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Tiger Elective Adventure Requirements
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Requirements were REVISED effective
June 1, 2022.
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There are 13 9 Elective
Adventures in the Tiger program, plus one preview adventure which can be
earned as an elective or substituted for the Cyber Chip
requirement.The Protect Yourself Rules preview
adventure can also be earned for requirement 4.
Preview Adventure:
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Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least one other.
- Do the following:
- 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.
- Spell your name using sign language, and spell your name
in Braille.
- Create a secret code. Share it with your family or den.
- With the other Scouts in your den or with your family, crack
a code that you did not create.
- With the help of your parent, guardian, or other caring
adult, conduct a science demonstration that shows how magic
works and share what you learned from your science demonstration.
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Complete the following requirements.
- Show your loyalty to Tiger orange by bringing
in and sharing 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 parent, guardian, or other caring
adult, decide on one new task you can do to help your family,
and do it.
- Talk with your parent, guardian, or other
caring adult, or with your den about polite language. Learn
how to shake hands and introduce yourself.
- Play a game with your den. Then discuss
how your den played politely.
- With your den and parent, guardian, or
other caring adult, work on a service project for your pack’s
meeting place or chartered organization
Workbook for use with
these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
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Complete Requirement 1 plus at least three
others.
Note that any requirement may be completed based on your family
of origin OR the family with whom you live.
- Discuss with your parent, guardian, a
family member, or other caring adult where some of your family
members originated. Discuss family 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 the heritage of some of your family members.
- Interview one of your grandparents or
another family elder, and share with your den what you learned.
- Make a family tree designed for your particular
family.
- Share with your den how you got your name
or what your name means.
- Share with your den your favorite snack
or dessert that reflects the cultural heritage or one of more
of your family members.
- Learn where some members of your family
came from, and locate the place(s) on a map. Share this information
with your den. With the help of your parent, guardian, or other
caring adult, locate and write to a pen pal there.
Workbook for use with
these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
Maps for use with the workbook: PDF Format
3 and 4 Generation Family Tree Forms: PDF Format
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Complete Requirements 1-4 plus at least one other.
- With your den, say the SCOUT water safety chant.
- With your den, talk about why it’s important to have a buddy
and then play the buddy game.
- 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.
- Identify five different types of boats.
- Build a boat from recycled materials, and float it on the
water.
- Show that you can put on and fasten a life jacket correctly
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Complete Requirements 1 and 2 plus at least two others.
- With your den or with your parent, guardian, or other caring
adult, 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.
- 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. 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
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. Participate in the course.
- Show your understanding of knights’ service to others by
participating in a service project in your community.
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Complete Requirements 1-3 plus at least two others.
- With your den or with your parent, guardian, or other caring
adult, try on safety gear you should use while riding a bike.
Show how to wear a bicycle helmet properly.
- With your den or with your parent, guardian, or other caring
adult, learn and demonstrate safety tips to follow when riding
a bicycle.
- Learn and demonstrate proper hand signals.
- With your den or with your parent, guardian, or other
caring adult, do a safety check on a bicycle.
- With your den or family, go on a bicycle hike wearing your
safety equipment. Follow the bicycling safety and traffic laws.
- With your den or or with your parent, guardian, or other
caring adult, discuss two different types of bicycles and their
uses.
- 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 and discuss how they
are used.
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Complete Requirements 1-3 plus at least one other.
- With your den or or with your parent, guardian, or
other caring adult, 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.
- Find out about two astronauts who were Scouts when they
were younger. Share what you learned with your den.
- Observe in the sky or select from a book, chart, computer,
or electronic device two constellations that are easy to see
in the night sky. With your parent/guardian or other caring
adult, 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.
- Draw and name your own constellation. Share your constellation
with your den.
- Create a homemade model of a constellation.
- Find out about two different jobs related to astronomy.
Share this information 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.
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Complete at least four of the following requirements.
- Visit an art gallery or a museum, explore an art website,
or visit your library.
- Look closely at pictures of some art with your den or a
family member. Decide what you like about the art, and share
your ideas with the other Tigers.
- Create a piece of art on paper, poster board, or canvas.
- Draw or create an art piece using shapes.
- Use tangrams to create shapes.
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Complete requirements 1-3 and plus at least one other.
- 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, do the following:
- Play a video game with family members or den members
in a tournament.
- List at least three tips that would help someone who
was learning how to play your favorite video game.
- 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
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Complete requirements 1-8. Requirement 9 is optional.
- Memorize your address, and say it to your den leader or
your parent, guardian, or other caring adult.
- Memorize an emergency contact’s phone number, and say it
to your parent, guardian, or den leader.
- Take the 911 safety quiz.
- Show you can “Stop, Drop, and Roll.”
- Show you know how to safely roll someone else in a blanket
to put out a fire.
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, make
a fire escape map of your home and explain it to family members
and your den.
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, try a
practice fire drill at home.
- Find the smoke detectors in your home. With the help of
your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, check the batteries.
- Visit an emergency responder station, or have an emergency
responder visit you.
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Complete requirements 1 and 2 plus at least one other.
- Choose one active game you like, and tell your den about
how to play and why you like this game.
- Play two team or relay games with your den. Tell your parent,
guardian, or other caring adult or the other Tigers what you
liked best about each game.
- Have your den choose a team or relay game that everyone
can play, and play it at least twice.
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, select
an active outside game that you could play with the members
of your den. Talk with den members about the games suggested
by all Tigers. With your den, decide on a game to play and play
the game that your den has chosen. After the game, discuss with
your den the meaning of being a good sport.
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Complete at least four of the following requirements.
- Create a tall tale with your den.
- Create your own tall tale. Share your
tale with your den.
- Read a tall tale with your parent, guardian,
or other caring adult.
- 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 parent, guardian, or other caring adult.
Workbook for use with
these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
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Complete at least four of the following requirements.
- 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.
- Make a puppet to show your den or to 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.
Workbook for use with
these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
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Protect Yourself Rules (Preview Adventure)
Complete each of the following:
- Watch the Protect Yourself video lessons for this adventure.
- Demonstrate how you would say "No!" to someone who is doing
something that makes you feel uncomfortable.
- Identify five trusted adults, and share this list with your
parent or legal guardian.
- Describe the characteristics of a "safe stranger."
Note: Tiger Cub Scouts may complete the
Protect Yourself Rules Preview Adventure in rank requirement
4 or they may complete it as an elective for rank requirement 2.
Note: Tiger Cub Scouts may
complete the
Protect Yourself Rules Preview Adventure as a replacement
for the Cyber Chip requirement in rank requirement 4 or they may
complete it as an elective for rank requirement 2. If the Scout
uses the Protect Yourself Rules
Adventure in place of the Cyber Chip requirement, the adventure
can not be used as an elective for rank.
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Sources: Cub Scout Tiger Handbook (#325523 - SKU 656837)
https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/what-cub-scouts-earn/the-advancement-trail/
and
https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/preview-adventures/protect-yourself-rules/
Page updated on:
September 12, 2022
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