|
| |
|
|
|
Bear Rank |
|
| After achieving the
Wolf Rank, the Bear Badge is earned by boys who have
completed second grade, or who are nine years old. As
with all Cub Scout ranks, you must first earn the Bobcat
Badge to be eligible to work for this award.
Bear
Uniform
Bear
Achievements
Bear
Electives
To earn the Bear Badge, the boy must complete
Bear Trail
Achievements. To earn the Bear Badge, a Cub Scout
must complete 12 achievements out of a possible 24 that are offered in the
book. The achievements are grouped in 4 major areas, GOD, COUNTRY,
FAMILY, and SELF. Within each group, a required number of achievements
must be completed, as indicated below.
| As a Cub Scout completes his
achievements towards the Bear (and Wolf) ranks, the Den Leader
recognizes a boy's hard work with the Immediate
Recognition patch and beads.
It is worn on the button of the right shirt pocket. This is used as an
incentive towards continued achievement. A Wolf will
receive his Wolf Badge after her gets his fourth gold bead. As a Bear, red beads are
presented for each three Bear achievements earned. After he
gets his fourth red bead, he will receive his Bear Badge at a
pack meeting. Cub Scouts may continue to wear this emblem
after ranks are earned until they become Webelos Scouts. |
|
| One of the Bear achievements
involves earning the "Whittling Chip" patch and wallet card.
Earning this card shows that a Bear has learned the fundamentals of
knife safety. Click here from more information on the Whittling
Chip patch and wallet card: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/9152/whittlin-chip.html |
|
|
|
| AFTER a Bear Cub Scout earns his Bear Badge he
may begin earning Arrow Points Electives. He may work on his
"Arrow Point Trail" at any time, however he cannot receive
Arrow Points until AFTER he has earned the Bear Badge.
There is a big difference in the electives for arrow
points for the Bear Rank. The Bear Scout can go back and do
requirements from the Achievements section and use them as
requirements for arrow points, as long as they do not count any
requirements from achievements that they used to earn the Bear Badge. Unused
parts of achievements that were used for the Bear badge may NOT be
counted toward Arrow Points.
The Achievement requirements and the Elective
requirements can be freely mixed to count toward earning arrow
points.
- GOLD ARROW POINT:
- For the FIRST 10 arrow point activities completed
in his book, the Bear Cub earns his GOLD ARROW POINT.
-
- SILVER ARROW POINTS:
- For EACH 10 arrow point activities completed
(AFTER HE EARNS THE GOLD ARROW POINT) the Bear Cub earns a SILVER
ARROW POINT.
As a BEAR Cub Scout, a boy may earn any number of
SILVER ARROW POINTS, but he may only earn ONE GOLD ARROW POINT for the
first 10 arrow point activities that he completes. |
|
|
Bear Electives |
- Space
- Weather
- Radio
- Electricity
- Boats
- Aircraft
- Things That Go
- Cub Scout Band
- Art
- Masks
- Photography
- Nature Crafts
- Magic
|
- Landscaping
- Water and Soil Conservation
- Farm Animals
- Repairs
- Backyard Gym
- Swimming
- Sports
- Sales
- Collecting Things
- Maps
- American Indian Life
- Let's Go Camping
|
| Click here for more
information on Bear Electives. |
|
