The following special badges are detailed here.

Landcare Badge

Waterwise Badge

Faith Awareness Badge

World Conservation Badge

Local History Badge

Cub Scout Leadership Badge

 For other badges please refer to the Yellow Cub Scout Record Book and the InfoBook 2006.

Landcare Badge

Requirements

Participate in a Landcare project for a period of at least eight hours over a six-month period, either through their local Scout Land care group or as part of a community
Land care group.

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Waterwise Badge

To Become a Waterwise Cub Scout

Complete any six of the following “Waterwise” activities. These may be done as a Pack, a small group or individually.  If you do them individually, you need to report, in any form you choose, to your Pack on what you have learnt.

Discovery

Conduct simple experiments to show your understanding of two of the following: capillary action, surface tension, the density of salt water, how oil floats on water, how a submarine works or similar.

Conservation

Use a water meter to find out how much water your family uses in a week.  Discuss with your family how you could reduce this amount.

Design and make a fridge magnet to display a water saving message to your family.

Protecting Our Wetlands

Find out how the things we put down our drains effect our rivers, streams and wetlands.

Design a poster to show what we can do to help protect our wetlands OR
make an environmentally friendly cleaning kit using everyday items such as vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, lemon juice etc.  Include instructions on how to use these products.

Health

Water is vital to our health.  Find out what happens to our bodies if we don’t have enough water or if our water not clean. Tell your Six or Pack what you learnt.

Water and the Natural Environment

Choose a way to show that you understand the water cycle and the three forms water can take: solid, liquid and gas.

Community

Perform a community service such as helping to re-establish a wetland, planting low water-use shrubs or similar. Contact an environmental group to see what you can do to help your community.

Global Community

1.1 Billion people in the world do not have access to clean water.  List six countries where there is not enough clean water and the names of two groups helping these countries. Find out if there is anything your family or your Pack can do to help.

Games

With your Pack participate in a quiz or wide game with a water theme.

Expedition

With your family or Pack, visit a dam or water catchment area. Find out what area it supplies with water and any other interesting facts you can. Tell your Six or Pack what you learnt. You might like to take photos to help you explain.

Home Environment

At home or at your Scout Hall help build a frog friendly garden, plant some shrubs or ground covers or similar. If you do this activity at home bring a note from a parent.

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Faith Awareness Badge

1.

Know and explain the basic principles of your religion or a religion of your choice to your Advisor by:

(a)

discussion, or

(b)

completing a project such as a scrapbook or poster.

2.

Participate regularly for at least three months in religious services of your choice.

3.

Know and explain why we use prayer. Make up a simple prayer for use at home, at one of your Pack meetings or at a Scout's Own.

Learn about one other religion of your choice and discuss it with your Advisor (and the Pack if you wish).

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World Conservation Badge

Requirements:

Brown Level (Earth)

There are five parts to this badge and you must complete each part.  Projects may be carried out individually or with others.

Knowledge

Make a list of six endangered native plants or animals in your own State or Territory and know where to find recognised publications on Australian or world endangered species.

Research

Carry out one of the following:

1.

Observe how a plant grows, how an insect (e.g. butterfly) or other animal (e.g. frog) develops and describe the stages using drawings or photographs.

2.

Describe the Greenhouse Effect in simple terms and list five things that you can do to minimise it.

3.

Collect a sample of two different soils and shake with water.  Observe the setting that occurs, recording results in drawings, photographs, charts or graphics and explain the effect observed.

4.

Demonstrate one of the following:

(a)

the differing rates of water penetration through samples of dry soil

(b)

the existence of oxygen in the air

(c)

how plants produce oxygen

(d)

soil erosion

Projects

Take pare in two projects such as:

1.

Removal of litter and/or other forms of visual pollution from a stream, beach, park, nature reserve or other public place.

2.

Drawing or photographing three native birds which frequent your garden or nearby park.

3.

Helping with a nature survey.

4.

Helping with a recycling campaign.

5.

Choose an Australian plant or species (e.g. animal, bird, fish, insect, reptile, etc.) and prepare a project book, wall chart, log book or computer record on it.

6.

Visiting a zoo, botanical garden, nature reserve, wildlife sanctuary or natural history museum and reporting on any endangered Australian or overseas species observed.

Involvement

Improve the environment in you home or neighbourhood by planting a tree or grass in an area where there is no vegetation cover, or establish plants in a balcony box or indoors in flower pots.  Look after your plant/s until established.

Expedition

Go on an expedition with members of your Pack into an environment which contrasts with the area in which you live.  During the expedition find some examples showing how people have damaged nature and somewhere people have assisted nature.

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Local History Badge

Our local history is important and this is an opportunity to learn more about it. Through this badge you will learn more about your own community and Australian history and how Scouting has played a part in this history.

The badge may be completed as a Pack project or earned individually.  If you are attempting this badge on your own, do not hesitate to ask your Cub Scout Leader or your parents for assistance.

Requirements:

Chart the history of your Scout Group.

Or

List in order 10 milestones in Scouting starting with the beginning of the Movement.

And complete two of the following:

1.

Visit a local Museum, Historical Society or a Scout Museum/Heritage Centre and:

(a)

Complete a worksheet on the contents (this to be arranged beforehand with the person in charge or Leaders visiting the centre and compiling their own worksheet).

or

(b)

Give a talk to the Pack on your visit and describe some item from 50 years ago or more.

2.

Meet a local senior citizen, learn the history of the local area and present this history to the Pack.

3.

Visit historical landmarks in your town (memorials, buildings) and list information as to their origin.

4.

Research the history of the school you attend, and either write a short story or give a short talk on it.

and

Through an Internet website or public library, research the history of a major Australian historical event and present your findings to the Pack.

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Cub Scout Leadership Course

This National Course provides training for current and potential Sixers and Seconds and is run in your Branch according to your Branch structure and guidelines.  In order for you to attend the Cub Scout Leadership Course you must be nominated by your Cub Scout Leader.

The aim of this course is to provide suitable leadership skills, using a practical approach, for Cub Scouts who may be appointed to leadership within their Cub Scout Packs.

Sessions include such things as:

Leadership

Problem Solving

Challanges

Pack Councils

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