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Trail Signs: Which Way Do We Go?

By Laura SowdonPosted on February 23, 2021
  • Pathfinders

Learning how to identify trail signs is an important part of hiking safely. It is also one of the skills pathfinders need to know for their Tenderfoot badge.  Need an easy way to show these […]

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Playing with Pathfinders: Zoom Call Camping RPG

By Laura SowdonPosted on February 17, 2021
  • Pathfinders

As we continue to meet over zoom, our group needed a lesson plan to work on some leadership skills and to do the second class first aid skills. This meeting outline could also work in […]

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Otter Story Time

By Laura SowdonPosted on January 30, 2021
  • Otters

Story time is part of many otter meetings.  Kids just love stories, and picture books can help them relate to others, grasp new ideas and develop empathy for others and our natural world. Amazingly, you […]

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Bears, Bears, Bears!

By Laura SowdonPosted on December 15, 2020
  • Timberwolves

Learning about animals is a traditional part of scouting that our scouts have enjoyed. While you can actually visit domesticated animals and track some wild animals, not all are safe for that type of lesson. […]

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Paracord Bracelets: Kit It Up

By Laura SowdonPosted on December 8, 2020
  • Pathfinders

With scouts still doing many meetings over zoom, what new ideas have you come up with? The 17th BlackBear pathfinders asked to make paracord bracelets. And as a scout led organization, the adults worked to […]

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Trebuchet Trouble: A Miniature Pioneering Project

By Laura SowdonPosted on September 18, 2020
  • Pathfinders

What do the Pathfinders at the 17th Black Bears think sounds fun? Pioneering and Medieval Warfare of course! So, scoutmaster Richard Sowdon has been working on creating kits for every scout to work on these […]

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2020 Scouting Options

By Laura SowdonPosted on August 26, 2020
  • GSM Tips
  • News and Information

Finding our way into scouting this fall is challenging. The pandemic means that many groups aren’t able to return to “normal” with meetings and activities.  What are some reasonable ideas?  The 17th Black Bears has […]

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Leaf Rubbing: Otter Ideas

By Laura SowdonPosted on August 21, 2020August 20, 2020
  • Otters

Recently, I saw a neat way to do leaf rubbings with kids to make art, and though it would be great for our otters! First, you gather leaves of various shapes. If possible, you can […]

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Map Skills and Zoom Calls for Timberwolves and Pathfinders

By Laura SowdonPosted on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020
  • Pathfinders
  • Timberwolves

This is a set of ideas all around map skills to use while scouting during the 2020 Pandemic. Each zoom meeting idea is laid out below. The set is designed to progress from the most […]

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What is that? A Zoomable Game for Pathfinders

By Laura SowdonPosted on July 19, 2020July 23, 2020
  • Pathfinders
  • Timberwolves

Recently, my mother texted me this picture with the questions: “Is this Bear Poop? I found it in the yard.” So, we created a scout zoom meeting around this question, and asked the scouts to […]

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