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Bear Den 12
April Homework
Date: 4/1/08 - 4/30/08
Location: Cub Scouts Home
April 2008 Theme - Abracadabra
Arrow Point - 22
22. COLLECTING THINGS (Page 268)
a. Start a stamp collection. You can get information about stamp collecting at any U.S. post office.
b. Mount and display a collection of emblems, coins, or other items to show at a pack meeting. This can be any kind of collection. Every time you show a different kind of collection, it counts as one requirement.
c. Start your own library. Keep your own books and pamphlets in order by subject. List the title, author, and subject of each on an index card and keep the cards in a file box, or use a computer program to store the information.
Academics Pin
Earn the Weather belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
1. Define the following terms: weather, humidity, precipitation, temperature, and wind.
2. Explain how clouds are made. Describe the different kinds of clouds - stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, and cirrus - and what kind of weather can be associated with these cloud types.
3. Describe the climate in your state. Compare its climate with that in another state.
4. Describe a potentially dangerous weather condition in your community. Discuss safety precautions and procedures for dealing with this condition.
5. Define what is meant by acid rain. Explain the greenhouse effect.
6. Talk to a meteorologist about his or her job. Learn about careers in meteorology.
7. Make a weather map of your state or country, using several weather symbols.
8. Explain the differences between tornadoes and hurricanes.
9. Make a simple weather vane. Make a list of other weather instruments and describe what they do.
10. Explain how weather can affect agriculture and the growing of food.
11. Make a report to your den or family on a book about weather.
12. Explain how rainbows are formed and then draw and color a rainbow.
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