Technology
Group
Craftsman
Do these:
- Explain how to safely handle the tools that you will use for this activity
badge safely.
- With adult supervision and using hand tools, construct two different wooden
objects you and your Webelos den leader agree on, such as the items listed
below. Use a coping saw or jigsaw for these projects. Put them together with
glue, nails, or screws. Paint or stain them.
Book rack |
Napkin holder |
Shelf |
Animal cutouts |
Bulletin board |
Garden tool rack |
Weather vane |
Lid holder |
Tie rack |
Mailbox |
Letter holder |
Birdhouse |
Notepad holder |
Desk nameplate |
Toolbox |
Letter, Bill. and Pencil holder |
Towel rack |
Bread box |
Recipe holder |
Key rack |
Lamp stand |
Measuring cup rack |
Kitchen knife rack |
Measuring spoon rack |
Kitchen utensil rack |
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- Make a display stand, or box to be used to display a model or an award. Or
make a frame for a photo or painting. Use suitable material.
- Make four useful items using materials other than wood that you and your
Webelos den leader agree on, such as clay, plastic, leather, metal, paper,
rubber, or rope. These should be challenging items and must involve several
operations.
Engineer
Do both of these:
- Talk to an engineer, surveyor, or architect in your area about the different
occupations in engineering. Create a list that tells what they do
- Draw a floor plan of your house. Include doors, windows, and
stairways.
And do four of these:
- Visit a construction job. Look at a set of plans used to build the facility
or product. Tell your Webelos den leader about these. (Get permission before you
visit.)
- Visit a civil engineer or surveyor to learn how to measure the length of a
property line. Explain how property lines are determined.
- Tell about how electricity is generated and then gets to your home.
- Construct a simple working electrical circuit using a flashlight battery, a
switch, and a light.
- Make drawings of three kinds of bridges and explain their differences.
Construct a model bridge of your choice.
- Make a simple crane using a block and tackle and explain how the block and
tackle is used in everyday life.
- Build a catapult and show how it works.
- While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop
for Mathematics.
Handyman
Do these:
- With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete
the Responsibility Character Connection.
- Know: List all the tasks you can think of that are
necessary in keeping a household in good shape. Name the tasks that are your
responsibility. Tell what it means to be responsible for these tasks.
- Commit: Talk about what happens when people don't do
their jobs. Tell why it is important to be helpful and to be responsible. list
ways that you can be more responsible on your own.
- Practice: Choose one of the requirements and show
how you are responsible by doing that task well for two
weeks.
and do six of these:
- With adult supervision, wash a car.
- Help an adult change a tire on a car.
- With adult supervision, replace a bulb in the taillight, turn signal, or
parking light or replace a headlight on a car.
- With adult supervision, show how to check the oil level and tire pressure on
a car.
- Make a repair to a bicycle, such as tightening the chain, fixing a flat
tire, or adjusting the seat or handlebars.
- Properly lubricate the chain and crank on a bicycle.
- Properly inflate the tires on a bicycle.
- Change the wheels on a skateboard or pair of inline skates.
- Replace a light bulb in a fixture or lamp.
- With adult supervision, arrange a storage area for household cleaners and
other dangerous materials where small children cannot reach them.
- Build a sawhorse or stool to be used around your home.
- Help take care of the lawn.
- Arrange a storage area for hand tools or lawn and garden tools.
- Clean and properly store hand tools or lawn and garden tools in their
storage area.
- Label hand tools or lawn and garden tools.
- Put together a toolbox for common repairs around the house. Be sure the
toolbox and tools are stored safely.
Scientist
Do these:
- Read Bernoulli's Principle. Show how it works.
- Read Pascal's Law. Tell about some inventions that use Pascal's law.
- Read Newton's first law of motion. Show in three different ways how inertia
works.
- While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop
for Science.
And do six of these:
- Show the effects of atmospheric pressure.
- Show the effects of air pressure.
- Show the effects of water pressure. This may be combined with atmospheric
pressure or with air pressure.
- With adult supervision, build and launch a model rocket. (NOTE: You must be
at least 10 years old to work with a model rocket kit sold in stores.) Describe
how Newton's third law of motion explains how the rocket is propelled into the
sky.
- Explain what causes fog. Show how this works.
- Explain how crystals are formed. Make some.
- Explain how you use your center of gravity to keep your balance. Show three
different balancing tricks.
- Show in three different ways how your eyes work together, and show what is
meant by an optical illusion.
- While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop
for Weather.
- While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop
for Astronomy.
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