Cub Scout Map and Compass

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Map and Compass
Belt Loop and Pin
Map and Compass Academics Belt Loop
Image:a-Map.gif
Map and Compass Academics Pin
(line drawing, actual pins are color)
Cub Scout Map and Compass is an option for the Webelos Traveler Activity Badge

and helps prepare Scouts for the Boy Scout Orienteering Merit Badge.

The Cub Scout Map and Compass belt loop and pin are a part of the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program. Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts may earn this award in a Family, Den, Pack, school, or community setting. Tiger Cubs must be always accompanied by their Adult partner.


Contents

Belt Loop Requirements

Complete these three requirements:

  1. Show how to orient a map. Find three landmarks on the map
  2. Explain how a compass works.
  3. Draw a map of your neighborhood. Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that you often visit.

Academics Pin Requirements

Earn the Map and Compass belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

  1. Define cartography.
  2. Make a poster showing 10 map symbols and their meaning.
  3. Read a book or story about a famous explorer or navigator. Tell your den or family what you learned.
  4. Make a simple compass with a magnet and pin.
  5. Explain the difference between latitude and longitude and show them on a map or globe.
  6. Draw a compass rose for a map. Label north, south, east, and west.
  7. Study a blank map of the United States of America. Label your state, and the states that share its boundary lines.
  8. In the field, show how to take a compass bearing and how to follow it.
  9. Show how to measure distances, using a scale on a map legend.
  10. Measure your pace. Then layout a simple compass course for your den to try.
  11. Using a road map, determine how many miles it is between two major cities or familiar destinations.
  12. Explain what the different map colors can mean on a map.


The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program Guide, 2003 Edition (BSA Supply No. 34299)


Help with these requirements

Worksheet A FREE workbook for Cub Scout Map and Compass is available here! Adobe Acrobat PDF
with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need!
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Webelos workbooks, and Cub Scout workbooks.

Notes

  1. Earning the Cub Scout Map and Compass Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is requirement 13 of the Webelos Traveler Activity Badge.
  2. Details on earning a Cub Scout Sports or Academic pin or belt loop multiple times

Related achievements, electives, or other awards

Tiger Cub Scout
  • Achievement 2F could be met while completing Cub Scout Map and Compass Belt Loop requirement 3
Wolf Cub Scout
Wolf Electives
  • Elective 12f. could be met while completing Cub Scout Map and Compass Pin requirement 2
Bear Cub Scout
Bear Electives
  • Elective 23d. could be partially met while completing Cub Scout Map and Compass Belt Loop requirement 3
Webelos Scout
  • Traveler Activity Badge requirement 13. (earn the Cub Scout Map and Compass Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program
  • Cub Scout Geography Belt Loop requirement 1 could be met while completing Cub Scout Map and Compass Belt Loop requirement 3
Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program (Belt Loops and Pins)   (Worksheets)
Academics
Art · Astronomy · Chess · Citizenship · Collecting · Communicating · Computers · Disability Awareness · Geography · Family Travel · Geology · Good Manners · Heritages · Language and Culture · Map and Compass · Mathematics · Music · Nutrition · Pet Care · Photography · Reading and Writing · Science · Video Games · Weather · Wildlife Conservation
Sports
Archery · Badminton · Baseball · Basketball · BB-Gun Shooting · Bicycling · Bowling · Fishing · Flag Football · Golf · Gymnastics · Hiking · Hockey · Horseback Riding · Ice Skating · Kickball · Marbles · Physical Fitness · Roller Skating · Skateboarding · Snow Ski and Board Sports · Soccer · Softball · Swimming · Table Tennis · Tennis · Ultimate · Volleyball

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