Cubs Environmental Conservation
Learn how to separate recyclable and non-recyclable rubbish ready for collection
a. Find out where to take recyclable items that cannot be collected with your normal rubbish
b. Create a leaflet showing people which materials can and can’t be recycled
Find out how to reduce the energy and water you use in your home
a. Show how you have encouraged your family to reduce water and energy use over 4 weeks
b. Find a way to tell other people how to reduce their energy and water use (e.g. a poster)
Find out about 1 type of renewable energy
a. Think about the advantages and disadvantages of the technology
b. Create a poster or leaflet, explaining what it is, how it works, and its advantages and disadvantages
Enjoy!
Send any work that you do for this badge to [email protected] or keep it safe and being it along when Scouting returns
Any questions, use the same email address, or for parents; post in Facebook, or message a leader.
There are some extra activities which you could do below!
Bee Prepared
You will need:
- Scissors
- String
- Paper drinking straws
- Bamboo canes
- Clean, empty plastic bottles (2 litres)
- Natural materials (e.g. leaves, twigs, feathers)
- Dead hollow stems from garden plants (optional)
Using scissors, carefully cut the top and bottom off your bottle
Everyone should loop a piece of string through the bottle, so that it can be hung up outside
Gather enough bamboo canes, stems, and straws to fill their bottle. Check that they are hollow, with open ends for bees to burrow in
Use scissors and cut the canes, stems, and straws so that they are the same length as the bottle (you might need to use a saw, so make sure you are careful and have adult supervision!)
Push your canes, stems, and straws into the bottle, add smaller twigs and stems in the gaps, to make sure it is tightly packed
Hang the finished bee hotel on a sunny wall, at least 1 meter off the ground, make sure it is sheltered from rain
Wrapping Waste Cards
You will need:
- Scrap card
- Scissors
- PVA glue
- Pens/pencils
- A selection of used wrapping paper and tissue paper
Fold your piece of card in half, deciding which way up you want your card to be
Think about the design of your card; who is it for? What would they like? How about stripes, random shapes, or a collaged scene?
You might want to sketch a design onto your card in pencil first
Rip or cut the wrapping paper into small pieces, matching your design
Add a thin layer of PVA glue to the back of the paper, then gently press it on (don’t add too much glue, or it will make it soggy)
Keep sticking wrapping paper to your cards, it doesn’t matter if they go on the back, or overlap the edge
If any wrapping paper sticks out over the edge of your card, carefully trim it with scissors
Draw or write a message inside your card
Frame The Wind
You will need:
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Stapler
- Paper cups
- Drawing pins
- Clean, empty plastic bottles (2 litres)
- Thick cardboard
- Pencils with erasers on the ends
Cut out 2 identical pieces of cardboard, each 1 inch wide and 7 inches long
Cross the strips of cardboard at right angles and staple them together in the middle
Staple a plastic cup to both ends of each strip, taking note of the direction they need to face as shown in the diagram (below)
Mark the outside of one of the cups with a cross/dot; you’ll use this to count the rotations so make sure that you can see it
Carefully put a drawing pin through the centre of the cardboard cross and push it into the eraser on the end of the pencil – gently turn the cross to check that it spins
Place the pencil into an empty plastic bottle, with the pointed end down – the turbine should stand up on its own
Take your turbine to various areas and test the wind speed for 60 seconds, counting the number of rotations each time – try to find the most and least windy areas
e.g. out of a window (carefully!), in your garden
