This outdoor walk can be done in any environment, it may be in an urban, suburban, or rural area. It may be a local park or neighborhood. It may be outside of your normal meeting location.
Before the meeting:
- Identify the area where you are going to take the walk. Ensure that the area is safe and identify any hazards to avoid.
- If the location is not your normal meeting place, give the address and directions to the families in your den.
- Remind Cub Scouts and adult partners to bring their Cub Scout Six Essentials with them and to wear appropriate footwear.
During the meeting:
- Check to see if everyone has their Cub Scout Six Essentials.
- Tell everyone the route that will be followed for the walk.
- Share any hazards that may be on the path and how to avoid them.
- Inform the den that during the walk adult partners are to identify something and give a clue to their Cub Scout as to what it is. For example, I see something purple. The Cub Scout guesses that it could be a purple flower that is on the path. Next, the adult partner should ask is it natural or manmade.
- Adult partners and Cub Scouts explore the outdoor space identifying the things they see as natural or manmade.
- When the walk is over ask Cub Scouts to draw, in the Tiger handbook on page 17, one thing they saw that one natural and one thing that was manmade.