Webelos Rank
The six required Webelos Adventures and their requirements, Bobcat first, then the seventeen electives under one choice that keeps only the ones your Webelos is doing.
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Stage 1 of 5
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A Webelos year: fourth grade Milestone
Webelos is the rank for youth who have finished third grade or are 9. From here on, each Adventure earns a pin rather than a belt loop.
Stage 2 of 5
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Work to the Adventures as they stand this program year Document
Cub Scout Adventures are republished from time to time. Changes take effect at the start of the next program year, which begins June 1, unless a change says otherwise.
Usually comes after A Webelos year: fourth grade.
Cub Scout Adventures are revised from time to time. Guide to Advancement 4.0.0.1 says a change to a badge of rank or an Adventure takes effect at the start of the next program year unless it says otherwise, and 4.1.0.1 puts the start of the program year at June 1. This page records the date its copy of each Adventure page was read. Check the Adventure page before relying on this one.
Stage 3 of 5
2 steps
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Bobcat Webelos Requirement
The first required Adventure: the den, the Scout Oath and Law, a den Code of Conduct, the denner, the sign, salute and handshake, and a parent's booklet done at home.
Usually comes after Work to the Adventures as they stand this program year.
7 parts
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Requirement 7. The Parent's Guide, at home Often forgotten This one is done at home, not at a den meeting: a parent or legal guardian works through the booklet "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide" with the Cub Scout. It is the Bobcat requirement most often still open at the end of the year.
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Any two elective Adventures Decision
Two of the seventeen, chosen by the family and den, and more if you like. Some need a campout, water, an outing or the summer months.
Usually comes after Work to the Adventures as they stand this program year.
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Aquanaut Optional May not apply The page requires swimming to be supervised by a responsible adult aged 21 or older who is trained in Safe Swim Defense. Adults supervising should complete the Safe Swim Defense course on my.scouting before the swim.
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Requirement 4. Build it Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 3. Choose a carpentry project.
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Requirement 2. Plan with the SAFE Checklist Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Plan the fishing trip.
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Requirement 4. Equipment list Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Plan the fishing trip.
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Requirement 5. The right knot Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Plan the fishing trip.
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Requirement 6. Rod and tackle Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Plan the fishing trip.
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Requirement 7. Fish for an hour or more Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Plan the fishing trip.
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Requirement 3. What makes a species threatened or endangered Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 2. Pick a threatened or endangered animal.
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Requirement 4. Why your animal is at risk Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 2. Pick a threatened or endangered animal.
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Requirement 5. What is being done to protect it Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 2. Pick a threatened or endangered animal.
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Requirement 7. A teepee fire lay Optional May not apply Light the fire only if circumstances permit and there is no local restriction on fires, and only under adult supervision. Building the fire lay is the requirement; lighting it depends on where you are.
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Requirement 9. Share how you followed them Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Plan and go on a campout.
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Requirement 3. Write instructions for your model Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 2. Build a model, no instructions.
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Requirement 4. Someone else builds it Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 3. Write instructions for your model.
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Requirement 5. A second, different model Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 2. Build a model, no instructions.
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Paddle Onward Optional May not apply Requirement 1 is passing the Scouting America swimmer test before attempting requirements 5 to 9. The page requires supervision by an adult 21 or older trained in Safety Afloat, at least one leader trained in first aid including CPR, and a properly fitted U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket on everyone on the water.
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Requirement 5. Jump in and swim in a life jacket Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Pass the swimmer test first.
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Requirement 6. Getting in and out of the craft Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Pass the swimmer test first and Requirement 2. Pick your paddle craft.
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Requirement 7. If you tip over or fall off Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Pass the swimmer test first.
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Requirement 8. The right paddle, and how the craft responds Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Pass the swimmer test first and Requirement 2. Pick your paddle craft.
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Requirement 9. Thirty minutes or more of paddling Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Pass the swimmer test first and Requirement 2. Pick your paddle craft.
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Requirement 2. Learn the race rules Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Build a car or a boat.
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Requirement 3. Friction Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 1. Build a car or a boat.
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Requirement 5. Race Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 4. Plan your sportsmanship.
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Summertime Fun Webelos Optional May not apply The three Cub Scout activities must fall between May and August. Outside those months this elective cannot be worked on.
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Requirement 4. Take the trek Optional May not apply Usually comes after Requirement 3. Plan a two-mile trek online.
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Stage 4 of 5
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Stronger, Faster, Higher Requirement
A balanced meal, exercise with others and alone, rest, and a look at your health form with a parent.
The Stronger, Faster, Higher page says Cub Scouts need to have completed the Chef's Knife Adventure before using a knife. If the balanced meal in requirement 1 involves knife work, plan Chef's Knife first. It is an elective, so it can be one of the two.
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My Safety Requirement
Staying safe: the Protect Yourself Rules, hazardous items at home, a safe home, and natural events.
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My Family Requirement
Family and faith. Earned by its four requirements, or by a religious emblem of the family's choosing.
5 parts
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My Community Requirement
Citizenship: kinds of voting, an elected official, a federal law's history, and a service project.
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Webelos Walkabout Requirement
A two-mile walk: prepared, routed, checked against the forecast and the SAFE Checklist, walked, and reviewed.
7 parts
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Requirement 3. Check the forecast Usually comes after Requirement 2. Plan the route.
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Requirement 6. Walk the two miles Usually comes after Requirement 1. Get ready for a two-mile walk and Requirement 2. Plan the route.
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Requirement 7. Look back on the walk Usually comes after Requirement 6. Walk the two miles.
Stage 5 of 5
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Webelos badge of rank, at the next pack meeting Milestone
Once all six required Adventures and two electives are done, the badge is presented at the next pack meeting. Adventure pins are given out as soon as each is earned.
Usually comes after Bobcat Webelos, Stronger, Faster, Higher and 5 others.
This plan is a planning aid: the current Boy Scouts of America publication is always the authority, and the sources used here are listed in full. Each step names its own.