Modular Design (Bear) requirements (Bear)

0:00 · 10 min

Gathering: tallest tower

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

• Put scrap cardboard, painter's tape and two pairs of safety scissors on the gathering table.
• The task on the card: build the tallest thing that stands on its own before the opening.
• Scouts join whichever table has room, so nobody waits alone for the meeting to start.

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, Modular Design (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 Modular Design (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: Learn what modular design is and identify

Close requirements 1 and 2 of Modular Design (Bear).

• Show a finished example first so every Scout can picture "Learn what modular design is and identify three things that use modular design in their construction" before they start.
• Set materials out at two or three tables so nobody stands waiting for the scissors.
• Move table to table while they work and ask each Scout to tell you what they are making and why.
• Give a five minute warning, then have every Scout hold up what they made and say one thing about it.
• Then requirement 2: set the materials out on a second table and let them build "Identify three benefits of using modular design" while you move between the two.

Requirement 1 Requirement 2

0:32 · 12 min

Activity 2: Using modular-based building pieces

Close requirements 3 and 4 of Modular Design (Bear).

• Show a finished example first so every Scout can picture "Using modular-based building pieces, build a model from a set of instructions" before they start.
• Set materials out at two or three tables so nobody stands waiting for the scissors.
• Move table to table while they work and ask each Scout to tell you what they are making and why.
• Give a five minute warning, then have every Scout hold up what they made and say one thing about it.
• Then requirement 4: set the materials out on a second table and let them build "Using modular-based building pieces, build a model without using a set of instructions" while you move between the two.

Requirement 3 Requirement 4

0:44 · 11 min

Activity 3: Using the model you made in requirement 4

Close requirements 5 and 6 of Modular Design (Bear).

• Show a finished example first so every Scout can picture "Using the model you made in requirement 4, create a set of step-by-step instructions on how to make your model" before they start.
• Set materials out at two or three tables so nobody stands waiting for the scissors.
• Move table to table while they work and ask each Scout to tell you what they are making and why.
• Give a five minute warning, then have every Scout hold up what they made and say one thing about it.
• Then requirement 6: set the materials out on a second table and let them build "Share your model with your den and/or family" while you move between the two.

Requirement 5 Requirement 6

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.