Resources and Links

Project Wet activities:
Amazeing Water, p 219
Capture, Store and Release, p 133
Drop in the Bucket, p 238
Life in the Fast Lane, p 79
Stream Sense, p 191
Rainy Day Hike, p 186
Macroinvertebrate Mayhem, p 99
Water Address, p 122

Project Wild activities:
Specific aquatic activities are listed on p 428 of the manual.

A2
Sufficient natural habitat exists to support native species.
Explore a local natural area.
Discover some of the local native species of plants and animals and their habitat needs.
Demonstrate knowledge of some contrasting natural habitats.

Supporting resources:

Cub Scout Jumpstart: Nature and Ecosystems

Project Wet

Hinterland Who's Who
http://www.hww.ca/hww.asp?id=5&pid=0 (lesson plans)

WSEA activity:
Sense Nature http://www.scout.org/en/about_scouting/the_youth_programme/environment/environment_programme/activities

Cub Scout Observer Badge

NatureWatch programs (has badge fulfillment guide)
http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/naturewatch.html

Robert Bateman's "Get To Know" program
http://www.gettoknow.ca/en/lessons/

Project Wild activities:
What’s That, Habitat?, p 36
Habitat Lap Sit, p 28
Designing a Habitat, p 70
Oh Deer!, p 206
Shrinking Habitat, p 289
Who Lives Here?, p 220
Urban Nature Search, p 127

Project Wet activities:
Salt Marsh Players, p 99

A3
The risk of harmful substances to people and the environment are minimized.
Be aware of harmful substances in the local environment.
Explain ways to reduce the risk of harmful substances to people, plants, and animals.

Supporting resources:

WSEA activity:
Catch the Carbon Dioxide http://www.scout.org/en/about_scouting/the_youth_programme/environment/environment_programme/activities

Non-point-source-pollution model
www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/EN/IPM/index.shtml

Scouts Climate Change Challenge
http://www.scouts.ca/dnn/ProgramResources/PackageResources/ClimateChange/tabid/253/Default.aspx

EPA Recycle City
www.epa.gov/recyclecity/

Project Wet activities:
Amazeing Water, p 219
Rainy Day Hike, p 186
Water Match, p 50

A4
The most suitable environmental practices are used.
Show awareness of how our actions affect the environment and alternative ways to make a smaller impact.

Supporting resources:

WSEA activity:
What Have I Done Today? http://www.scout.org/en/about_scouting/the_youth_programme/environment/environment_programme/activities

Leave No Trace
www.leavenotrace.ca

A Leader's Guide to Teaching & Learning Leave No Trace (Whitfield/Thomson)
http://www.scouts.ca/media//documents/LNT_ScoutsBooklet_2008.pdf

Project Wild
Ethi-thinking, p 329 -- also in Ecosystem Jumpstart

Scouts Canada Leave No Trace
www.scouts.ca/dnn/ProgramResources/Outdoors/LeaveNoTrace/tabid/277/Default.aspx

Eartheasy
http://eartheasy.com/homepage.htm

Project Wild
What Did Your Lunch Cost Wildlife? P 335

A5
People are prepared to respond to environmental hazards and natural disasters.
Be able to recognize different types of environmental hazards and natural disasters.
Demonstrate how to be prepared and react to environmental hazards and natural disasters in the local area.

Supporting resources:

WSEA activity:
What Disaster Am I? http://www.scout.org/en/about_scouting/the_youth_programme/environment/environment_programme/activities

Emergency Preparedness Award requirements
http://www.scouts.ca/dnn/ProgramResources/PackageResources/EmergencyPreparedness/tabid/299/Default.aspx

AdventureSmart
www.adventuresmart.ca/

Wilderness First Aid

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Disaster Preparedness

Provincial/Territorial Emergency Organizations

B1
Environmental project that relates to the previous learning and local environment.
Participate in a local environmental project.
Understand the benefits to the local environment of the project.
Be aware of the local to global link of the project.
Get outdoors in your community *

Supporting resources:

YellowFish Road
Storm drain marking program
http://www.yellowfishroad.org/

Earth Day activities (April 23)
http://www.earthday.ca/pub/index.php

Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/

Reading Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax"

Project Wild
Can Do!, p 345

Scoutrees
http://www.scouts.ca/dnn/ProgramResources/Scoutrees/tabid/751/Default.aspx

Pitch-In Canada
http://www.pitch-in.ca/

Naturescaping
http://www.naturescaping.org/index.php