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woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)OUTDOORS - Hiking, walking staff, canoeing, snowshoe, survival skills, food ideas, star tracking, travois racing, orienteering
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)CUB SKILLS - KubKars, knots, flag signals, compass skills, crafts, bicycle obstacle course, First Aid 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)CUB INTERESTS - Pack humour, top 10 camping list, Cub cheers and yells, Disney Jungle Book, Mohawk/Ojibwa stories
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)GAMES/ACTIVITIES - Rocketry, various games for theme nights, car, water games, Christmas songs, Six Feud, lacrosse
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)NATURE - Wolves, loons, beavers, killer whales, animal tracking, building a weather station
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)CUB PACK ADMINISTRATION - Items Cub Leaders can relate to in running a Cub Pack; Badge requirements, Uniform layout 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)WEBSITE INFO - Town of Baie d'Urfe, picture library, web site table of contents

OUTDOORS

woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Jungle Survival Skills.  These are some of the items Cubs should know about before going on a hike. This can be chanted while walking on a hike. Remember to Hug a Tree if you are lost. Some great information on hiking and camping survival skills for kids can be found at Equiped.com and the MPI Outdoors web sites 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Snowshoe Skills.  Practiced by our Cubs during winter camping trips. Description of the equipment, tips for day-tripping and games 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Ultimate Walking Staff. Inspired by the The Wilderness Walking Staff website.  This is a great Cub project. Here we cover our version that the Pack came up with 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Backcountry Recipe Book.  A collection of food ideas which can be used in the back country while camping, skiing, hiking and backpacking
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Constellation and Star Identification.  An activity for identification of major stars and constellations in the winter sky 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Canoe Skills.  A basic guide to entering, paddling and navigating a canoe 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Orienteering.  This is a worldwide sport that combines hiking, map reading and compass skills.  Try out our Orienteering Game. These are some of the Orienteering organizations: Scout Orienteering, International, Canada, Quebec and local event calendar  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Build a Quinzhee Hut.  Try out this Cub winter snow-craft construction project.  Learn some of the various Inuit words for snow
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Travois Racing.  Learn the history of the travois, how to build one and take part in an exciting three-part race 

CUB SKILLS

woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)KubKars.  How to design a KubKar, a Pickup Truck, an 18 Wheel Truck and a KubKar Race Track. Tips on ways to improve performance. Also two Excel 2000 spreadsheets that you can download that scores events using 1, 2 or 3 KubKar tracks, each with three lanes.  Email the webmaster for these spreadsheets. Track up to 15 races overall (9 races usually fills an afternoon); update1.gif (953 bytes)
        - 1 track, 44 heats, up to 132 KubKars for up to 15 races
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2 tracks, 22 heats, up to 132 KubKars for up to 15 races
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3 tracks, 14 heats, up to 126 KubKars for up to 15 races
Includes suggested elimination round, statistics calculation, registration and race forms. A complete planning guide for a KubKar event is also prepared.  The results of the most recent Pack and District KubKar Rallies can be found at this link.  Another KubKar planning link can be found at the US Scouting Service Pinewood Site.  Try a Bubble Sort method of scoring. 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Semaphore Flag Signaling.  A great way to have a quiet evening where the Cubs don't get much of a chance to talk
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Finding Your Way with Map and Compass.  Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Animated Knot Tying.  Courtesy of the 42nd Brighton Scout Group, East Sussex, UK
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Computer Night.  A summary of the material we covered for our meeting on Computers and Scouting 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Bicycle Obstacle Course.  A guide to an activity for the Cubs to perform their badge requirement and have fun too 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Special Cub Knots.  How to make a Turk's-head Woggle and a Monkey's Fist. These are great crafts for Cubs 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Pioneering Skills.  A great site for examples showing how to lash structures out of rope and wood.  Over 60 designs are listed ranging from chairs, to tables, towers and bridges.  See a structure being built.  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Design a Sundial.  Follow this link for building a sundial.  Makes Cubs aware of the sun, latitude/longitude and time 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Design a Dream Catcher.  Describes how to design a native Ojibwa piece of art.  This is a wonderful Cub craft with lots of meaning 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)First Aid for Cubs.  The basic skills for Cubs to assist others in need 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Road Signs.  Learn common road signs for bicycle skills session.  Mix them up to in the form of a game 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Flyin' Planes - Build an airplane, have a distance contest, fly a hot air balloon new1.gif (159 bytes)
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CUB INTERESTS

woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Pack Humour.  Our collection from the net: How to build an Igloo, things that could happen at a KubKar rally and other stories…
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Top 10 List.  A humorous collection of the top ten items necessary for camping and hiking
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Cub Cheers and Yells.  Our collection from the net of yells the Cubs can recite
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Disney Jungle Book.  Words from the songs from this famous movie
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Mohawk Page.  Stories and poems from the Mohawk People 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Nanabush Page.  Stories of Nanabush, an Ojibwa legend 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Say Hello, Thank-you & Goodbye All Over the World.  Over 70 different ways to say these three important words 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Scouting Traditions.  Want to learn about a number of traditions in Scouting; The Scout Law, Promise, Woggles, Badges, Investing, Handshakes and more. 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Constellation and Star Legends.  Iroquois and Ojibwa stories about Orion, the Big Dipper and other celestial objects  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)In Flander's Fields...  Remembrance Day and Cubs. A powerful poem to remember the sacrifices our veterans made during the war 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Operation Lifesaver.  A program designed to make one aware of the care that should be taken around railway tracks.  Awareness by Cub Scouts to Operation Lifesaver is important for their safety and that of their friends, family and community
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Jungle Book Stories. Courtesy of www.scoutingresources.org.uk  

 

GAMES/ACTIVITIES

woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Cubs love to build Rockets. Since 1996 rocketry has been an annual event for the pack. Links to the National Association of Rocketry in the US and the Canadian Association of Rocketry describe in more detail the craft and dates of major events.
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Petanque.  A floor game that can be played by the pack with tennis balls. 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Bul.  The Mayan game of chance that can be adapted to be played by the Cubs
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Morse Code Game.  A game that can be played by the Pack, with a Baden-Powell twist
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Christmas Cub Songs.  Our collection of Cub Scout songs for Christmas 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Compass Game.  Have the Cubs start at a point in a field and using a compass and their paces, return to the same place (but don't tell them that).  This Excel 97 spreadsheet gives all the instructions and pacing directions for 12 different routes  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Water Games.  Games to play with the Cubs on the beach or at the pool 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Car Games.  Over twenty games to play in the car to keep the Cubs busy on the way camp 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Orienteering Game, Camp Tamaracouta.  A great game to play at this camp. A series of MS Word files contains all the materials 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Cub Six Feud.  A variation on the Family Feud game that you can play between Pack members  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Lacrosse.  Try this native American ball game with the Cubs  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Code Game.  Try this game to get the Cubs to understand codes.  MS Word format  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Messy Uniform Game.  Played at the beginning of the year to set inspection standards 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)How to Handle Bullies.  A game to play and a Pack discussion on Bullies 

 

NATURE

woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Wolf.  Describes the nature of this wonderful animal that our pack is based upon.  Wolf Poems.  Also a PC Desktop wallpaper of a wolf (131k)
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Common Loon.  A beautiful bird and a very dear friend of ours.  Listen to all four loon calls
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Beaver.  The industrious animal from which the Wolf Cub Scouting movement is based on
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Killer Whale.  A wonderful sea mammal that surprisingly hunts like a wolf.  Listen to its calls
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Animal Tracking.  Teach Cubs how to differentiate animal tracks. An excellent guide to tracking animals can be found at the Outdoor Action Guide to Nature Observation & Stalking web link 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Visit Montreal's Ecomuseum.  Located on the West Island of Montreal, this wildlife interpretation center has over 90 species of fish, frogs, salamanders, snakes, turtles, birds and mammals.  The birds include golden eagles, snowy owls and other raptors.  The mammals includes bears, caribou, lynx, wolves and foxes.  The centre as also a great place for sleepovers 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Visit the Macdonald Campus Farm.  Take the Cubs to visit the Agricultural Farm located on the MacDonald Campus of McGill University.  See cows being milked and the state of the art in the dairy industry.
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Understanding the Weather.  A primer for the Cubs on the basics of weather; rain, air pressure, clouds and wind 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Design a Weather Station.  A great Cub project.  Try to predict the weather with the information collected 

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CUB PACK ADMINISTRATION

woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Wolf Cub Promise, Law, Motto and Grand Howl.  Our Cubs are supposed to know the Wolf Cub Promise, Law, Motto and Grand Howl in both English and French 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Inspection Rules.  Suggestions for a point scheme whereby the Cubs and their Sixes can be graded
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Jungle Book Names.  A list (with pictures) of the Jungle Book names for Cub Pack members 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Cub Cheers and Yells.  Our collection from the net of yells the Cubs can recite
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Wolf Cub Uniform.  The badge locations on the Cub uniform  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Annual Home and Garden Product Sale Fax Order Form.  An example of our garden sale order form
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Planning Guide for a KubKar Challenge Event.  All the things you need to know to plan a KubKar meet 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Internet Cub Star, Badge and Award Pages. Badge descriptions are linked to internet references to assist Cubs and Leaders on ways to complete or assist in fulfilling badge requirements: All Stars Summary, The Natural World - Black Star Activities The Outdoors - Green Star Activities, Creative Expression - Tawny Star Activities, Health and Fitness - Red Star Activities, Home and Community - Blue Star Activities , Canada and the World - Purple Star Activities.  The Cub Badge requirements can also be found in Adobe PDF format at the 10th Sea Cubs website 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Get Hooked on the Net.  A page dedicated to how one can easily design a website for their pack 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Duties of a Sixer and Second.  A list of the responsibilities we see for these Cubs in our Pack 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Arundel Natural Science School, Arundel, Quebec.  A great place for a Cub Camp 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Quartermaster Stores List. An example of the list of items owned by the Baie D'Urfe Scouts 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Forms needed for Scouting - Scouts Canada (PDF format);  Camp Application, Physical Fitness, Parental Consent, Camp Safety Checklist
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Camp Checklist.  (MS Word Format) 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Gizzles.  Currency used in a fun way to reward Cubs for accomplishments (MS Powerpoint Format) 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Canadian Flag.  History, position in a circle, protocol, how to break a flag 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Cub Scout Leader Skills.  A list of activities and action items that are needed in the running of a Cub Pack 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Camp TamaracoutaMap of the camp located north of Montreal - the oldest Scout camp in the world 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Campfire Ashes.  Keep the Spirit of Scouting alive by performing a ceremony at your campfire, and keep the legacy alive for future camps.  Our ashes go back to 1933  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Cubs Own Examples.  Various statements you can make to the Pack about life 
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)How To Handle Challenging Cubs.  Strategies on how to handle Cubs who can disrupt meetings  
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)What to do on the First Pack Meeting.  The first letter we send to parents and Cubs explaining the Pack operation 

 

WEBSITE INFO

woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)A Brief History of the Town of Baie D'Urfe, Quebec, Canada, the town we live in with a brief summary of it's Scouting movement
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Our Picture Library.  Three web pages with graphics that can be used by others for their web sites; Scouting Animals, Crafts and Logos
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Web Site Table of ContentsAcknowledgments, and Technical References to this Web Site
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)The Mission of this Website
woodbullet.gif (174 bytes)Web Site Comments.  Various emails we have received on the website

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April 25, 2005