To earn the Green Star, choose and do any five of the A requirements and any three of the B requirements:
A. Requirements
1. Estimate three distances and measuring things by using your body, such as the
length your foot, your pace or the top of your thumb.
2. Tie and show a practical use for any five knots such as reef, sheet bend,
taut-line, bowline, fisherman's knot, round turn and two half hitches, clove
hitch.
3. Make a Cub First Aid/Survival kit.
4. Make or put together a camp gadget for outdoor use.
5. Know what to do if lost.
6. Recognize or describe the signs for different types of weather.
7. Lay, light and safely put out a fire in the outdoors.
8. Show how to use a road or topographical map.
9. Tell or demonstrate how to dress for different weather conditions to reduce
the risk of hypothermia and reduce your exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays.
10. Know and explain some rules for protecting nature while on an outing.
B. Requirements
1. Take part in three pack hikes.
2. Help prepare and cook a hot meal on a family, six or pack outing.
3. Tell or show how the sun, moon and North Star can help you find directions.
4. Make or follow a trail of not more than 300 meters using clues, trail signs,
a map, compass directions or any combination of these.
5. Draw a simple sketch map of a campsite or your Cub meeting place using
compass and paces.
6. Without harming nature, put up and take down an emergency shelter of your own
design.
Outdoor Activity Links:
(Compliments of Scouts Canada Site)
Get Knotted! Animated Knots for Scouts (Green
Star 2)
Watch as 15 common knots are tied
Animated knots for Boating, Climbing, Fishing, Scouting & Arborists. Watch as popular knots are tied using real rope and stop action technology.
How
to Use a Compass (Camping 5c)
Tips on using the compass.
Orienteering
for the Young (Green Star A8 & B4, Camping 5c)
James Baker provides information on the sport of Orienteering and how to set up
courses for different ages and skill levels. Some information on map
reading and basic compass use.
Cooking
for Scouts and Scouters (Green Star B2, Cooking, Camping 5b)
Download recipe books, links to other sites. Includes information on camp
cooking, cutch oven cooking, gourmet backpack cooking, alternative methods, etc.
Outdoor
Cooking & Recipes (Green Star B2, Cooking, Camping 5b)
More recipes and cooking ideas including lightweight backpacking, dutch
oven, alternative methods, etc. from the Netwoods Virtual Campsite.
Wilderness
Survival - First Aid & Health (Winter Cubbing 1)
Information on handling a wide variety of medical emergencies in the woods such
as fractures, hypothermia, blisters, frostbite, etc.
The
Dome of the Sky (Winter Cubbing 4)
Check out where the stars and constellations are in the sky tonight. Good
section on mythology.
Related Badges and Awards:
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Camping Badge |
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Cooking Badge |
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Fishing Badge |
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Hiking Badge |
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Trailcraft Badge |
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Watercraft Badge |
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Winter Cubing Badge |
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Canadian Camper Award |
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Canadian Heritage Trails |
