These are awards earned by the scout as recognition that he went the extra mile to better himself in the area chosen. These loops may correspond with your son's badge requirements. These are purely voluntary and your son needs to tell his leader that he is working on these as well as his required advancement work. He may work on these alone, with family, or with the den. He must also turn in any work that is required (found in the loop requirements for each one). Any required loops that a scout earned as a Cub Scout MUST be earned again when he becomes a WeBeLoS. The required loops for WeBeLoS are: SPORTSMAN requires 2 individual sports loops and 2 team sports belt loops. ATHLETE requires the physical fitness sport pin. AQUANAUT gives the scout the choice of earning the Swimming belt loop.

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 and markers. Use the primary and secondary colors to create a painting.

1. Identify the chess pieces and set up a chessboard for play.
2. Demonstrated the moves of each chess piece to your den leader or adult partner.
3. Play a game of chess.

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 project.

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

1. Explain these parts of a personal computer, central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem and printer.
2. Demonstrate how to start up and shutdown a personal computer properly.
3. Use your computer to prepare and print a document.

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.

1. Talk with members of your family about your family heritage: its history, tradition, 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.

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 the metric and nonmetric measures. Find out about the history of the metric system of measurement.

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 live.

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.

WEATHER *new for 2000

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.

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.

1. Explain the rules of badminton to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing badminton skills.
3. Participate in a badminton game.

1. Explain the rules of baseball to your leader of adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing baseball skills.
3. Participate in a baseball game.

1. Explain the rules of basketball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing basketball skills.
3. Participate in a basketball game.

1. Explain the rules of safe bicycling to your den leader or adult partner.
2. Demonstrate the correct fit of a bicycle helmet.
3. Show how to ride a bike safely, using all hand signals and following all safety and traffic rules. Ride for at least an hour with an adult partner, your family, or your den.

1. Explain to your leader or adult partner the rules and courtesy and safety of bowling.
2. Show how to pick out a ball of proper weight and with finger holes that fit your hand.
3. Play a complete game.

1. Review your local fishing regulations with your leader or adult partner. Explain why they are important, and commit to following them.
2. Demonstrate how to properly bait a hook.
3. Try to catch a fish.

1. Explain the rules of golf to your leader of adult partner. Explain the need for caution concerning golf clubs and golf balls.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing golfing skills.
3. Participate in a round of golf (nine holes) (mini golf does not count).

1. Explain the six events of men's gymnastics: floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vaulting/side horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.
2. Participate in three of the six events using the proper equipment.
3. Explain the safety rules you should to learn gymnastics.

1. Explain the rules of Ringer or another marble game to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skills to play the game or Ringer or another marble game.
3. Participate in a game of marbles.

1. Give a short report to your den or family on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
2. Practice finding your pulse and counting your heartbeats per minute.
3. Practice five physical fitness skills regularly. Improve performance in each skill over a month. Skills could include pull-ups, curl-ups, the standing long jump, the 50-yard dash, and the softball throw.

1. Explain ways to protect yourself while skating, and the need for proper safety equipment.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing skating skills.
3. Go skating with a family member or your den for a total of at least three hours. Chart your time.

1. Explain the conditioning, clothing, equipment, and planning needed for a ski activity.
2. Be able to explain safety and courtesy codes for a downhill or cross-country ski trip.
3. Go skiing. Demonstrate how to stop and turn.

1. Explain the rules of soccer to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing soccer skills.
3. Participate in a game of soccer.

1. Explain the rules of softball to your leader or adult partner.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing softball skills.
3. Participate in a softball game.