Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Into the Wild

Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Into the Wild

Do six from requirements 1 through 9.

1. Collect and care for an "insect, amphibian, or reptile zoo." You might have crickets, ants, grasshoppers, a lizard, or a toad. Study them for a while and then let them go. Share your experience with your Webelos den.
1. If I buy stuff for this it will quickly get out of hand, 
2. I think we'll pick up pill bugs on our nature hike, or something similar, ganddaddy long legs, cricket, whatever we see.
1. Keep them in Clear Solos cups covered with plastic wrap held on with a rubber band 
2. Or in a ziplock baggie inflated with a breath of air
   
   
2. Set up an aquarium or terrarium. Keep it for at least a month. Share your experience with your Webelos den by showing them photos or drawings of your project or by having them visit to see your project.
1. This kind of thing you have to let the family do, I'd skip this one
 
 
3. Watch for birds in your yard, neighborhood, or town for one week. Identify the birds you see, and write down where and when you saw them.
1. For this I'll re use the bird handouts from the Bear Nature hike
2. like these, but find them from you area
4. Learn about the bird flyways closest to your home. Find out which birds use these flyways.
1. Here is a nice map, not a lot of detail
2. This one explains it better, but doesn't have nice pictures
5. Watch at least four wild creatures (reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, fish, insects, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard, or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing.
1. Use the worksheet for this
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6. Identify an insect, reptile, bird, or wild animal that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it survives in your area.
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7. Give examples of at least two of the following:
   1. A producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food chain of an ecosystem
   2. One way humans have changed the balance of nature
   3. How you can help protect the balance of nature
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8. Learn about aquatic ecosystems and wetlands in your area. Talk with your Webelos den leader or family about the important role aquatic ecosystems and wetlands play in supporting life cycles of wildlife and humans, and list three ways you can help.
1. Texas Aquatic Ecosystem
2. Just google '<your state> aquatic ecosystems kids', to find local info.
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9. Do ONE of the following:
   1. Visit a museum of natural history, a nature center, or a zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.
   2. Create a video of a wild creature doing something interesting, and share it with your family and den.

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