Bear Badge Advancement Form

Name of Scout: ___________________________ Completed on: _____________

Bear Achievements (complete 12 of the 24)

1: Ways We Worship

1a: Complete the Character Connection for Faith

1b: Make a list of things you can do this week to practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. Check them off your list as you complete them.

2: Emblems of Faith

2a: Earn the religious emblem of your faith.

3: What Makes America Special

3a: Write or tell what makes America special to you

3j: Complete the Character Connection for Citizenship

Plus do two (2) of the following

3b: With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two famous Americans. Tell what things they did or are doing to improve our way of life.

3c: Find out something about the old homes near where you live. Go to see two of them.

3d: Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go to visit them with your family or den.

3e: Choose a state. It can be your favorite one or your home state. Name its state bird, tree, and flower. Describe its flag. Give the date it was admitted to the union.

3f: Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or pack.

3g: Display the U.S flag in your home or fly it on three national holidays.

3h: Learn how to raise and lower a U.S. flag properly for an outdoor ceremony.

3i: Participate in an outdoor ceremony.

4: Tall Tales

4a: Tell in your own words what folklore is. List some folklore stories, folk songs, or historical legends from your own state or part of the country. Play the Folklore Match Game.

4b: Name at least five stories about American folklore. Point out on a U.S. map where they happened.

4c: Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one to your den.

5: Sharing your World with Wildlife

Do four (4) of the following

5a: Choose a bird or animal that you like and find out how it lives. Make a poster showing what you have learned.

5b: Build or make a bird feeder or birdhouse and hang it in a place where birds can visit.

5c: Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does.

5d: Visit a Zoo, Nature Center, Aviary, Wildlife Refuge, or Game Preserve

5e: Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years. Tell why animals become extinct. Name one animal that is on the endangered species list.

6: Take Care of Your Planet

Do three (3) of the following

6a: Save 5 pounds of glass or aluminum or 1 month of daily newspapers. Turn them in at a recycling center or use your community’s recycling service.

6b: Plant a tree in your yard, on the grounds of the group that operates you Cub Scout pack, or in a park or other public place. Be sure to get permission first.

6c: Call city or county officials or your trash-hauling company and find out what happens to your trash after it is hauled away.

6d: List all the ways water is used in your home. Search for dripping faucets or other ways water might be wasted. With an adult, repair or correct these problems.

6e: Discuss with an adult in your family the kinds of energy your family uses.

6f: Find out more about your family’s use of electricity.

6g: Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up project.

7: Law Enforcement is a Big Job

7a: Practice one way police gather evidence: by taking fingerprints, or taking shoeprints, or taking tire track casts.

7b: Visit your local sheriff’s office or police station or talk with a law enforcement officer visiting your den or pack to discuss crime prevention.

7c: Help with crime prevention for your home

7d: be sure you know where to get help in your neighborhood.

7e: Learn the phone numbers to use in an emergency and post them by each phone in your home.

7f: Know what you can do to help law enforcement

8: The Past is Exciting and Important

8g: Complete the Character Connection for Respect

Plus two (2) of the following

8a: Visit your library or newspaper office. Ask to see back issues of newspapers or an almanac.

8b: Find someone who was a Cub Scout a long time ago. Talk with him about what Cub Scouting was like then.

8c: Start or add to an existing den or pack scrapbook.

8d: Trace your family back through your grandparents or great-grandparents; or talk to a grandparent about what it was like when he or she was younger.

8e: Find out some history about your community.

8f: Start your own history: keep a journal for 2 weeks

9: What’s Cooking?

Do four (4) of the following

9a: With an adult, bake cookies

9b: With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting

9c: With an adult prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your supper.

9d: Make a list of the “junk foods” you eat. Discuss “junk food” with a parent or teacher.

9e: Make some trail food for a hike

9f: With an adult, make a dessert for your family

9g: With an adult, cook something outdoors

10: Family Fun

10a: Go on a day trip or evening out with members of your family

10b: Have a family fun night at home

11: Be Ready

11a: Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home. A family member needs help. Someone’s clothes catch on fire.

11b: Tell what to do in case of a water accident

11c: Tell what to do in case of a school bus accident

11d: Tell what to do in case of a car accident

11e: With your family, plan escape routes from your home and have a practice drill.

11g: Complete the Character Connection for Courage

Optional

11f: Have a health checkup by a physician

12: Family Outdoor Adventures

Do three (3) of the following

12a: Go camping with your family

12b: Go on a hike with your family

12c: Have a picnic with your family

12d: Attend an outdoor event with your family

12e: Plan your outdoor family day

13: Saving Well, Spending Well

Do four (4) of the following

13a: Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult member of your family

13b: Set up a savings account

13c: Keep a record of how you spend money for two weeks

13d: Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family

13e: Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian

13f: Play a board game with your family that involves the use of play money

13g: With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each person in your home to eat one meal.

14: Ride Right

14a: Know the rules for bike safety. If your town requires a bicycle license, be sure to get one

Plus three (3) of the following

14b: Learn to ride a bike, if you haven’t by now. Show that you can follow a winding course for 60 feet doing sharp left and right turns, a U-turn, and an emergency stop.

14c: Keep your bike in good shape. Identify the parts of a bike that should be checked often.

14d: Change a tire on a bicycle

14e: Protect your bike from theft. Use a bicycle lock

14f: Ride a bike for 1 mile without rest. Be sure to obey all traffic rules.

14g: Plane and take a family bike ride

15: Games, Games, Games

Do two (2) of the following

15a: Set up the equipment and play any two of these outdoor games with your family or friends

15b: Play two organized games with your den

15c: Select a game that your den has never played. Explain the rules. Tell them how to play it, and then play it with them.

16: Building Muscles

16a: Do physical fitness stretching exercises. Then do curl-ups, push-ups, the standing long jump, and the softball throw.

16b: With a friend about your size, compete in at least six different two person contests.

16c: Compete with your den or pack in the crab relay, gorilla relay, 30 yard dash, and kangaroo relay.

17: Information Please

17a: With an adult in your family, choose a TV show. Watch it together

Plus three (3) of the following

17b: Play a game of charades at your den meeting or with your family at home

17c: Visit a newspaper office or a TV or radio station and talk to a news reporter.

17d: Use a computer to get information. Write, spell-check, proofread, and print our a report on what you learned

17e: Write a letter to a company that makes something you use. Use e-mail or the U.S. Postal Service.

17f: Talk with a parent or other family member about how getting and giving facts fits into his or her job.

18: Jot It Down

18h: Complete the Character Connection for Honesty

Plus four (4) of the following

18a: Make a list of things you want to do today. Check them off when you have done them.

18b: Write two letters to relatives or friends

18e: Keep a daily record of your activities for two weeks

18d: Write an invitation to someone

18e: Write a thank you note

18f: Write a story about something you have done with your family

18g: Write about the activities in your den

19: Shavings and Chips

19a: Know the safety rules for handling a knife

19b: Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife

19c: Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.

19d: Earn the Whittling Chip card.

20: Sawdust and Nails

20a: Show how to use and take care of four of these tools

20b: Build your own toolbox

20c: Use at least two tools listed in requirement a to fix something.

21: Build a Model

21g: Complete the Character Connection for Resourcefulness

Plus two (2) of the following

21a: Build a model from a kit

21b: Build a display for one of your models

21c: Pretend that you are planning to change the furniture layout in one of the rooms in your house

21d: Make a model of a mountain, a meadow, a canyon, or a river

21e: Go and see a model of a shopping center or new building that is on display somewhere.

21f: Make a model of a rocket, boat, car, or plane

22: Tying It All Up

Do five (5) of the following

22a: Whip the ends of a rope

22b: Tie a square knot,, bowline, sheet bend, two half hitches, and slip know. Tell how each knot is used.

22c: Learn how to keep a rope from tangling

22d: Coil a rope. Throw it, hitting a 2-foot square marker 20 feet away.

22e: Learn a magic rope trick

22f: Make your own rope

23: Sports, Sports, Sports

23a: Learn the rules of and how to play three team sports

23b:Learn the rules of and how to play two sports in which only one person is on each side

23c: Take part in one team and one individual sport

23d: Watch a sport on TV with a parent or some other adult member of your family

23e: Attend a high school, college, or professional sporting event with your family or your den.

24: Be a Leader

24f: Complete the Character Connection for Compassion

Plus two (2) of the following

24a: Help a boy join Cub Scouting or help a new Cub Scout through the Bobcat trail

24b: Serve as a denner or assistant denner

24c: Plan and conduct a den activity with the approval of your den leader

24d: Tell two people they have done a good job.

24e: Leadership means choosing a way even when not everybody likes your choice.