Bear Elective adventure 3rd grade

Let's Camp (Bear) requirements (Bear)

Let's Camp (Bear) is a Bear elective adventure with 5 requirements. Below is what each one asks in plain language, and a sixty minute den meeting plan that works through them: a gathering activity, the opening, the activity blocks, and what to say in the closing.

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Let's Camp (Bear) requirements

Paraphrased for planning. Read the current wording in the handbook or Scoutbook Plus before you sign anything off.

Handbook requirement 1

Review the buddy system and how it works in the outdoors.
Handbook requirement 2

Pack your Cub Scout Six Essentials for the campout.
Handbook requirement 3

In addition to your 6 Cub Scout Essentials, show the personal items you need for your campout.
Handbook requirement 4

Help set up a tent. Determine a good spot for the tent. Explain why you picked the spot.
Handbook requirement 5

Attend a council or district Cub Scout overnight camp or attend a campout with your pack.

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A 60 minute den meeting for Let's Camp (Bear)

Five kinds of block in the order that works: something to do on arrival, the opening, den business, the adventure work split into chunks a Cub Scout can hold attention through, and a closing that names what got finished.

0:00 · 10 min

Gathering: pack the bag

Give the Scouts who arrive first something to do, so the meeting starts the moment they walk in.

Spread the Cub Scout Six Essentials and four things that do not belong on a table by the door.
The card on the table says: pick the six you would carry, and be ready to say why.
As Scouts arrive they join in, so the ones who came early are never left sitting.

0:10 · 5 min

Opening

Flag ceremony, Scout Oath and Scout Law. The same five minutes every week, run by the Scouts.

The denner calls the den to order and leads the flag ceremony.
Say the Scout Oath and the Scout Law together. New Scouts read from a card and nobody makes anything of it.
One sentence on tonight's adventure, Let's Camp (Bear), and the one thing everybody will get done.

0:15 · 5 min

Talk time

Den business while everyone is still sitting down, and a look at what is coming.

The two dates parents need: the next den meeting and the next pack event.
Ask who already did part of Let's Camp (Bear) at home, and write the names down so it gets recorded.
Take one question from the den. Answer it or say when you will.

0:20 · 12 min

Activity 1: Review the buddy system and how it

Close requirements 1 and 2 of Let's Camp (Bear).

Walk the route before the meeting and pick the two places you will stop to cover "Review the buddy system and how it works in the outdoors".
Line the den up in pairs, check that every Scout has the Six Essentials, and set the turnaround time.
Stop at both spots so every Scout gets a turn, not just the three who are always in front.
Back at the door, ask each Scout for one thing they noticed, then mark the requirement off.
Then requirement 2: cover "Pack your Cub Scout Six Essentials for the campout" outside while you are already walking, rather than sitting the den back down.

Requirement 1 Requirement 2

0:32 · 12 min

Activity 2: In addition to your 6 Cub Scout Essentials

Close requirements 3 and 4 of Let's Camp (Bear).

Walk the route before the meeting and pick the two places you will stop to cover "In addition to your 6 Cub Scout Essentials, show the personal items you need for your campout".
Line the den up in pairs, check that every Scout has the Six Essentials, and set the turnaround time.
Stop at both spots so every Scout gets a turn, not just the three who are always in front.
Back at the door, ask each Scout for one thing they noticed, then mark the requirement off.
Then requirement 4: give the den five minutes in pairs on "Help set up a tent", then take one answer from every Scout.

Requirement 3 Requirement 4

0:44 · 11 min

Activity 3: Attend a council or district Cub Scout

Close requirement 5 of Let's Camp (Bear): Attend a council or district Cub Scout overnight camp or attend a campout with your pack.

Walk the route before the meeting and pick the two places you will stop to cover "Attend a council or district Cub Scout overnight camp or attend a campout with your pack".
Line the den up in pairs, check that every Scout has the Six Essentials, and set the turnaround time.
Stop at both spots so every Scout gets a turn, not just the three who are always in front.
Back at the door, ask each Scout for one thing they noticed, then mark the requirement off.

Requirement 5

0:55 · 5 min

Closing

End on time, and make sure every Scout leaves knowing what they finished.

Cubmaster's minute: one short thought tied to what the den just did. Sixty seconds, no lecture.
Read back what got finished tonight, requirement by requirement, so the Scouts hear their own progress.
Send the den off with the den yell, and catch the parents who need to hear something at pickup.

What to bring

Tonight's requirement list, printed, with a box to tick per Scout
A clipboard and pen for sign-offs as they happen
The Cub Scout Six Essentials for every Scout, and a full water bottle

Worked out from the requirement text. Swap anything you already have in the den box.

Plan this meeting for your own den

This plan does not know your Scouts. DenBuddy does: import your den from Scoutbook Plus and the planner starts from the requirements each Scout is actually missing, keeps the block times, and turns the agenda into the record sheet afterwards.

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Questions about Let's Camp (Bear)

How many requirements does Let's Camp (Bear) have?

5. Each one is a single thing the Scout does. Check the current wording in the handbook or Scoutbook Plus before you sign anything off.

Is Let's Camp (Bear) required for Bear?

No. Let's Camp (Bear) is a Bear elective. A Scout needs the six required Bear adventures plus at least two electives, and this one can be part of those two.

How long does Let's Camp (Bear) take?

The plan on this page runs 60 minutes and covers 5 of the 5 requirements. Most dens spend two meetings on an adventure, because somebody is always absent for the first one.

Can a Scout finish part of Let's Camp (Bear) at home?

Any of it can be. Nothing in Let's Camp (Bear) is marked as family-only work, so a Scout who misses the meeting can finish with a parent and you record it when the family tells you.