Cub Scout Astronomy

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Cub Scout Astronomy has been discontinued. (See Discontinued awards.)
Astronomy
Belt Loop and Pin
Astronomy Academics Belt Loop
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Astronomy Academics Pin
(line drawing, actual pins are color)

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Notes

  1. Earning the Cub Scout Astronomy Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is requirement 8 of the Webelos Scholar Activity Badge.

Requirement resources

Cub Scout Astronomy Belt Loop

1. Binoculars basics - Telescope types and instruments – Telescopes & Types - Astronomy for kids
2. Planet location and visibility by month - Solar System with planet links - Details on the planets
3. Astronomy for Kids Glossary - Eclipses, moon phases, Milky Way, etc. - Caltech Space Glossary - Big Dipper - Milky Way - Moon phases, surface, moon phase video, etc. - Sun

Cub Scout Astronomy Pin

1. How Telescopes Work
2. Constellations – Zodiac Constellations - Constellation Chart for any date, time, and location
3. How to use a telescope
4. How to find the north star.
5. Career opportunities in astronomy - Careers in Astronomy
6. Planetarium – Astronomical Observatory
7. Kinds of Stars - Life cycles of a star
8. Early space missions
9. Space current events
10. All about the moon
11. Famous astronomers
12. See #6 above. See the Cub Scout Astronomy Workbook for a US map to use.

Related awards

Tiger Cub Scout
Tiger Cub Electives
  • Tiger Cub Elective 14 could be met by completing Cub Scout Astronomy Pin requirement 8 or 9
Wolf Cub Scout
  • Wolf Achievement 10f. could be met while completing Cub Scout Astronomy Pin Requirement 6
Wolf Electives
  • Wolf Elective 6b. could be met while completing Cub Scout Astronomy Pin Requirements 8 or 11
  • Wolf Elective 12f. could be met while completing Cub Scout Astronomy Belt Loop Requirement 2 or Cub Scout Astronomy Pin requirements 1, 7, or 10
Bear Cub Scout
Bear Electives
  • Bear Elective 1a. could be met while completing Cub Scout Astronomy Pin requirement 2
  • Bear Elective 1c. could be met by completing Cub Scout Astronomy Pin requirement 6
  • Bear Elective 9a. could be met while completing Cub Scout Astronomy Belt Loop Requirement 2 or Cub Scout Astronomy Pin requirements 1, 7, or 10
Webelos Scout
  • Scientist Activity Badge requirement 14 (earn the Astronomy Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
  • Artist Activity Badge requirements 7, 8, or 9
Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program
  • Cub Scout Science Pin requirement 10 is similar to Cub Scout Astronomy Belt Loop requirement 2
Science Award Links
Science-related awards
Outdoor Skills Awards
Outdoor-related awards

See also

Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program (Belt Loops and Pins)   (Worksheets)
This program was discontinued in May, 2015.
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Webelos Den Leader portal


External links

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