GATHERING ACTIVITIES

Note on Word Searches, Word Games, Mazes and such – In order to make these items fit in the two column format of Baloo’s Bugle they are shrunk to a width of about 3 inches.  Your Cubs probably need bigger pictures.  You can get these by copying and pasting the picture from the Word version or clipping the picture in the Adobe (.pdf) version and then enlarging to page width.  CD

Things from the Future Word Search

Julie Byler

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Find the names of some things that we will find in the future in the word search below.  They can be upside down, backwards, forwards or diagonal.

EARTH                JET PACK              FUTURE

SCIENCE,                               ANTI-GRAVITY

TELEPORTATION               PEOPLE MOVER

SPACE TRAVEL    ORBIT         CUB SCOUTS

STARS                 PLANETS       ASTRONAUT

MOON                  METEOR                COMET

Space Ship Hunt

Baltimore Area Council

• Hide around the room many spaceships cut out of construction paper.
• As each person arrives, they are told to hunt for the spaceships.
• The person finding the most wins.

Make More Words

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Here are some ideas for word games.  Use your imagination and you can think of a lot more.

How many words can you make from the letters in
                             teleportation?
Examples: ant, tattoo

How many words can you make from the letters in
                        Cubs in the Future?
Examples: sub, tire

How many words can you make from the letters in
                              space flight?
Examples: pat, flea

Looking closely without a Microscope

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Science is about testing and about looking closely. Some scientists use microscopes to take a close look.  We're going to use a simple piece of paper.  Here's what you do:

• Take a piece of paper and cut in the middle a “window” 1” square.  (It's easiest to fold the page in half before you cut.)
• Choose something interesting: a tree trunk, a leaf, flower, the soil surface or a slice of soil from a shovel. 
• Put your window over the thing and look at it closely.
• Take your time- this is not a race. 
• To help you see more details, draw a picture of what's inside your square. 
• Now let's think about what you've found.

Space Word Scramble

Baltimore Area Council

Words can be found horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Alien	Galaxy	Monster
Asteroids	Giants	Moon
Beasts	Green Men	Planets
Cosmic	Helmets	Ray Guns
Creatures	Jupiter	Robot
Disintegrator	Mars	Space
Fantasy	Martians	Stars

Shuttle Maze

San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Verdugo Hills Councils

Help the Space Shuttle Pilot find his way back to the Earth

WORD SEARCH

Sam Houston Area Council

Find words listed below.

They may be across, down or diagonal

Webelos        Baloo                Scout              Wolf

Bear             Bobcat               Arrow             Light

Scouting       Future                Tiger               Cub

Best              Rank                Cubby          Doodle

Star Contest Gathering Activity

Baltimore Area Council

For each of the terms listed write the correct word containing “STAR.”

• Sea Animal                                            
• Bird                                                     
• Heavenly body                                       
• Outstanding young actress                        
• Used when washing clothes                      
• A song                                                  
• Right hand side of a boat                         
• Meaning to begin                                   
• To go hungry                                         
• To surprise someone                               

Answers: 1. Starfish, 2. Starling, 3. Star, 4. Starlet, 5. Starch, 6. Stardust, 7. Starboard, 8. Start, 9. Starve, 10. Startle