Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may complete requirements in a family, den, pack, school, or community environment. Tiger Cubs must work with their parents or adult partners. Parents and partners do not earn loops or pins.
Requirements:
Earn the Geology belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
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Make a plaster cast of a fossil.
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Make a special collection of rocks and minerals that illustrates the hardness scale.
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Give examples of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
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Gather several different types of rocks. Compare them and put them in groups according to physical properties such as color, texture, luster, hardIless, or crystals.
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Describe the effects of wind, water, and ice on the landscape.
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Make "pet rocks" using rocks, paint, and glue-on eyes. Tell a creative story about your pet rocks.
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Draw a diagram showing different types of volcanoes or draw a diagram that labels the different parts of a volcano.
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Make a crystal garden.
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Make a collection of five different fossils and identify them to the best of your ability.
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Make a poster or display showing 10 everyday products that contain or use rocks or minerals.
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Visit a mine, oil or gas field, gravel pit, stone quarry, or similar area of special interest related to geology.
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With your parent or adult partner, visit with a geologist. Find out how he or she prepared for the position. Discuss other careers related to geology.
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Draw the inside of a cave showing the difference between stalactites and stalagmites.
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