Supporting Pack and Den Leaders’ Delivery of the Leave No - PowerPoint Presentation

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Supporting Pack and Den Leaders’ Delivery of the Leave No Trace/Outdoor Ethics Message in the Cub Scout Program

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Don Callihan

Baltimore Area Council Outdoor Ethics Advocate

Leave No Trace Master Educator

February 26, 2017Slide2

The Outdoor Code?BSA Outdoor Ethics?

Leave No Trace Principles?Tread Lightly! Principles?

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What do Cub Scout Leaders know about …Slide3

THE OUTDOOR CODE

As an American, I will do my best to -

Be clean in my outdoor manners, 

Be careful with fire,

Be considerate in the outdoors, and

Be conservation minded

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How do we make this meaningful for Cub Scout-aged boys?Slide4

LEAVE NO TRACE™ PRINCIPLES FOR KIDS

Know Before You GoChoose the Right PathTrash Your Trash

Leave What You Find

Be Careful With Fire

Respect Wildlife

Be Kind to Other Visitors

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lnt.org/teach/peak/

peakonline

lnt.org/learn/online-awareness-courseSlide5

Know Before You GoStick to Trails and Camp Overnight RightTrash Your Trash and Pick Up Poop

Leave it as You Find ItBe Careful with FireKeep Wildlife WildShare Your Trails and Manage Your Pet

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LNT Outdoor Ethics for Front CountrySlide6

http://www.treadlightly.org/elementary-curriculum/

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Tread Lightly ResourcesSlide7

Tiger (6-7 years old)

Tiger Adventure: Tigers in the WildDo the following:

Listen

while your leader reads the

Outdoor Code

. Talk about how you can be clean in your outdoor manners.

Listen while your leader reads the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids

. Discuss why you should “Trash Your Trash.” Apply the

Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Principles

for Kids on your Tiger den and pack outings. After one outing, share what you did to demonstrate the principles you discussed.

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Wolf (7-8 years old)

Wolf Adventure: Call of the WildDo the following:

Recite

the

Outdoor Code

with your leader.

Recite the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids

with your leader. Talk about how these principles support the Outdoor Code.

After your campout, list the ways you demonstrated being careful with fire or other dangers.

Wolf Adventure: Paws on the PathShow you are prepared to hike safely …

Before hiking, recite the

Outdoor Code

and the

Leave No Trace Principles for Kids with your leader. (This may be combined with Requirement 3 of The Call of the Wild Adventure.) After hiking, discuss how you showed respect for wildlife.8Slide9

Bear (8-9 years old)

Bear Adventure: Fur, Feathers, and FernsWhile hiking or walking for one mile, identify six signs that any mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, or plants are living nearby the place where you choose to hike.

“All Scouts learn and follow the

Outdoor Code

. As Bears, you’ll focus on the part of the

Outdoor Code

that says to “Be considerate in the outdoors”. Two of the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids

go right along with this idea. Those principles are “Leave What You Find” and “Be Kind to Other Visitors

”.After your hike, discuss with your den leader ways that you demonstrated those principles. How do those principles support the Outdoor Code?”

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Webelos Badge (9-10 years)

Webelos Adventure: Webelos Walkabout (3 mile hike)Recite the

Outdoor Code

and the

Leave No Trace Principles for Kids

from memory. Talk about how you can demonstrate them on your Webelos adventures

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Arrow of Light(10-11 years old)

Arrow of Light Adventure: OutdoorsmanRecite

the

Outdoor Code

and the

Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory. Talk about

how you can demonstrate them while you are working on your Arrow of Light. After one outing, list the things you did to follow the

Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace

.Arrow of Light Adventure: Scouting AdventurePrepare yourself to become a Boy Scout by completing all of the items below:

Repeat from memory the

Outdoor Code. In your own words, explain what the

Outdoor Code

means to you.

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Pow WowUniversity of ScoutingBSA Outdoor Ethics Orientation – 2 hourRoundtables

Summer CampWebelos CamporeesLeave No Trace 101 – 3-4 hoursIdeas?

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Training Cub

Scout Leaders

on Outdoor Ethics?Slide13

Guiding Meaningful and Life-Changing Service Projects

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“Volunteer conservation projects should not be used as a dumping ground for tasks with little meaning that nobody else wants to do.”

“Careful planning allows Scout leaders and resource managers to shape projects that will be satisfying to Scouts, of value to the environment, and matched to the skills of everyone involved.”

Robert

Birkby

. The Conservation Handbook, 2

nd

Edition.

© 2016. Boy Scouts of America.Slide14

Ideas?

Satisfying to ScoutsOf value to the environmentMatched to the skills of everyone involved

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Image Sources: Scouting Magazine

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