Faith/Soaring the Skies

For March's Round Table We shared ideas for
April's Core Value and Theme
Core Value: Faith
Theme: Soaring the Skies

Gathering Activity - Paper Airplanes (Demonstrated at AM Round Table)
Materials: paper and other supplies (tape, glue, scissors, markers, etc.) for making paper airplanes; books or pictures showing various paper airplane styles. As the participants arrive, have them make paper airplanes, either individually or in groups of two or three. Encourage interaction with people they have not met before. Then have them fly their airplanes. If someone has a favorite paper airplane design, encourage that person to share it with others. Consider holding a contest for the best design or the furthest flown.

Opening Flag Ceremony - Take Flight

Personnel/Materials: 5 Cub Scouts; large cards for 4 of the Cub Scouts to hold with pictures of a plane, a bird, a kite, and a rocket ship. On the back of the cards, print the boys’ lines in large print. Or maybe use models of the items and put the lines on index cards.

Cub #1 (plane card): Every day, thousands of planes SOAR to deliver people and things all over the world.

Cub #2 (bird card): You can see many different birds SOAR, making the world a more beautiful place.

Cub #3 (kite card): In the windy skies above, watch your own kite SOAR. It’s a time to relax and enjoy a wonderful part of nature.

Cub #4 (rocket ship): It’s so exciting to see rocket ships SOAR and think about exploring the universe.

Cub #5: Does your heart stir as you see our national flag SOARING up at the top of the flag pole? Please stand and join me in saluting this great flag while repeating the Pledge of Allegiance.

Family Tree Charts

Just click on the URL's below to print off forms.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0revQcSgs4OWUQ4LWtvbjM3TDA&authuser=0

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0revQcSgs4OZEg2Y0V4Z2hwNG8&authuser=0
Filling out these Family Tree Charts can be approached two ways:
1)One week before you plan to fill out these charts, give out the assignment for your cub scouts to collect the pictures and information about their ancestors.  Then at the den meeting or pack meeting help the boys fill out the charts.

2)Email the forms to the parents and have them help their sons fill them out.  Then the following week, have the boys bring their "filled out forms" for show and tell.

Famous People DVD's

Watch a DVD about a famous person/s who had faith and accomplished big goals like this DVD  October Sky about Homer Hickam, who was inspired by the fist Sputnik launch to take up rocketry.  Then there is the DVD Cool Runnings about the true story of the Jamaica National Bobsleigh Team.  You also have the DVD The Blind Side about Michael Oher who went from homeless to become and All American Football player. 
Note: Since a den meeting is not 2 hours long, pick a 10 - 15 minute segment that you think would help your cubs understand having faith to accomplishing a goal.

Eagle Court of Honor Time Capsule Envelope

Just click on the URL's below to print off form. 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0revQcSgs4OZHQ2QWR2TDBieDg&authuser=0
First take pictures of the boys at a den meeting doing something fun.  Then make prints of the pictures.  Get some stickers and have the boys make a scrapbooking page.  On a separate piece of paper, have the boys write something about the pictures.  Then have them rewrite what they wrote nicely on the scrapbooking page.
Finally, have the boys fill out the 'Time Capsule Information Sheet.'   - Place both the scrapbooking page and the 'Time Capsule Information Sheet' inside a big envelope.  Seal it and then give it to them at their Eagle Court of Honor.

Song

“The Noble Captain Kirk”

Tune: “The Grand Old Duke of York”/“A-Hunting We Will Go”

The noble Captain Kirk,

He had four hundred men.

He beamed them up to the Enterprise,

And beamed them down again.

And when they’re up, they’re up. (Stand up.)

And when they’re down, they’re down. (Sit down.)

And when they’re only half way up,

Their atoms roll around. (Wave and flap your arms.)

Cheers

Supersonic Cheer:
We all know light travels faster than sound; in this case we see the cheer before we hear it. Wave arms and pretend to cheer (no noise). Then sit down (or remain standing), wait a moment, and—at the leader’s signal—make sounds.

Apollo Space Craft Countdown:  10 - 1!! BLASTOFF!  Then with your hand gain orbit and even out.

Then say, "Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep."

Blast Off Cheer:

Start counting backwards from 6 to 1.  Bend your knees a little more on each count until you are in

a squatting position. Then while saying, "Blast off!" jump straight up in the air.