BEAR (3d Grade) Scouts experience more activities that help them grow and gain knowledge of the world around them. Bears work on more advanced crafts and activities, some of which build on their Wolf experiences, and some of which are entirely new. Bears wear a blue uniform with blue neckerchief.
Any boy may earn Bear achievements and electives if he is in the third grade, or is nine years old. To earn the Bear badge, a boy must complete 12 of the 24 specified achievements listed below. He can select the ones he wants to do from four different groups: God, Country, Family, and Self. The Progress Towards Ranks badge is available as an incentive during the Bear program to encourage a Cub on his achievement work.
When a boy finishes an achievement, he will need to have an adult member of his family sign and date his book. He will then take the book to the next den meeting and his den leader will record it on the Cub Scout (Den) Advancement Chart and initial his book. When he has done 12 Bear achievements, he becomes a Bear Cub Scout. A boy may count any extra achievement requirements he earns as arrow point credits.
If a Bear-aged boy is new to Cub Scouting, he must complete the Bobcat trail before beginning work on the Bear achievements.
Bear Achievements
1. Ways We Worship ......................................................13. Saving Well, Spending Well
2. Emblems of Faith .........................................................14. Ride Right
3. What Makes an American Special?.............................. 15. Games, Games, Games!
4. Tall Tales .....................................................................16. Building Muscles
5. Sharing Your World with Wildlife .................................17. Information, Please
6. Take Care of your Planet .............................................18. Jot it Down
7. Law Enforcement is a Big Job ......................................19. Shavings and Chips
8. The Past is Exciting and Important................................ 20. Sawdust and Nails
9. What's Cooking?......................................................... 21. Build a Model
10. Family Fun .................................................................22. Tying is All Up
11. Be Ready ...................................................................23. Sports, Sports, Sports!
12. Family Outdoor Adventures ........................................24. Be a Leader
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Achievement 1: Ways We Worship
Practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue,
mosque, or other religious community.Achievement 2: Emblems of Faith
Earn the religious emblem of your faith.
As a Cub Scout a boy promises to do his duty to God. This means he promised to practice his religion at home and at his place of worship. Participation in the religious emblems program provides the cub with an opportunity for spiritual growth and to increase his religious knowledge. Most major religious organizations and denominations have a religious education program that award a religious emblem when completed. For an index of religious emblems offered to cubs check out the BSA index of religious emblems.
Achievement 3: What Makes America Special?
DO THESE:
a. Write or tell what makes America special to you.
DO THREE OF THESE:
b. With the help of your family or den leader, find out about two famous Americans. Tell the things they did or are doing to improve our way of life.
c. Find out something about the old homes near the place where you live. Go and see two of them.
d. Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.
e. Choose a state; it can be your favorite one or your home state. Name the state bird, tree and flower. Describe its flag. Give the date it was admitted to the union.
f. Be a member of the color guard in a flag ceremony for your den or pack.
g. Display the U.S. flag in your home or fly it on three national holidays.
Achievement 4: Tall TalesDO THESE:
a. Tell in your own words what folklore is. List some folklore stories, folk songs, or historical legends from your own state or part of the country.
b. Name at least five stories about American folklore. Point out on a United States map where they happened.
c. Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one to your den.
Achievement 5: Sharing Your World With WildlifeDO FOUR OF THESE:
a. Choose a bird or animal that you like and find out how it lives. Make a poster showing what you have learned.
b. Build or make a bird feeder or bird house.
c. Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does.
d. Visit one of the following: Zoo, Nature center, Wildlife refuge, Game preserve.
e. Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years. Tell why animals become extinct. Name one animal that is on the endangered species list.
Achievement 6: Take Care of Your PlanetDO THREE OF THESE:
a. Save 5 pounds of glass or aluminum, or 1 month of daily newspapers. Turn them in at a recycling center or use your community's recycling service.
b. Plant a tree in your yard, or on the grounds of the group that operates your Cub Scout pack, or in a park or other public place. Be sure to get permission first.
c. Call city or county officials or your trash hauling company and find out what happens to your trash after it is hauled away.
d. Do a water usage survey in your home. Note the ways water is used. Look for any dripping faucets.
e. Discuss with one of your parents the ways your family uses energy.
f. Find out more about your family's use of electricity.
Achievement 7: Law Enforcement is a Big JobDO FOUR OF THESE:
a. Make a set of your own fingerprints.
b. Make a plaster cast of a shoe print.
c. Check the doors and windows of your home.
d. Visit your local sheriff's office or police station.
e. Be sure you know where to get help in your neighborhood.
f. Be sure fire and police numbers are listed by the phone at your home.
g. Know what you can do to help law enforcement.Achievement 8: The Past is Exciting and Important
DO THREE OF THESE:
a. Visit your library or newspaper office. Ask to see back issues of newspapers or an almanac.
b. Find someone who was a Cub Scout a long time ago. Talk with him about what Cub Scouting was like then.
c. Start or add to an existing pack scrapbook.
d. Trace your family back through your grandparents or great-grandparents; or talk to a grandparent about what it was like when he or she was younger.
e. Find out some history about your community.
f. Keep a journal for two weeks.
Achievement 9: What's Cooking?DO FOUR OF THESE:
a. With an adult, bake cookies.
b. With an adult, make snacks for the next den meeting.
c. Prepare one part of your breakfast, one part of your lunch, and one part of your supper.
d. Make a list of the 'junk' foods you eat. Discuss "junk" food with your parent or teacher.
e. Make some trail food for a hike.
f. Make a dessert for your family.
Achievement 10: Family FunDO THESE:
a. Go on a trip with members of your family.
b. Have a family "make-and-do" night.
Achievement 11: Be Ready!DO THESE:
a. Tell what to do in case of an accident in the home. A family member needs help. If someone's clothes catch on fire.
b. Tell what to do in case of a water accident.
c. Tell what to do in case of a school bus accident.
d. Tell what to do in case of a car accident.OPTIONAL
e. Have a health checkup by a physician.
Achievement 12: Family Outdoor AdventureDO THREE OF THESE:
a. Go camping with your family.
b. Go on a hike with your family.
c. Have a picnic with your family.
d. Attend an outdoor event with your family.
e. Plan your outdoor family day.
Achievement 13: Saving Well, Spending WellDO FOUR OF THESE:
a. Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult member of your family.
b. Set up a savings account.
c. Keep a record of how you spend money for 2 weeks.
d. Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family.
e. Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian.
f. Play a board game with your family that involves the use of play money.
g. With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each person in your home to eat one meal.
Achievement 14: Ride Right
DO THESE:
a. Know the rules for bike safety. If your town requires a bicycle license, be sure to get one.
DO THREE OF THESE:
b. Learn to ride a bike, if you haven't by now. Show that you can follow a winding course for 60 feet doing sharp left and right turns, a U-turn, and an emergency stop.
c. Keep your bike in good shape. Identify the parts of a bike that should be checked often.
d. Change a tire on a bicycle.
e. Protect your bike from theft. Use a bicycle lock.
f. Ride a bike for 1 mile without rest. Be sure to obey all traffic rules.
g. Plan and take a family bike hike.
Achievement 15: Games, Games, Games!DO TWO OF THESE:
a. Set up the equipment and play any two of these outdoor games with your family or friends. (backyard golf, badminton, croquet, sidewalk shuffleboard, kickball, softball, tether ball, horseshoes, volleyball)
b. Play two organized games with your den.
c. Select a game your den has never played. Explain the rules. Tell them to play it, and then play it with them.
Achievement 16: Building MusclesDO THESE:
a. Do physical fitness stretching exercises. Then do curl-ups, push-ups, the standing long jump, and the softball throw.
b. With a friend, compete in at least six different two-person contests.
(Many examples in book.)
c. Compete with your den or pack in the crab relay, gorilla relay, 30-yard dash, and kangaroo relay.
Achievement 17: Information, PleaseDO THESE:
a. With an adult in your family, choose a TV show. Watch it together.
DO THREE OF THESE:
b. Play a game of charades at your den meeting or with your family at home.
c. Visit a newspaper office, or TV or radio station and talk to a news reporter.
d. Use a computer to get information. Write, spell-check, and print out a report on what you learned
e. Write a letter to a company that makes something you use. Use E-mail or the U.S. Post Office.
f. Talk with a parent or other family member about how getting and giving facts fits into his or her job.
Achievement 18: Jot It DownDO FIVE OF THESE:
a. Make a list of the things you want to do today. Check them off when you have done them.
b. Write two letters to relatives or friends.
c. Keep a daily record of your activities for 2 weeks.
c. Write an invitation to someone.
e. Write a story about something you have done with your family.
f. Write a thank-you note.
g. Write about the activities of your den.
Achievement 19: Shavings And ChipsDO THESE:
a. Know the safety rules for handling a knife.
b. Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife.
c. Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.
d. Earn the Whittling Chip card.
Achievement 20: Sawdust and NailsDO THESE:
a. Show how to use and take care of four of these tools. (Tools listed in book.)
b. Build your own toolbox.
c. Use at least two tools listed in requirement a to fix something.
Achievement 21: Build a ModelDO THREE OF THESE:
a. Build a model from a kit.
b. Build a display for one of your models.
c. Pretend you are planning to change the furniture layout in one of the rooms in your home.
d. Make a model of a mountain, a meadow, a canyon, or river.
e. Go and see a model of a shopping center or new building that is on display somewhere.
f. Make a model of a rocket, boat, car, or plane.
Achievement 22: Tying It All UpDO FIVE OF THESE:
a. Whip the ends of a rope.
b. Tie a square knot, bowline, sheet bend, two half hitches, and a slip knot. Tell how each knot is used
c. Learn how to keep a rope from tangling.
d. Coil a rope. Throw it, hitting a 2-foot square marker 20 feet away.
e. Learn a magic rope trick.
f. Make your own rope. (Instructions given in book.)
Achievement 23: Sports, Sports, SportsDO THESE:
a. Learn the rules and how to play three team sports.
b. Learn the rules and how to play two sports in which only one person is on each side.
c. Take part in one team and one individual sport.
d. Watch a sport on TV with a parent or some other member of your family.
e. Attend a high school, college, or professional sporting event with your family or your den.
Achievement 24: Be a LeaderDO THREE OF THESE:
a. Help a boy join the Cub Scouts, or help a new Cub Scout through the Bobcat trail.
b. Serve as a denner or assistant denner.
c. Plan and conduct a den activity with the approval of your den leader.
d. Tell two people they have done a good job.
e. Leadership means choosing a way even not everybody likes your choice.
