Core
Value: Faith
To
have faith means possessing inner strength and confidence based on
our trust in God.
Supplemental
Theme: Soaring the Skies
When
you try something new, innovative, or dangerous, it takes faith to
make the attempt- faith that a higher power will guide you and keep
you safe. It takes faith when we want to fly into the soaring skies.
We need faith in the pilots, the co-pilots, the engine and
electrical system, the compass, and all the airplane's instruments.
More importantly, it is faith that gives you the courage to board the
plane, knowing that a higher power will make sure you take off, fly
to your destination, and land safely. This month's theme reminds us
that faith helps us reach for the sky with our goals, and that we
should keep faith in all aspects of our lives.
Scout
Law: Reverent
A
Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious
duties. He respects the beliefs of others.
Preopening
Activity: Paper Airplanes
Provide
paper for each participant to fold into a paper airplane. These will
be used later in the Airport Game.
Preopening
Activity: What Am I?
Prepare
slips of paper, write the name of an object that flies for each boy.
As they arrive, pin a word on the back of their shirt. The object
of the game is to guess the word on your back.
Example:
balloon, helicopter, biplane, space shuttle, etc.
Opening
Ceremony: Soaring to New Heights
Materials:
Have large pieces of construction paper with a picture representing
each of the eight statements, and the lines on the back.
#1:
Leonardo da Vinci had a vision of man in the sky.
#2:
Orville and Wilbur Wright built a plane, the first one to fly.
#3:
The sound barrier was broken by Chuck Yeager, they say.
#4:
John F. Kennedy said we'd put a man on the moon one day.
#5:
The International Space Station is the base out in space.
#6:
Where countries work together, instead of competing in a race.
#7:
What will be next? Travel at the speed of light?
#8:
Watch us fly high, we're Cub Scouts- soaring to new heights!
Song:
The Noble Captain Kirk
Tune:
The Grand Old Duke of York
The
noble Captain Kirk,
He
had four hundred men.
He
beamed them up to the Enterprise,
And
beamed them down again.
And
when they're up, they're up (stand up)
And
when they're down, they're down (sit down)
And
when they're only halfway up
Their
atoms roll around. (wave and flap arms)
Advancement
Ceremony: Let's Go Fly a Kite
Materials:
kites representing each badge of rank, with the awards attached to
them.
CM:
Kites have a long and varied history. They were invented in China
and were made of silk and bamboo. I'll bet you didn't know that
kites were once used by the military for aerial photography and to
deliver messages. The Wright brothers used large kites to test their
ideas about flight before building their airplane. And we have all
heard of Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment with a kite, a key,
and a lightning bolt. Our Cub Scouts have been working hard this
month and are flying high. Let us recognize them for their
achievements.
(As
each rank is presented, the CM takes down the corresponding kite,
calls up the boys and their parents, removes the badges, and presents
them. Then he presents the kite to the den leader.)
CM:
To all of the boys who have soared this month, we congratulate you
with a cheer!
Cheers:
Blast-off
Cheer: Everyone squats down in
front of their chairs and counts down. “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3,
2, 1. Blast off!” At blast-off, everyone jumps up as high as they
can, roaring like a missile.
Satellite
Applause: Move right hand in
circle overhead, opening and closing the fist, while saying
“Gleep-gleep-gleep.”
Supersonic
Cheer: We all know light
travels faster than sound; in this case we see the cheer before we
hear it. Wave arms and pretend to cheer (no noise). Then sit down,
wait a moment, and- at the leader's signal- make sounds.
Astronaut
Cheer: Pretend to be on the
moon, placing the American flag. Then say, “One small step for
man, one giant step for mankind!”
Jet
Plane: Hold palm of right hand
straight and move in a sweeping motion from right to left, back to
right, then to left. Give a loud, “Zoom!” with each motion.
Break the sound barrier by clapping as loud as possible and yelling,
“Boom!”
Skit:
#1
(pointing up): Look! Is that a bird?
#2:
I think it's a plane!
#3:
No way, it's Superman!
#1
(wiping his face): I was right, it's a bird.
Audience
Participation: Rockets, Planes & Eagles
Rocket:
jump up and yell BLASTOFF
Plane:
out-stretched arms swaying, yell BOOM
Eagle:
flapping arms, yell SCREECH
Not
too many years ago, there was a great big ROCKET. This ROCKET loved
to travel to the moon. At the same time, there was a large, glorious
PLANE. This PLANE thought he was great until he heard about the
ROCKET. Then the PLANE became depressed because he couldn't leave
the earth's atmosphere like the ROCKET.
One
day an EAGLE was flying by and heard the PLANE crying. The EAGLE
asked the PLANE what the matter was. The PLANE sobbed, “I can't go
where the ROCKET goes. I want to go to the moon.” The EAGLE just
didn't know what to do. He thought and thought. Just then, the
ROCKET went soaring by and the EAGLE got a brilliant idea. The EAGLE
said, “Did you just see that ROCKET soaring by?” “Yes,” said
the sullen PLANE. “Well, did you see the ROCKET only had 9
passengers?” the EAGLE said. “Think how many passengers you make
happy every day, taking them to places they want to go.” This made
the PLANE happy. And the EAGLE continued being happy about being the
symbol of this great country, the ROCKET was happy traveling to outer
space, and the PLANE was happy because he was making other people
happy.
Cubmaster's
Minute: Tracks on the Moon
Over
45 years ago, ,an first set foot on the moon. That first footprint
of Neil Armstrong is still there on the moon, preserved in the lunar
dust where no wind will blow it away. Other footprints are there,
too: Gene Cernan, Alan Bean, Buzz Aldrin, Edgar Mitchell, Alan
Shepard, and others who explored the lunar surface. Here on earth we
can't literally see our footprints forever, but wherever our feet
carry us, WHAT WE DO is preserved. Every kind deed is remembered and
has a lasting effect on those around us. Every hurtful word has a
lasting effect as well. Let's decide to choose our words and our
deeds as carefully as if they were to be recorded forever, like the
footsteps on the moon.
Closing
Ceremony: “The Sky is the Limit”
Den
Leader: Cub Scouts, it wasn't long ago that we heard some people
say, “The sky is the limit.” That meant that a man could make
anything of himself that he wanted... at least, on the earth. Well,
that limit is off now. There is almost no limit to what you can
aspire to do, either on earth or in space. Our astronauts showed us
that.
Comm.
Chair: Colonel “Buzz” Aldrin, the second man to walk on the
moon, was a member of Troop 12 in Montclair, N.J. He once told a
group of Scouts, “Set your goals high and settle for nothing less
than accomplishment. Don't settle for mediocrity.”
CM:
How well you perform will depend on how you accept this new
challenge which says, “The sky is NOT the limit.” A Cub Scout
who does his best in everything he undertakes now is preparing
himself for that challenge. If you want to aim for the stars, you
must rem,ember that you are building your launch pad right now, by
your willingness and initiative in every task you tackle- at home,
church, school, and Scouting.
Game:
Four Forces of Flight
Boys
line up facing the den leader. The den leader shouts out one of the
four forces and Cub Scouts respond by running forward for thrust,
backward for drag, falling to the ground for gravity, and jumping for
lift.
Thrust:
The engine turns the propeller, which pulls the aircraft forward.
Drag:
The shape of the aircraft slows its forward movement.
Gravity:
Weight holds the aircraft down.
Lift:
Air flowing over the wings and the angle of the wing into the wind
moves the aircraft upward.
Game:
Airport
Create
a “landing strip.” Boys must try to land their paper airplanes
on the strip.
Project:
Grocery Bag Kites
Materials:
large paper grocery bag; hole punch; circular reinforcements;
scissors, lightweight string; markers; stapler or glue; crepe paper
streamers
Directions:
*Punch
a hole in each of the 4 corners of a large paper bag at least 1 inch
from the top edge of bag.
*Stick
a circular reinforcement around each hole on each side of bag.
*Cut
2 3-foot lengths of string and tie each end to a hole to form 2
loops.
*Tie
another 3-foot length of string through the 2 loops to create a
handle.
*Decorate
the bag with markers. Glue or staple crepe paper streamers to the
bottom of bag.
*Hold
on to the string as you run, the bag-kite will fill with air and
float behind you.
