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eLECTIVE ADVENTURES

AOL CUBS Elective Adventures are designed for our scouts entering Fifth Grade in the fall. We have guidance, tips, and resources to complete each elective below.

AOL scouts are also affectionately known as Webelos II. They share the elective adventures with Webelos and the adventures may be completed anytime a scout is either of the ranks.

What's in the Elective?

  • Rank specific manuals

  • Project materials list and any additional printouts (high-quality and color)

  • Rank specific checklist that can be turned into the scout's den leader or used to help fill in Scoutbook


Families can expect to have fun together working on projects while completing the following adventures:

  • Adventures in Science. Now we are scaling up to full experiments and how to best conduct them, delving into the vastness of space, and creating two types of circuits with LEDs.

  • Art Explosion guides scouts to through two self-portraits, origami, & comic strip creation. A lot of fun from beginning to end!

  • Aware and Care. What are some common challenges people with impairments overcome and how do they adapt to everyday life? This adventure will explore the challenges of blindness, loss of motion, and write a book for someone just learning to read braille.

  • Build It. Two words - mini cornhole! And learning about tools and how to use them safely.

  • Castaway. Can you cook without pots and pans? Start a fire without matches? Clean dirty water? At the end of this adventure, you will!

  • Earth Rocks. For this adventure, scouts are going deep into the earth. They will learn how to identify rocks and assemble a testing kit.

  • Engineer. From design to construction we will cover a lot of engineering ground. Scouts will construct a mini stomp rocket, complete a circuit, build a weather vane, and more!

  • Fix-It: How do you repair common household problems? Put together a fix-it toolbox and let's get to work.

  • Service Project. "Do a Good Turn Daily" is more than just a slogan. We have two guided service projects and 20+ more suggestions. From small acts to grand gestures, scouts are helpful!

  • Yo-Yo: Learn the safety rules, and some fun tricks!

Projects

  • Make two recipes that easily transfer to camp fire cooking!

  • Started a fire

  • Assembled a Survival Kit

  • Made a Solar Water Distillery

  • Designed and built a simple project

  • Made a catapult

  • Made a mini stop rocket

  • Completed an Engineering Challenge

  • Completed a Circuit

  • Conducted a chemical experiment

  • Made a weather vane

  • Completed several impairment challenges

  • Learned how to Sign (using American Sign Language) the Scout Oath

  • Created a tactile book for the visually impaired

Getting Started

The C.U.B.S. program is designed to be extremely easy to use and include anything and everything you might not have at home. Each adventure begins with a list of materials. Many you can acquire from around your home and everything else can be sourced fairly easily. Let's take a look at an example:

Here are a few pages from the Webelos/ AOL Adventures in Science elective.

Intro

The adventure is introduced and the supplies are listed.

Printables

Any helpful printables are included. The manual is consumable. If a printout is better in color it will be in the bag as well.

Other Information

Some adventure requirements do not lend themselves to being "bagged." We include relevant links to help these situations.

Need more help? Use the drop down menu or links above to see each adventure and see more detailed photographs of experiments and activities.

Completing an Adventure

Included with your CUBS Elective Adventures manual and printouts, is a Certificate of Completion and a chart to help you track and share your scout's achievements.

You can give it to a den or pack leader. Likewise, you can enter the information directly into Scoutbook and your pack leadership can approve it remotely.