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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ART ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Make a list of common materials used to create visual art compositions.

2.     Demonstrate how six of the following elements of design are used in a drawing: lines, circles, dots, shapes, colors, patterns, textures, space, balance, or perspective.

3.     Identify the three primary colors and the three secondary colors that can be made by mixing them. Show how this is done using paints or markers. Use the primary and secondary colors to create a painting.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASTRONOMY ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Set up and demonstrate how to focus a simple telescope or binoculars.

2.     Draw a diagram of our solar system--identify the planets and other objects.

3.     Explain the following terms: planet, star, solar system, galaxy, the Milky Way, black hole, red giant, white dwarf, comet, meteor, moon, asteroid, and universe.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHESS ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Identify the chess pieces and set up a chess board for play.

2.     Demonstrate the moves of each chess piece to your den leader or adult partner.

3.     Play a game of chess.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITIZENSHIP ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.

2.     Make a poster showing things that you can do to be a good citizen.

3.     Participate in a family, den, or school service project

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COLLECTING ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Begin a collection of at least 10 items that all have something in common. Label the items and title your collection.

2.     Display your collection at a pack or den meeting.

3.     Visit a show or museum that displays different collections

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMMUNICATING ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

 Complete these three requirements:

1.     Tell a story or relate an incident to a group of people, such as your family, den, or members of your class.

2.     Write a letter to a friend or relative.

3.     Make a poster about something that interests you. Explain the poster to your den.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPUTERS ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Explain the parts of a personal computer: central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, and printer.

2.     Demonstrate how to start up and shut down a personal computer properly.

3.     Use your computer to prepare and print a document.

 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GEOGRAPHY ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features. Include a key or legend of map symbols.

2.     Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the major landforms within 100 miles. Discuss with an adult what you learned.

3.     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 GEOLOGY ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Define geology.

2.     Collect a sample of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Explain how each was formed.

3.     Explain the difference between a rock and a mineral.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HERITAGES ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Talk with members of your family about your family heritage: its history, traditions, and culture.

2.     Make a poster that shows the origins of your ancestors. Share it with your den or other group.

3.     Draw a family tree showing members of your family for three generations.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LANGUAGE & CULTURE ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Talk with someone who grew up in a different country than you did. Find out what it was like and how it is different from your experience.

2.     Learn 10 words that are in a different language than your own.

3.     Play two games that originated in another country or culture

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAP & COMPASS ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Show how to orient a map. Find three landmarks on the map

2.     Explain how a compass works.

3.     Draw a map of your neighborhood. Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that you often visit.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MATHEMATICS ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Do five activities within your home or school that require the use of mathematics. Explain to your den how you used everyday math.

2.     Keep track of the money you earn and spend for three weeks.

3.     Measure five items using both metric and nonmetric measures. Find out about the history of the metric system of measurement.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MUSIC ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Explain why music is an important part of our culture.

2.     Pick a song with at least two verses and learn it by heart

3.     Listen to four different types of music either recorded or five

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCIENCE ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Explain the scientific method to your adult partner.

2.     Use the scientific method in a simple science project. Explain the results to an adult.

3.     Visit a museum, a laboratory, an observatory, a zoo, an aquarium, or other facility that employs scientists. Talk to a scientist about his or her work.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WEATHER ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Make a poster that shows and explains the water cycle.

2.     Set up a simple weather station to record rainfall, temperature, air pressure, or evaporation for one week.

3.     Watch the weather forecast on a local television station

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WILDLIFE ACADEMICS BELT LOOP

Complete these three requirements:

1.     Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them.

2.     Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged.

3.     Learn about an endangered species. Make a report to your den that includes a picture, how the species came to be endangered, and what is being done to save it.