Looking for a Bear Scout Advancement to bring excitement to your Cub Scout Meetings? Try our Bear Scout Forensics Advancement Agenda. Our scouts loved it!
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Looking for a Bear Scout Advancement to bring excitement to your Cub Scout Meetings? Try our Bear Scout Forensics Advancement Agenda. Our scouts loved it!
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Cub Scouting is all about adventure! To earn their rank badge, Bear Cub Scouts complete seven "adventures," which are collections of themed, multidisciplinary activities. They also complete safety exercises. Below, you'll find the exact requirements.
Looking for a Bear Scout Advancement to bring excitement to your Cub Scout Meetings? Try our Bear Scout Forensics Advancement Agenda. Our scouts loved it!
Forensics is a Bear Cub Scout elective adventure. Here, you'll find all of the requirements and some exciting ways to complete them.
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Forensics is one of the Bear elective adventures. For the Bear Forensics adventure, Cub Scouts learn about law enforcement methods which are used to solve crimes.
Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!
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Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Wow your students with this fun and engaging Arson Inquiry Lab- A Forensics Activity. Your students are going to love this one!
We invited a church member who happens to be a law enforcement officer to come and talk with the bears. He did an amazing job at covering Achievement 7. We did this achievement over 2 weeks. First the law officer covered the material and the second week we used what we learned and had a little fun. Requirement 7a: Practice one way police gather evidence: by taking fingerprints, or taking shoe-prints, or taking tire track casts. For Requirement 7a (above) I made them all sheets to take fingerprints on and a top secret file folder to hold them in. To make the file folder: Print on cardstock (I used tan cardstock): http://www.memorymakersmagazine.com/images/articles/filefolderalbum_template.pdf Then download this. Run your printed (not cut out) file folder through the printer. You want the stamp on the front of the folder. You may have to play with your printer to make sure it prints correctly. It should look like this: Cut out the file folder Score on the lines or fold carefully ~ accordion style. I just folded on the lines. My cardstock wasn't super thick which helped. Use double sided tape to adhere it together. It does have a tab on top, but I cut it out of the picture since it had a name on it. Then you are ready for something to go inside the folder. You could do this in their book, but not everyone has a book in my den and even if they did, what are the chances they ALL remember to bring them. I made these so you could just print them out on 3x5 index cards. I only had ones with lines so I just printed on the white side. I also wanted to have them so each boy could have their own fingerprints plus one set of every boy there. (I used this for the activity the next week). I also printed out some extra so I could have a copy of the boys' prints (one hand only). I told them that this one would be to practice on, but I really needed it for a game the following week. Download Fingerprint Form Here. The law enforcement officer gathered the boys around and spoke to them. (Covered Requirement 7b: Visit your local sheriff's office or police station or talk with a law enforcement officer visiting your den or pack to discuss crime prevention). He covered with them 7c: Help with crime prevention in your home. He went over what they should do to protect their home. He also covered 7f: Know what you can do to help law enforcement. He talked about 7d: Be sure where to get help in your neighborhood and 7e: Learn the phone numbers to use in an emergency and post them by each phone in your home. We had already filled out the forms to cover 7d & 7e. Next time I will do them ALL at the same time. It would be more fun done that way and you get more accomplished in only one meeting. To get the forms for requirement 7d and 7e click here. After he spoke with them we did the fingerprint activity. That was a lot of fun. (If there is a boy that isn't there, but normally is you probably want to make him a set of each boys fingerprints for the activity next week). Don't forget to bring ink to do the prints and baby wipes to clean off their fingers. I kept their top secret file folder with all the fingerprints in it for the following week. The highlight of the night was when the kids went outside and saw the police car! Week two: I made them detective notebooks (The picture I used for the cover is on the same document as the fingerprint form). I used one of those small notebooks that fit in your hand (maybe 3x5). Here is just a page of detectives if that will work better for you. I also purchased some magnifying glasses at the dollar store. I made them a file to keep all their gear in: the mini file folder full of fingerprints from the week before, the detective notebook I made them pictured above, a magnifying glass (above) and a pen. I had regular file folders, but wanted something with sides so I made my own accordion style file folders. First I took a regular file folder and creased it at the bottom on the last scored line (look at the bottom of your file folder, there are already scored lines to expand the folder): Now it has two creases in the bottom. It gives it a flat bottom instead of the normal fold. Then I took an extra file folder and cut it down the crease. Using a scoring blade on my paper cutter. I made it about every 1/4 inch (if I remember right - it may be a little smaller). It works best for folding if you flip the folder over with each score made (score on one side, flip, score on that side, flip, score on this side, etc). Then fold it back and forth accordion style. I scored it 7 times and on the 8th I cut it. I used double sided scrapbook tape &/or glue and adhered the accordion fold to the sides of my file folder. Now the folder has sides and the items wouldn't fall out of it. I was going to make them into briefcases, but just left them as folders. This is my son's. It is over a month old now and a little smashed up. Fingerprint Activity I took the extra set of fingerprints I made myself and cut them apart. I labeled the back with whom it belonged to (so you couldn't see it through the front) and numbered the front. I taped them to a wall in the room. They had to use their fingerprints they collected last week (and their magnifying glasses if they chose) to identify whom each fingerprint belonged to. Cookie Thief Activity The object of this station was to determine who had bitten from the cookie. Supplies: Cookies (I had one cookie for each boy) and Styrofoam plates. Take the Styrofoam plate and cut into 6 wedges. Stack two wedges on top of each other and cut off the tip (a fairly large triangle section). Have a boy bite onto the plate (not hard enough to bite through, but just hard enough to leave an impression of his teeth. Label the wedge with name and if it is the top or the bottom. Do this with each boy. Have each boy take a bite out of one cookie. Lay each cookie out with a number next to it. When they reach this station they are to identify who took a bite out of which cookie with the help of the Styrofoam plate indention of their bite. Give them clues to look for missing, crooked, or chipped teeth. Shoe Mold For this I made a plaster cast of a shoe print at home (similar to this, but with shoe prints instead of tire tracks) and then brought the plaster cast and a variety of shoes with me. I numbered each shoe. They had to identify which shoe made the print. I had them use their detective notebooks for the three stations. We had three scouts at this activity so for the fingerprints there were nine fingerprints to identify (I used 3 fingerprints ~ the best ones out of the 5 I had ~ from each boy). They numbered 1-9 in their notebook and wrote the name of who they thought each fingerprint belonged to next to the number. They did the same thing for the shoes and cookies. At the end we went over the answers to see how well they investigated the clues. Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to say (I'm typing this up with multiple interruptions from children, no wonder I normally do this after the kids are asleep). If you have any questions let me know.
This idea came from Jill Ball... thanks Jill! Bear Scouts Achievement 7a, Law Enforcement is a Big Job - Practice one way police gather evidence: taking fingerprints, taking shoe prints, or taking tire track casts. We started the activity with talking about the importance of helping our Law Enforcers by being good citizens and helping other. I gave each boy their own notebook and pencil. I then "swore" them in as "Honorary Akela Detectives". We started by fingerprinting each boy. I first had them wipe their hands with wet wipes and we used a stamp pad to finger print each boy in his note book. We then looked at the finger prints though a magnifying glass to try and determine the type of their finger prints (loops, whorls, etc). I then made up a fun finger print game for them to play. Ahead of time I took pictures of people from our neighborhood that each boy knew and would recognize, one of them was our Den Chief. I took two sets of finger prints from each person. I taped one set of prints along with their picture to a poster board along with the words, "Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?" On a second poster I taped the other set of prints with the location where they were found (ice cream carton, candy bar wrapper, etc with one being on the cookie jar). The boys then had to match up the finger prints to figure out who's matched with the cookie jar. I was a great activity and the boys loved it. After the activity, I also let them play around with making animals out of their fingerprints using the book Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book. They LOVED this activity!
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Xander aspires to be a spy someday. Months ago, he told me that he wanted a Spy Birthday party. Ben jumped on the bandwagon and helped make this birthday party something to remember. THE INVITATION Ben was the mastermind behind the creative invitations. We put the invitation in a manila envelope labeled, " Agent (and then the child's name)". On the backside, we put "TOP SECRET". Inside was a minature file folder labeled, "Top Secret" with papers in the file. When you opened it, it had the details of the birthday party, a satelite map of the location, and a DVD explaining the mission. The DVD. . . Here's what was on the DVD. THE SPY TEAM We had each of the family members help out during the party. They were great assets to the mission. Agent CJ-Code name, Elizabeth Agent Zoey-Code name, Peanuts Agent Mia-Code name, Mean Mia Agent Mom-Code name, Ragin' Asian' Agent Dad-Code name, Big DADDY B The day of his party arrived and Xander was thrilled as ever. I'll take you through all of our activites. SPY CHECK IN As the kids arrived, they checked in at the table. They had to be fingerprinted and they needed to come up with a code name. As we all know, a spy's real identification is vital to protect. SPY HEADQUARTERS After checking in, they were escorted inside the spy headquarters where they received instruction from, Commander X. Commander X told them that they needed to do some spy training in order to be prepared for their first mission. You can watch the video clip that the kids watched. SPY TRAINING The spys had to undergo intense training at the impossible obstacle course. They were timed for efficiency. The first thing they had to do was to put on a disguise, run around the cones, do 10 power jumps on the trampoline, throw tennis balls into the target can, scale over a table, jump over 3 boxes, hold a giant object while balancing on tiles, and finally sliding down the slide. THE MISSION After completing the spy training, they received further information from Commander X. THE LAZER Each agent had to pass through the deadly lazer zone. Once everyone had completed the task, they received their first clue, which was a fingerprint. THE NEXT TASK The kids brought back the clue and Agent Dad talked and interacted with Commander X. He helped scan the fingerprint. While the fingerprint was scanning, they received instruction for the next task. LOCATE AND DEACTIVATE THE REAL BOMB The warehouse held the next clue. Inside, it was filled with decoy bombs. Their task was to locate the real bomb and to deactivate it safely away from civilians. All Agent Dad told them was that one of the bombs was different than the others. He didn't tell them how it was different. Once they located the real bomb (a black balloon filled with red star confetti), they had to safely deactivate it. The other agents loved that it was filled with red stars and collected them, which was great because it was less clean up for me! They received their next clue which was a footprint. THE LAST TASK They brought the footprint back and Commander X. Agent Dad and Commander X talked back and forth once again. Agent Dad told them that they needed to break into the vault and find the secret message and code. THE VAULT I just used the idea of the punch board, where there is a plastic cup that you stick through the hole that has tissue paper on the top. The kids had to break through the vault to find the secret code and message. After finding it, they had to break the code. The message read, "The bad guy is in the room." When the kids read that, they started looking at each other, trying to figure out who it was! AND THE BAD GUY IS. . . The agents came back and found out who the bad guy was. They also received instruction where they had to use the truth serum to get the bad guy to tell them where he hid the secret stuff. INTERROGATION TOOLS Ben has a poker set that comes in this very cool case, we emptied it out and filled it with. . . Truth Serum (aka Silly String)! THE BAD GUY IS GOING DOWN! After handcuffing Agent Dad, the rogue agent. They got their truth serum ready to work its magic! They showed no mercy! They got Agent Dad to talk and he told them where he hid the secret stuff. THE SECRET STUFF. . All the agents received a spy bag with their name on it. Inside were spy gadgets like handcuffs, black sunglasses (because that is why spys wear), and candy. THE INCREDIBLE SPY TEAM With the mission accomplished, it was time to eat! We feed them lunch and then sang, "Happy Birthday" to Agent Xander. I made cupcakes with a magnifying glass on top that they could take home. We had such a great time with all of the agents! They were super fun and Xander had a blast solving the case with all of his friends! THE REAL THING Xander got some spy gear for his birthday and now, he is the real thing! We didn't have his party on his actual birthday. This is what agent Xander looked like on his birthday. He wanted to make a treat for his birthday and it ended up being a jack o lantern. We stuck candles in it and it was his "cake". This boy loves Halloween-runs in the family I guess! He loves his Hulk pjs so much that when he is in them, he growls like the hulk and talks in a deep voice. Ben found him still up past his bedtime and told him to go to sleep. In a deep voice Xander says, "HULK GOES TO BED AT NINE!" I love this boy and can't believe he is going to first grade! Watch out world, here comes Xander the Hulk, or I mean Xander the spy! Whatever he decides, he'll be great at it!
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Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
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Eli's last requirement for achieving his Bear Badge in Cub Scouts was to make a cast of his footprint. He wanted to pour some plaster of paris into a box and step into it leaving a foot indentation. I had grander plans. This is actually something we have done a couple times before. I think I read about how to do it on the Family Fun website, but it has been so many years that I can't quite remember. All you need is some plaster of paris, water, a container, something to stir with, and some sand. Plaster of Paris is actually pretty cheep. I think this 25 lb bag (way bigger than you need) was like $7. I bought this at Home Depot a few years back. They sell smaller amounts, but I am sort of a plaster of paris junky. You will see what I mean when you start messing with it yourself. You can also get a nice, small box from Joanns, Hobby Lobby, or Micheals if you would rather go there. *Bonus* then you can use a coupon! I poured 4 cups of the plaster of paris powder into our Kool-aid pitcher. I don't think the PofP (plaster of paris) is food-grade so don't tell Scott. He is finicky about things like that :0) I added 2 cups of water. You don't want to add the water until you are ready to pour. I am sure this is thicker than they say on the bag-didn't read it myself...this time-but it will set faster if you mix it thicker. After all, isn't speed the most important thing when crafting with kids!?! Once you pour the water in, mix it up. I realized later I was probably not supposed to wisk it. If you really beat the stuff you will make bubbles in the mix that will still be there when it hardens. It didn't seem to be a problem, but noted for future reference :0) We just used our sandbox sand. I think the original idea was to do at the beach with that nice fine-grain sand. We did this technique on the beach at the lake (northern Wisconsin) on our family trip one year. That sand was really more like rocks and the footprints turned out GREAT!!! Back to the here and now...our sand box...get it wet. Not soaked, but wet enough that your foot can make an impression in the sand and that impression stays there. This is actually the point where I add the water and stir. Pour your Plaster of Paris into the impressions. Now wait. It is really only 15 minutes or so. What do you do with the leftovers? Grab those candy molds you bought but never used and fill 'em up! Did you know that molded PofP works GREAT as sidewalk chalk!?! How cool is that! Making your own shaped sidewalk chalk! You can even add food coloring when it is wet. When you pull the plaster of paris out of the sand it will be covered. Grab your hose... and rinse! Most of the sand comes off, but some stays imprinted into the footprint. How cute is that!?! What does Grandma need more than a collection of tiny footprints through her garden? I have my kids footprints we made that year up north still to this day! The littlest foot in this picture wasn't even made yet :0) I love to see them as I walk up to the front door. Oh yeah! That is how you make a cub scout foot imprint :0) And check out those left overs!!! Emmalee has been on a painting kick lately (has nothing to do with all of mommy's painting orders, right?) and these make a lovely, cheep way to keep her busy. You can squish a magnet in the plaster of paris before it sets and use them as fridge magnets when they are all painted. You can also throw gems or colored rocks into the mold first, then pour the plaster of paris for a blinged-out version! Have fun. It is like potato chips- You can't do just one!!
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Fingerprints make us unique from one another. This make the use of fingerprints a helpful tool for identification purposes. Explaining fingerprints to children is a fun experience in which the child can learn about why fingerprints exist, how the print is left and a little bit about how fingerprints are used in the ...
Join us on our Daisy Girl Scout journey as we plan a meeting for each petal. We are sharing our tips for Mari's petal: Responsible for What I Say and Do.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Join us on our Junior journey as we explore the AMUSE Junior Journey for Girl Scouts. Our guide is packed full of tips and plans to complete this journey in a day or in multiple meetings for your girls.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
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Today on the blog, I'm sharing my tips for hosting a mock crime scene in Forensics. Your students are going to love this murder mystery!
I'm going to post what I did for the entire Achievement 4 (Requirements a-c). We only meet for an hour once a week so I had to take two weeks to get it all covered. If you meet for a longer period of time you can cover it all. The best part is that it includes a game so you get a several things accomplished and have fun too. Tell in your own words what folklore is. List some folklore stories, folk songs, or historical legends from your own state or part of the country. Play the Folklore Match Game in the handbook. Name at least five stories about American folklore. Point out on a United States map where they happened. Read two folklore stories and tell your favorite one to your den. First we talked about what folklore is. Then we read all of the summaries in the book. This is basically the answers to the Match Game in the book. I brought copies of the Match Game just in case someone didn't have their book (which is every time). We went over the match game together. Once they were familiar with it we played memory. On one card is a name and they have to find the description of that name in order to have a match. I printed the cards off onto colored card-stock so the print wouldn't go through and then I laminated them for durability (not required). The kids loved the game. Keep the matching game you just filled out handy in case you forget who did what! I can't take the credit for creating this one. I found it at Strong Armor. The only problem was that it didn't print quite right for me. I emailed her and she sent it to me via email. I asked her if I could share it with you and she agreed. To Download the matching game click here. I then printed 5 different folklore stories from http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/tall-tales/ You can print your own or use the ones I did by downloading them here. I also printed a map of the United States to bring in so we could locate where each folklore originated. We read the titles of each. The boys each took turns reading two of them to themselves. They each selected their favorite and summarized it for the group and showed us on the map were their story happened. We had fun and it covered the entire Bear Achievement 4!
Check out this easy forensics fingerprint activity! Using pencil graphite makes it less messy for the kids. It's perfect for the Bear elective, Forensics.
Cub Scouting is all about adventure! To earn their rank badge, Bear Cub Scouts complete seven "adventures," which are collections of themed, multidisciplinary activities. They also complete safety exercises. Below, you'll find the exact requirements.
