Bear Rank Advancement
Here’s How to Help Your Scout Advance!
A third grade Scout working toward the Bear rank will see even more exciting indoor and outdoor activities compared to the earlier Cub Scout years – more outdoors, plus Scout skills like using a pocketknife (safely).
To earn the Bear badge, a Scout must complete six required adventures, plus two elective adventures from among the 20 electives in the Bear Handbook.
- The National Resource page for Bear Adventures is here. Each Adventure page there lists the Requirements and shares a selection of “Activity Cards” that could be used to complete each Requirement.
- For more resources, see this AAC District Page for Bear. Each Adventure page there has videos and links to help learn the Adventure topic plus “Assembled” Den Meeting Plans that take the Requirements and/or National activity ideas that are fun, simple and easy and put them into Den Meeting Plans you can use. Word versions of those plans are attached below if you would like to edit to fit your Den.
Required Rank Adventures
Bobcat Bear
Character & Leadership
Bear Habitat
Outdoors
Bear Strong
Personal Fitness
Paws for Action
Citizenship
Standing Tall
Personal Safety
Fellowship
Family & Reverence
Elective Rank Adventures
Parents/guardians or the den leader approve each requirement by signing the Scout’s handbook. Scouts can receive an adventure loop on completing each adventure and, after meeting all requirements (six required Adventures plus two Bear elective Adventures), have earned the Bear badge.
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