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Shirley Smith of Portland OR and Joan Swoch of MN had Scouts, Scouters and visitors building compasses and rockets all week. Joan brought material to make 10,000 neckerchief slides. It was interesting to see who chose the BP slides and who opted for the Elvis slides.
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| Projects are activities where
Cub Scouts make things that are useful: that is, the things fly, make a
lot of noise, explode or help the Cubs do other neat things.
Do not confuse Projects with craft: making things that are pretty or cute. Cub Scouts are not into pretty or cute. |
| Bend a steel paper clip or short
length of wire cut frm a metal clothes hanger into the shape shown in the
diagram. Magnetize the wire by stroking it with the pole of a strong magnet.
Then balance the wire carefully on the surface of a penny so that it can
swing freely. Make sure that you stand clear of the magnet or other metal
objects.
The wire will swing around and point to magnetic north (or maybe south if you used the other pole of the magnet.) |
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| Some refrigerator magnets
will work for this. The best source of strong magnets is from discarded
microwave ovens. Be sure to unplug the oven and cut off the power cord
before you start to dismantle the it.
Or you could use the electromagnetism method described in Elective 4 of the Big Bear Book. |
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