Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center Phone: 952-854-5900 |
Webelos Scouts |
Requirements filled according to the 2003 Webelos Cub Scout Handbook. Numbers correspond with badge requirements.
Mental Skills Group
Artist
3. Draw or paint an original picture out-of-doors, using the art materials you prefer.
Participate in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Art and Conservation Program. Learn about waterfowl
and wetland habitat conservation while visiting the Visitor Center then articulate your newfound
knowledge by drawing, painting or sketching a picture of a North American waterfowl species. For
more information or to participate, contact the Minnesota State Coordinator, Federal Junior Duck
Stamp Coordinator at 952/854-5900.
Outdoor Group
Forester
2. Draw a picture to show the plant and tree layers of a forest in your area. Label the different layers. (If you don’t live in an area that has forests, chose an area that does and draw a picture of that forest.)
Draw a picture of a forest on the Refuge, remember to show the plant and tree layers.
3. Identify six forest trees common to the area where you live. Tell how both wildlife and humans use them. (If you don't live in a region that has forests, read about one type of forest and name six of its trees and their uses).
Hike the trails and use a field guide to help you identify six different trees on the Refuge. Identify and observe any wildlife using them. Find out how people use these trees through a field guide or ask an adult.
4. Identify six forest plants (other than trees) that are useful to wildlife. Tell which animals use them and for what purposes.
Hike the trails and use a field guide to identify six forest plants on the Refuge. Identify and observe any wildlife using them.
Naturalist
4. Visit a museum of natural history, a nature center, or a zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.
Visit one of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge's Visitor Centers. Explore the exhibits,
hike the trails, or attend an interpretive program. To find out what's happening at the Refuge check
out the Calendar of Events, or call the Visitor Center at 952/854-5900.
8. Watch six wild animals (snakes, turtles, fish, birds, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard, or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing.
Walk the trails and observe wildlife in the forest, meadow, and water habitats. Also watch animals from the wildlife viewing area inside one of our visitor centers.
9. Give examples of a producer, a consumer, and a decomposer in the food chain of an ecosystem; one way humans have changed the balance of nature; and how you can help protect the balance of nature.
A producer is an organism that makes its own food, like a plant. A consumer eats producers, and decomposers
break down dead producers and consumers. Walk through our trails and exhibits to identify different kinds
of producers, consumers, and decomposers. Learn how humans have changed the balance of nature and how you
can help protect it by watching our refuge video or the National Wildlife Refuge videos.
