What Are The Cub Scout Tiger Requirements? (2024)
What Are The Cub Scouts Tiger Requirements? (2024)
As of June 2024 Cub Scouts is offering 6 required adventures and 17 elective adventures to choose from. To earn the Tiger Rank scouts will need to complete all 6 required adventures and they can pick any 2 from the elective adventures offered.
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Tiger Cub Scout - Required Adventures
The following 6 Adventures are required for a Tiger Scout to receive their Tiger badge. You can click the link to see all of the requirements for each adventure. For all the details of each adventure the Tiger Scout Handook will be very helpful. If you would like to have a bit of cheat sheet for all the requirements we have a printable Quick Overview that is a great addition to your Cub Scout Binder.
- Get to know the members of your den.
- Recite the scout oath with your den, including your tiger adult partner.
- Have your Tiger AP or den leader read the scout law to you. demonstrate your understanding of being trustworthy, helpful, or friendly.
- demonstrate the cub scout sign, salute, & handshake. show how each is used.
- Share with your Tiger AP, a time when you have demonstrated the Cub Scout motto, “Do Your Best.”
- At home with a parent or legal guardian, do the activities in the booklet “How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide.”
- Identify the Cub Scout 6 Essentials. Show what you do with each item.
- With your Tiger ap or den leader, learn about the outdoor code
- With your den, pack, or family, take a walk outside spending at least 20 minutes exploring the outdoors with your Cub Scout 6 essentials. While outside, identify things that you see with your Tiger AP that are natural Vs. Manmade.
- Identify common animals that are found where you live. learn which of these animals is domesticated & which animal is wild. draw a picture of your favorite animal.
- Look for a tree where you live. Describe how this tree is helpful
- Play a game with your den or family members that has a set of rules. Discuss why Rules are important to the game you are playing.
- With your tiger adult partner, choose a job that will help your team. Follow through by doing it at least once.
- Play a game that requires at least 2 teams with your den, or 2 family members. Afterward, discuss what it means to be part of a team & what makes a good team member.
- Participate in a service project.
- Identify the 5 Food Groups.
- Practice hand washing. Point out when you should wash your hands.
- Be active for 30 minutes.
- Practice methods that help you sleep.
- With your parent or legal guardian talk about your family’s faith traditions. Identify 3 holidays or celebrations that are part of your family’s faith traditions. Draw a picture of your favorite family’s faith tradition holiday or celebration.
- With your family, attend a religious service or other gathering that shows how your family expresses reverence.
- Carry out an act of kindness.
- With permission from your parent or legal guardian, watch the Protect Yourself Rules video for the tiger rank.
- With your tiger adult partner, demonstrate shout, run, tell as seen in the video.
- With your tiger Adult partner, demonstrate how to access emergency services.
- With your Tiger Adult Partner, demonstrate you know what to do if you get lost or separated.
Tiger Cub Scouts Elective Adventures
The following 13 Adventures are the electives available for Tiger Scouts. Only 2 of the adventures need to be completed to earn the Tiger Rank. All of the adventures are broken down with great information in the Tiger Scout Handbook.
- discover the difference between renewable natural resources & nonrenewable natural resources.
- Learn about the 3 R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle.
- Discover what happens to the garbage in your community.
- Participate in a conservation project.
- Learn a magic trick. Practice the trick. Share the trick with your den or family members.
- Demonstrate how a magic trick works for your den, family, or Tiger AP.
- Write your name using a secret code you created.
- Write a message with the code. Challenge your den, family, or Tiger Adult Partner to read your coded message.
- Think of something you would like to build. Draw a picture of what the final project should look like.
- Using your drawing as a guide. build the project.
- When completed, discuss with your tiger ap what could be done to improve your project.
- Make the improvements to your project.
- Make a drawing of your final project.
- with your den or tiger Adult Partner (AP), identify the body of water where you will go fishing.
- With your Tiger AP, learn the rules of fishing safely.
- Draw a picture of the type of fish you think lives in the water where you are going fishing.
- Go fishing with your tiger AP.
- Identify 5 different types of boats.
- Identify 5 things that float and 5 things that don’t float.
- Build or create a model boat & float it on the water. This can be made from recycled materials or other items.
- Discuss with your den or AP what it means to have courteous behavior, & how a knight behaves. Tell another tiger which points of the Scout Law help you to have the same knightly behavior.
- Create a shield that can be for your den or a personal shield.
- Using recycled & other materials, design & build a small castle in your den or at home.
- Do a Good Turn.
- Learn about the buddy system and how it works in the outdoors.
- before going on an overnight campout, discover what type of weather is expected & what types of clothes you should wear.
- Pack up your cub scout 6 essentials for the campout.
- learn a camping skill.
- Attend a council or district cub scout overnight camp or attend a campout with your pack.
- Learn about the buddy system and how it works in the outdoors.
- before going on an overnight campout, discover what type of weather is expected & what types of clothes you should wear.
- Pack up your cub scout 6 essentials for the campout.
- learn a camping skill.
- Attend a council or district cub scout overnight camp or attend a campout with your pack.
- Learn the ABC’s of bike gear (air, brakes, chain)
- With your den or Tiger AP, learn about the safety gear you should use while riding a bicycle. Show how to properly wear a bicycle helmet.
- With your den or tiger Ap, Learn the safety rules to follow while riding a bicycle.
- With your den or Adult AP, Demonstrate proper hand signals.
- With your den or Adult ap, Ride a bike, or begin to learn how to ride a bike.
- Memorize your address. recite it to your Tiger Adult Partner or den leader.
- Memorize an emergency contact’s phone number. Recite it to your Tiger adult partner or den leader.
- Show you can “Stop, Drop, and Roll.”
- With your Tiger Ap, make a fire escape map of your home or den meeting place. Include your outside meet-up spot. Practice the escape route you would take.
- With Your Tiger AP Find the smoke detectors in your home or den meeting place. Confirm that they are working properly.
- With your tiger ap or den leader, learn why matches & lighters are only for adults.
- Visit an emergency responder station, or have an emergency responder visit your den.
- Observe the night sky with your den or Tiger Adult partner. Talk about the items you see or might see.
- Look at distant objects through a telescope, binoculars, or camera. Show how to focus the device you choose.
- Observe in the sky or select from a book, chart, computer, or electronic device 2 constellations that are easy to see in the night sky. With your den or tiger AP, find out the constellation name & how to identify them. Create a picture of one of these constellations.
- Create a homemade model of a constellation.
- Explore art in your community.
- Look closely at art or a picture of art with your tiger ap or den leader. Decide what you like about the art, & share your ideas with your den, family, or Tiger adult partner.
- Create a piece of art using shapes.
- Learn how to spell your name in braille and sign language.
- During the months May- August participate in a total of 3 cub scout activities.
- Discover technology around your home, meeting place, or neighborhood.
- Discover ways that digital technology can make your life easier.
- Identify an item of digital technology you use at home. Demonstrate to your adult partner how you use it safely.
- With your parent or legal guardian set up a policy for using digital devices.
- Play at least two different games by yourself; one may be a video game.
- Play a board game or another inside game with 1 or more members of your den.
- With other members of your den, invent a game, OR change the rules of a game you know, and play the game.
- Play a team game with your den or family.
- Play an active game with your den. Share with your Tiger AP or den leader why you like this game.
- Play a relay game with your den. Share with your Tiger AP or den leader why you like this game.
- Discuss what it means to be a good sport in a game with your tiger adult partner or other tigers.
- attend a sporting event.
- Learn about the swimming safety rules you need to follow.
- Demonstrate how to enter the swimming area safely.
- With your Tiger Adult Partner as your Buddy, be active in water depths matching your ability for 20 minutes.
- Place your face in water & blow bubbles.
- Demonstrate a flutter kick.
- Demonstrate how to exit the swimming area safely.
- With your ap, identify & wear the appropriate safety gear.
- with your ap, recite the archery range safety rules & whistle commands.
- with your ap, demonstrate proper range commands.
- with your ap, identify the main parts of your shooting equipment & How to properly use them.
- With your ap, demonstrate proper stance & shooting techniques.
- Shoot 3 arrows at a target. repeat & do your best to improve your score. Shoot at least 6 arrows.
- Demonstrate how to safely retrieve your arrows.
- Discuss how to put away & properly store your archery shooting equipment after use.
- With your ap, explain what you should do if you find a gun. Recite the 4 safety reminders.
- with your ap, Identify and wear the appropriate safety gear.
- with your ap, demonstrate proper range commands.
- with your ap, show how to use the safety mechanism.
- With your ap, demonstrate how to properly load, fire, & secure your bb gun.
- with your ap, demonstrate one of the positions for shooting a bb gun.
- fire 5 bb’s at the target. With the help of your ap score your target. Repeat and do your best to improve your score. Fire at least 10 bb’s.
- Discuss how to put away & properly store your bb gun & shooting equipment after use.
- With your AP, identify & wear the appropriate safety gear.
- with your AP, recite the archery range safety rules for using a slingshot.
- with your AP, demonstrate proper range commands.
- with your AP, identify the main parts of your slingshot & their usage.
- With your AP, discover the types of ammunition that may be used & not used.
- Shoot 3 shots at a target. repeat & do your best to improve your score. Shoot at least 6 shots.
- Discuss how to put away & properly store your slingshot & shooting equipment after use.
