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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 Weather Belt Loop:
  1. Make a poster that shows and explains the water cycle.
  2. Set up a simple weather station to record rainfall, temperature, air pressure or evaporation for one (1) week.
  3. Watch a weather forecast on a local television station.

 

Requirements for the Weather Pin:

Earn the Weather Belt Loop and complete five more of the following requirements:

  1. Define the following terms: weather, humidity, precipitation, temperature and wind.
  2. Explain how clouds are made.  Describe the different kinds of clouds - stratus, cumulus, cummulonimbus and cirrus - and what kind of weather can be associated with these cloud types.
  3. Describe the climate in your state.  Compare its climare with that in another state.
  4. Describe a potentially dangerous weather condition in your community.  Discuss safety precautions and procedures for dealing with the condition.
  5. Define what is meant by acid rain.  Explain the greenhouse effect.
  6. Talk to a meteorologist about his or her job.  Learn about careers in meteorology.
  7. Make a weather map of your state or country, using several weather symbols.
  8. Explain the differences between tornadoes and hurricanes.
  9. Make a simple weather vane.  Make a list of other weather instruments and describe what they do.
  10.   Explain how weather can affect agriculture and the growing of food.
  11.   Make a report to your Den or family on a book about weather.
  12.   Explain how rainbows are formed and then draw and color a rainbow.