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The home of Scouting in Central
and Northern New York
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Technology
Group
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These: |
- Explain how to safely handle the tools that
you will use for this activity badge.
- With adult supervision and using hand tools,
construct two different wooden objects you
and your Webelos den leader agree on, such
as the items listed below. Use a coping saw
or jigsaw for these projects. Put them together
with glue, nails, or screws. Paint or stain
them.
Book rack
Napkin holder
Shelf
Animal cutouts
Bulletin board
Garden tool rack
Weather vane
Lid holder
Tie rack
Mailbox
Letter holder
Birdhouse
Notepad holder
Desk nameplate
Toolbox
Letter, Bill. and Pencil holder
Towel rack
Bread box
Recipe holder
Key rack
Lamp stand
Measuring cup rack
Kitchen knife rack
Measuring spoon rack
Kitchen utensil rack
- Make a display stand, or box to be used
to display a model or an award. Or make a
frame for a photo or painting. Use suitable
material.
- Make four useful items using materials other
than wood that you and your Webelos den leader
agree on, such as clay, plastic, leather,
metal, paper, rubber, or rope. These should
be challenging items and must involve several
operations.
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Five of These: |
- List 10 different things engineers do.
- Visit a construction job. Look at a set
of plans. Tell your Webelos den leader about
these. (Get permission before you visit.)
- Visit a civil engineer to understand how
to measure the length of a property line.
Explain how property lines are determined.
- Tell about how electricity is generated
and then gets to your home.
- Construct a simple working electrical circuit
using a flashlight battery, a switch, and
a light.
- Make drawings of three kinds of bridges
and explain their differences. Construct a
model bridge of your choice.
- Make a block and tackle and show how it
works.
- Build a catapult and show how it works.
- Draw a floor plan of your house. Include
doors, windows, and stairways.
- Explain how engineers use computers.
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six of these: |
- With adult supervision, wash a car.
- Help an adult change a tire on a car.
- With adult supervision, replace a bulb in
the taillight, turn signal, or parking light
or replace a headlight on a car.
- With adult supervision, show how to check
the oil level and tire pressure on a car.
- Make a repair to a bicycle, such as tightening
the chain, fixing a flat tire, or adjusting
the seat or handlebars.
- Properly lubricate the chain and crank on
a bicycle.
- Properly inflate the tires on a bicycle.
- Replace a light bulb in a fixture or lamp.
- With adult supervision, arrange a storage
area for household cleaners and other dangerous
materials where small children cannot get
them.
- Build a sawhorse or stool to be used around
your home.
- Help take care of the lawn.
- Arrange a storage area for hand tools or
lawn and garden tools.
- Clean and properly store hand tools or lawn
and garden tools in their storage area.
- Mark hand tools or lawn and garden tools
for identification.
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These: |
- Read Bernoulli's Principle. Show how it
works.
- Read Pascal's Law. Tell about some inventions
that use Pascal's law.
- Read Newton's first law of motion. Show
in three different ways how inertia works.
And Do Six of These:
- Show the effects of atmospheric pressure.
- Show the effects of air pressure.
- Show the effects of water pressure. This
may be combined with atmospheric pressure
or with air pressure.
- Build and launch a model rocket with adult
supervision. (NOTE: You must be at least 10
years old to work with a model rocket kit
sold in hobby stores.)
- Explain what causes fog. Show how this works.
- Explain how crystals are formed. Make some.
- Explain how you use your center of gravity
to keep your balance. Show three different
balancing tricks.
- Show in three different ways how your eyes
work together.
- Show what is meant by an optical illusion.
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