The Tiger Adventures
To earn the rank of Tiger, you scout will need to have a Tiger Handbook (available at the Scout Shop or online at www.scoutstuff.org) to begin working on the Tiger Trail. Below is an outline of the material covered in the handbook.
PLEASE NOTE! For the 2015-2016 program year, Cub Scouts has a brand-new program and curriculum. In order to have the latest material, your scout will need to have the new Tiger Handbook!
To begin his path to the Tiger Rank, a boy must first earn his Bobcat Badge. The Bobcat Trail is outlined at the beginning of every handbook in Cub Scouts. Once completed and reported to your Den Leader, the Bobcat Badge will be awarded at the next Monthly Pack Meeting.
Note: Once a Bobcat, always a Bobcat! Once he earns his Bobcat Badge he can skip it in other handbooks as he advances through the ranks.
Tiger Adventures
- Complete
each of the following Tiger required adventures with your den or family:
a. Backyard Jungle b. Games Tigers Play c. My Family's Duty to God d. Team Tiger e. Tiger Bites f. Tigers in the Wild
- Complete
one Tiger elective adventure of your den or family's choosing.
- With
your parent or adult partner, 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.*
*If your family does not have Internet access at home AND
you do not have ready Internet access at school or another public place or via
a mobile device, the Cyber Chip portion of this requirement may be waived by
your parent or adult partner. Tiger
Adventure: Backyard Jungle
- Take a
1-foot hike. Make a list of the living things you find on your 1-foot
hike.
- Point
out two different kinds of birds that live in your area.
- Be
helpful to plants and animals by planting a tree or other plant in your
neighborhood.
- Build
and hang a birdhouse.
- With
your adult partner, go on a walk, and pick out two sounds you hear in your
"jungle."
Tiger
Adventure: Games Tigers Play
- Do
the following:
a. Play two initiative or team-building games with the
members of your den.
b. Listen carefully to your leader while the rules are being
explained, and follow directions when playing.
c. At the end of the game, talk with the leader about what
you learned when you played the game. Tell how you helped the den by playing
your part.
- Make
up a game with the members of your den.
- Make
up a new game, and play it with your family or members of your den or
pack.
- While
at a sporting event, ask a participant why he or she thinks it is
important to be active.
- Bring
a nutritious snack to a den meeting. Share why you picked it and what
makes it a good snack choice.
Tiger
Adventure: My Family's Duty to God Complete requirement 1 and at least two from requirements
2-4.
- With
your adult partner, find out what duty to God means to your family.
- Find
out what makes each member of your family special.
- With
your family, make a project that shows your family's beliefs about God.
- Participate
in a worship experience or activity with your family.
Tiger
Adventure: Team Tiger
- List
the different teams of which you are a part.
- With
your den, make a den job chart that shows everyone doing something to
help. As one of the den jobs, lead the Pledge of Allegiance at a den
meeting.
- Pick
two chores you will do at home once a week for a month.
- Make a
chart to show three ways that members of your Tiger team are different
from each other.
- Do an
activity to help your community or neighborhood team.
Tiger
Adventure: Tiger Bites
- Identify
three good food choices and three foods that would not be good choices.
- Show
that you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of
each.
- With
your adult partner, pick a job to help your family at mealtime. Do it
every day for one week.
- Show
you can keep yourself and your personal area clean.
- Talk
with your adult partner about what foods you can eat with your fingers.
Practice your manners when eating them.
- With
your adult partner, plan and make a good snack choice or other nutritious
food to share with your den.
Tiger
Adventure: Tigers in the Wild
- With
your adult partner, name and collect the Cub scout Six Essentials you
need for a hike. Tell your den leader what you would need to add to your
list if it rains.
- Go for
a short hike with your den or family, and carry your own gear Show you
know how to get ready for this hike.
- Do the
following:
a. Listen while your leader reads the Outdoor Code. Talk about how you can be clean in your
outdoor manners.
c. Apply the Outdoor code and Leave No Trace Principles for
Kids on your Tiger den and pack outings. After one outing, share what you did
to demonstrate the principles you discussed.
- While
on the hike, find three different kinds of plants, animals, or signs that
animals have been on the trail. List what you saw in your Tiger handbook.
- Participate
in an outdoor pack meeting or pack campout campfire. Sing a song and act
out a skit with your Tiger den as part of the program.
- Find
two different trees and two different types of plants that grow in your
area. Write their names in your Tiger handbook.
- Visit
a nearby nature center, zoo, or another outside place with your family or
den. Learn more about two animals, and write down two interesting things
about them in your Tiger handbook.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries
- Learn
a magic trick. Practice your magic trick so you can perform it in front of
an audience.
- Create
an invitation to a magic show.
- With
your den or with your family, put on a magic show for an audience.
- Create
a secret code.
- With
the other Scouts in your den or with your family, crack a code that you
did not create.
- Spell
your name using sign language, and spell your name in Braille.
- With
the help of your adult partner, conduct a science demonstration that shows
how magic works.
- Share
what you learned from your science demonstration.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Earning Your Stripes
- Bring
in and share with your den five items that are the color orange.
- Demonstrate
loyalty over the next week at school or in your community. Share at your
next den meeting how you were loyal to others.
- With
your adult partner, decide on one new task you can do to help your family,
and do it.
- Talk
with your den and adult partner about polite language. Include a
discussion about the use of “please,” “thank you,” “you’re welcome,”
“excuse me,” “yes, sir,” “no, ma’am,” and last names. Learn how to shake
hands properly and introduce yourself.
- Play
a game with your den. Then discuss how your den played politely.
- With
your adult partner and den, work on a service project for your pack’s
meeting place or chartered organization.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Family Stories
- Discuss
with your adult partner and/or family where your family originated.
Discuss their history, traditions, and culture—your family heritage. Share
a story or bring something to share with your den about yourself and your
family.
- Make
a family crest.
- Visit
your public library to find out information about your heritage.
- Interview
one of your grandparents or another family elder, and share with your den
what you found.
- Make
a family tree.
- Share
with your den how you got your name.
- Share
with your den your favorite snack or dessert that reflects your cultural
heritage.
- Learn
where your family came from, and locate it on a map. Share this
information with your den. With the help of your adult partner, locate and
write to a pen pal from that location. Tiger Electives
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Floats and Boats
- Identify
five different types of boats.
- Build
a boat from recycled materials, and float it on the water.
- With
your den, say the SCOUT water safety chant.
- Play
the buddy game with your den.
- Show
that you can put on and fasten a life jacket the correct way.
- Show
how to safely help someone who needs assistance in the water, without
having to enter the water yourself.
- Show
how to enter the water safely, blow your breath out under the water, and
do a prone glide.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Good Knights
- Do
the following:
a. With your den or adult partner, say the Scout Law.
Explain to your den one of the 12 points of the law and why you think a knight
would have the same behavior.
b. If you have not already done so, make a code of conduct
with your den that will describe how each person should act when you are all
together. If your den has a code of conduct, discuss with your den the updates
it might need to help den members become more chivalrous. Vote on which actions
should go in your den code of conduct.
- Create
a den shield and a personal shield.
- Using
recycled materials, design and build a small castle with your adult
partner to display at the pack meeting.
- Think
of one physical challenge that could be part of an obstacle course. Then
help your den design a Tiger knight obstacle course. With your adult
partner, participate in the course.
- Participate
in a service project.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Rolling Tigers
- With
your den or adult partner, discuss two different types of bicycles and
their uses.
- With
your den or adult partner, try on safety gear you should use while riding
your bike. Show how to wear a bicycle helmet properly.
- With
your den or adult partner, learn and demonstrate safety tips to follow
when riding your bicycle.
- Learn
and demonstrate proper hand signals.
- With
your den or adult partner, do a safety check on your bicycle.
- With
your den or family, go on a bicycle hike wearing your safety equipment.
Follow the bicycling safety and traffic laws.
- Learn
about a famous bicycle race or famous cyclist. Share what you learn with
your den.
- Visit
your local or state police department to learn about bicycle-riding laws.
- Identify
two jobs that use bicycles.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Sky Is the Limit
- With
your den or adult partner, go outside to observe the night sky. Talk about
objects you see or might see.
- Look
at a distant object through a telescope or binoculars. Show how to focus
the device you chose.
- Observe
in the sky or select from a book or chart two constellations that are easy
to see in the night sky. With your adult partner, find out the names of
the stars that make up the constellation and how the constellation got its
name. Share what you found with your den.
- Create
and name your own constellation. Share your constellation with your den.
- Create
a homemade constellation.
- Find
out about two different jobs related to astronomy. Share this information
with your den.
- Find
out about two astronauts who were Scouts when they were younger. Share
what you learned with your den.
- With
your den or family, visit a planetarium, observatory, science museum,
astronomy club, or college or high school astronomy teacher. Before you
go, write down questions you might want to ask. Share what you learned
with your family.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Stories in Shapes
- Visit
an art gallery or a museum, explore an art website, or visit your library.
Do each of the following:
a. Look at pictures of some abstract art with your den or
family. Decide what you like about the art, and share your ideas with the other
Tigers.
b. Create an art piece.
a. Draw or create an art piece using shapes.
b. Use tangrams to create shapes.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Tiger-iffic! Complete 1–3 and one from 4–6.
- Play
at least two different games by yourself; one may be a video game.
- Play
a board game or another inside game with one or more members of your den.
- Play
a problem-solving game with your den.
- With
your parent’s or guardian’s permission:
a. Play a video game with family members in a family
tournament. b. List at least three tips that would help someone who was
learning how to play your favorite video game. c. Play an appropriate video
game with a friend for 30 minutes.
- With
other members of your den, invent a game, OR change the rules of a game
you know, and play the game.
- Play
a team game with your den.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Tiger: Safe and Smart
- Do
the following:
a. Memorize your address, and say it to your den leader or
adult partner.
b. Memorize an emergency contact’s phone number, and say it
to your den leader or adult partner.
c. Take the 911 safety quiz.
a. Show you can “Stop, Drop, and Roll.”
b. Show you know how to safely roll someone else in a
blanket to put out a fire.
- Make
a fire escape map with your adult partner.
- Explain
your map, and try a practice fire drill at home.
- Find
the smoke detectors in your home. With the help of your adult partner,
check the batteries.
- Visit
an emergency responder station, or have an emergency responder visit you.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Tiger Tag
- Choose
one active game you like, and tell your den about it.
- Do
the following:
a. Play two relay games with your den and your adult
partner.
b. Tell your partner or the other Tigers what you liked best
about each game.
c. Have your den choose a relay game that everyone would
like to play, and play it several times.
- With
your adult partner, select an active outside game that you could play with
the members of your den. Talk about your game at the den meeting. With
your den, decide on a game to play.
- Play
the game that your den has chosen. After the game, discuss with your den
leader the meaning of being a good sport.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Tiger Tales
- Create
a tall tale with your den.
- Create
your own tall tale. Share your tall tale with your den.
- Read
a tall tale with your adult partner.
- Create
a piece of art from a scene in the tall tale you have read, using your
choice of materials. Share it with your den.
- Play
a game from the past.
- Sing
two folk songs.
- Visit
a historical museum or landmark with your adult partner.
Tiger
Elective Adventure: Tiger Theater
- With
your den, discuss the following types of theater: puppet shows, reader’s
theater, and pantomime.
- As a
den, play a game of one-word charades with your adult partners.
- Make
a puppet to show your den or display at a pack meeting.
- Perform
a simple reader’s theater. Make a mask afterward to show what your
character looks like.
- Watch
a play or attend a story time at a library.
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