Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

Before the meeting: 

1. ​​Determine where the outdoor walk will take place.  This can be in an urban, suburban, or rural setting.  This can be where your den typically meets.​ 
2. ​​Remind Cub Scouts to bring their ​Cub Scout Six Essentials​ ​     ​​​​ 
3. ​​Remind Cub Scouts to dress appropriately.​ 
4. Print ​Outdoor​ Scavenger Hunt card, one for each Cub Scout. 
5. If the walk is away from your regular meeting location:
   1. Gather copies of the Scouting America Annual Health and Medical Record on each participant (youth and adult)
   2. Review Annual Health and Medical Records for any restrictions that may impact participation

During the meeting: 

1. If the walk is away from your regular meeting location bring copies of the Scouting America Annual Health and Medical Record on each participant (youth and adult)
2. Remind Cub Scouts of the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace​ Principles for Kids​ they’ve learned. Cub Scouts will get to apply these principles while exploring nature. 
3. ​​Have ​Cub Scouts ​write down​ at least four different animals they might encounter during the walk on the reverse side of their sheet—whether wild or domestic. 
4. Take Cub Scouts on a walk in a previously​ determined outdoor area.​​​​​
5. ​​During the walk, Cub Scouts stay with their buddy and follow the leader.​​​ 
6. ​​During the walk, Cub Scouts work on their scavenger hunt.​ 
7. ​​At the end of the walk, ask ​ each Cub Scout ​to ​share about the four different animals they ​saw or could have seen ​during the walk.