113
(flag/house, ©Karla Caspari; (desktop flag, ©Elnur), 116 (boy
brushing, ©3445128471), 133 (wood samples, ©somchai rakin),
141 (fishing lures, ©M ariusz Szcygiel), 142 (fishing rods, ©Kletr),
146 (pole/bucket, ©Katrina Elena), 147 (rods and reels,
box, ©Katteryna Dyellalova; 149, lures bottom, ©Paul Fell; 149
tweezers, ©Vladyslav Starozhylov), 156 (index cards, ©Carolyn
Franks), 157 (recipe background, ©Jiri Hera; apple crisp,
mixer, kostrez; hand mixer, ©Kitch Bain; kitchen knives,
(father/son, ©XiXinXing), 168 (muffin pizza, ©M onkey Business
Images), 176 (dream catcher, ©Luis Carlos Torres), 180 (drum,
Isslee), 189 (dog/Frisbee, ©Rita Kochmarjova), 190 (deaf woman
with training dog, ©Steve Shoup; police dog, ©John Roman;
hospital/therapy dog, ©Dennis Sabo), 191 (raccoon, ©Andreas
Altenburger), 192 (veterinarian/turtle, ©La India Piaroa;
veterinarian/cow, ©Jenoche), 196 (crime scene, ©kilukilu; forensic
label, ©Brandon Alms), 202 (footprints, ©Unergroundarts.co.uk),
204 (criminologist, ©Jenoch; fingerprint expert, ©Alexandru-Radu-
Borzea), 205 (police with dog, ©bikeriderlondon), 220 (marbles,
excavating robot, ©Paul Vasarheyi), 243 (robot drilling, ©M aksim
Dubinsky; robot auto assembly, ©Vladimir Salman), 249 (medical
robot, ©Bork), 265 (swimming, ©karelnoppe), 268 (two boys,
(globe/Egypt, ©Globe Turner), 284 (globe/Chile, ©Globe Turner;
rain stick, ©Dani Simmonds), and 296 (marsh, ©Diane Uhley)
USIA/National Archives and Records Administration Records of
the U.S. Information Agency Record Group 306—page 108 (Rosa
Parks)
THE OUTDOOR CODE
As an American, I will do my best to—
Be clean in my outdoor manners,
Be careful with fire,
Be considerate in the outdoors, and
Be conservation minded.
LEAVE NO TRACE* PRINCIPLES FOR KIDS
Know Before You Go
Choose the Right Path
Trash Your Trash
Leave What You Find
Be Careful With Fire
Respect Wildlife
Be Kind to Other Visitors
* The member-driven Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics
teaches people how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly. This copyrighted
information has been reprinted with permission from the Leave No
Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics: www.LNT.org.
SCOUT OATH
ON MY HONOR I WILL DO MY BEST
TO DO MY DUTY TO GOD AND MY COUNTRY
AND TO OBEY THE SCOUT LAW;
TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES;
TO KEEP MYSELF PHYSICALLY STRONG ,
MENTALLY AWAKE, AND MORALLY STRAIG HT.
SCOUT LAW
TRUSTWORTHY
LOYAL
HELPFUL
FRIENDLY
COURTEOUS
KIND
OBEDIENT
CHEERFUL
THRIFTY
BRAVE
CLEAN
REVERENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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