Geography Loop and
Pin
Tiger, Wolfs, Bears and Webelos Scouts may complete these requirements in a
family, den, pack, school, or community environment.
Tiger Cubs must work with their parents or adult partners. Parents and
partners do not earn loops or pins.
Requirements for the Geography Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:
- Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features. Include
a key or legend of map symbols.
- Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the major
landforms within 100 miles. Discuss with an adult what you learned.
- Use a world globe or map to locate the continents, the oceans, the equator,
and the northern and southern hemispheres. Learn how longitude and latitude
lines are used to locate a site.
Requirements for the Geography PinEarn the
Geography belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- Make a three-dimensional model of an imaginary place. Include five different
landforms, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, deltas, rivers, buttes, plateaus,
basins, and plains.
- List 10 cities around the world. Calculate the time it is in each city when
it is noon in your town.
- Find the company's location on the wrapper or label of 10 products used in
your home, such as food, clothing, toys, and appliances. Use a world map or
atlas to find each location.
- On a map, trace the routes of some famous explorers. Show the map to your
den or family.
- On a United States or world map, mark where your family members and
ancestors were born.
- Keep a map record of the travels of your favorite professional sports team
for one month.
- Choose one:
- Read a book in which geography plays an important part;
- On a web site with satellite views of earth, identify at least five
locations, including your home address or a nearby building. Be sure you have
your parent's or adult partner's permission first.
- Take part in a geography bee or fair in your pack, school, or community.
- Choose a country and make a travel poster for it.
- Play a geography-based board game or computer game. Tell an adult some facts
you learned about a place that was part of the game.
- Draw or make a map of your state. Include rivers, mountain ranges, state
parks, and cities. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
Geography Online Resources
- National Geographic
- National Atlas
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Steps to
Follow:
- Download and Print Worksheet at bottom of page
- Scout complete Worksheet
- Turn completed Worksheet into your Den Leader
- Den Leader may have questions for your Scout
- Den Leader will record completion
- Scout will be awarded Loop a/o Pin at the next Pack Meeting
- Limit of Two Loops and Two Pins per Month
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Worksheet
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