Solar Eclipse Badge
- Cristin Robertson, Pack Leader
- Aug 20, 2017
- 1 min read
Cub Scouts Solar Eclipse Badge
For eclipse info & requirements: http://www.scouting.org/eclipse2017.aspx
The requirements to earn the BSA 2017 Solar Eclipse patch:
Locate a site suitable for viewing either the total eclipse or the partial eclipse.
Describe how to safely view the eclipse.
Discuss with your group what you saw and felt during the eclipse. If you can, post your comments and eclipse photos on social media with the hashtag #BSAEclipse2017.
Do the following:
Cub Scouts—Discuss what a solar eclipse is with your leaders.
Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts—Draw a diagram of the positions of the moon, earth, and sun to show how the solar eclipse happens.
Venturers and Sea Scouts—Research Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington’s 1919 experiment and discuss how it confirmed Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Compete the requirements with your family and contact Cristin once completed.
Scouts are encouraged to post to our Pack Facebook Group.Scouts may work through the answers with their parents, they may post a video of their answers to our group or they may use this optional worksheet. Pack 3017 Solar Eclipse Worksheet
Those that apply by September 11 will be presented at the Pack Meeting on September 18. There will be an opportunity for Scouts to share their experiences in front of the Pack.
How to make a pin hole viewer: https://cubscouts.org/how-to-view-the-eclipse-everyones-talking-about/?fref=gc
Cristin Robertson
309-712-8485
peoriapack17@gmail.com
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