27Apr05

Boomerang - Outdoor Skills (Maps and Compasses)

Hall

Leader: Bagheera

Duty Six: Grey

18h00 - 18h15

Opening parade, new sixes, inspection

18h15 - 18h30

Steam game - Compass run - mark out 8 cardinal points, call out points, Cubs run to them, last one there is out. Call out some fakes (SN, EW, etc.)

Bronze

Silver

Gold

18h30 - 18h40

Discuss compasses (Rama)

- how they work

- four cardinal points

- compass

Use a road map to work out distance between two towns (Raksha)

- in pairs

- maps, pencils, paper

Use compass to set a simple trail of six points to follow (Bagheera)

- in pairs

- compass, pen, paper

18h40 - 18h50

Make a compass

- run needle 40 times with magnet

- fix needle on cork with candle wax

- float in saucer, will point to MAGNETIC north

- saucers, corks, needles, candles, matches

Follow the trail set by the Golds

- in pairs

- identify signs

- pen and paper

Lay a trail with signs

- five signs

- left, right, danger, not this way, gone/go home, this way

18h50 - 19h00

In My Pack

- in a knapsack, stuff that may or may not be useful for a hike/camp

- what is useful, what is silly

- pack with a variety of items

Follow trail signs set by Golds

- in pairs

Explain scale and contour lines

Explain eight map symbols and find them

- map symbols on cards

- maps, rulers

19h00 - 19h20

Compass Drawings - call out directions and number of squares, draw on graph paper

- graph paper, pencils

19h20 - 19h30

Closing parade, badges