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Map & Compass Belt Loop and Pin
 
 
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Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may complete requirements in a 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 for Map & Compass Belt Loop:
  1. Show how to orient a map.  Find three (3) landmarks on the map.
  2. Explain how a compass works.
  3. Draw a map of your neighborhood.  Label the streets and plot the route you take to get to a place that uou often visit.

 

Requirements for the Map & Compass Pin:

Earn the Map & Compass Belt Loop and complete five more of the following requirements:

  1. Define cartography.
  2. Make a poster showing ten (10) map symbols and their meaning.
  3. Read a book or story about a famous explorer or navigator.  Tell your den or family what you learned.
  4. Make a simple compass with a magnet and a pin.
  5. Explain the difference between latitude and longitude ans show them on a map or globe.
  6. Draw a compass rose for a map.  Label North, South, East and West.
  7. Study a blank map of the United States of America.  Label your state, and the states that share its boudary lines.
  8. In the field, show how to take a compass bearing and how to follow it.
  9. Show how to measure distances, using a scale on a map legend.
  10.   Measure your pace.  Then layout a simple compass course for your Den to try.
  11.   Using a road map, determine how many miles it is between two (2) major cities or familiar destinations.
  12.   Explain what the different map colors can mean on a map.