Geography
Remember the belt loops are for the scout doing their best to learn about the sport or
academic activity, and by putting the new techniques to practice with fellow scouts, in
their community, or working with an adult.
Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:
____ Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features.
Include a key or legend of map symbols.
____ Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the major
landforms within 100 miles. Discuss with an adult what you learned.
____ 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.
I certify that _____________________ has completed the minimum requirements.
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Adult Teammate Signature
Academics Pin
Earn the Geography belt loop, and complete five of the following
requirements:
- Make a three-dimensional model of an imaginary place. Include five
different landforms, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, deltas, rivers,
buttes, plateaus, basins, and plains.
- List 10 cities around the world. Calculate the time it is in each city
when it is noon in your town.
- Find the company's location on the wrapper or label of 10 products used in
your home, such as food, clothing, toys, and appliances. Use a world map or
atlas to find each location.
- On a map, trace the routes of some famous explorers. Show the map to your
den or family.
- On a United States or world map, mark where your family members and
ancestors were born.
- Keep a map record of the travels of your favorite professional sports team
for one month.
- Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) in which geography plays an important
part.
- Take part in a geography bee or fair in your pack, school, or community.
- Choose a country in the world and make a travel poster for it.
- Play a geography-based board game or computer game. Tell an adult some
facts you learned about a place that was part of the game.
- Draw or make a map of your state. Include rivers, mountain ranges, state
parks, and cities. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
I certify that _____________________ has completed the minimum requirements.
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Adult Teammate Signature
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