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    <LI>[http://www.division22.org/private/Aux-BSA/cub-watersafety/safe-swim.pdf '''Safe Swim Defense'''] - Talk about the tenets
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about safe swimming, the expectation of having a lifeguard, and always swimming with a buddy.</LI>
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    <LI>[http://www.division22.org/private/Aux-BSA/cub-watersafety/boating_fun.pdf '''Boating Fun Booklet'''] - Print this out and
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  passed it out.  Tell the Cubs that if they fill it out and return it, they will get a certificate. 
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  Review some of the slides on a projector.</LI>
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    <LI>Played the [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg092/special_features/archive/InYourTime.asp Coast Guard's promo video with Bob Segar's ''In Your Time''] on the Coast Guard's website.</LI>
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    <LI>Hand out ''Under the Sea'' coloring/activity books.</LI>
 
    <LI>Hand out ''Under the Sea'' coloring/activity books.</LI>
    <LI>[http://www.division22.org/private/Aux-BSA/cub-watersafety/SeaPartners_Patch_program.pdf '''Sea Partners Patch program sheet''']. If the Cubs answer the questions and do the activities and send it in to the NOAA, they
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    <LI>Step 5</LI>
  get a patch.  The big one is to do a beach cleanup.  As it happens, we already had something called
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  ''America's Waterway'' clean-up with the National Parks Department planned for next month.</LI>
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Revision as of 20:34, 23 May 2010

Summary

The Sea Partners Campaign is an environmental education and outreach program focused on communities at large to develop community awareness of maritime pollution issues and to improve compliance with marine environmental protection laws and regulations.

Sea Partners messages include:

  1. The effects of oil, hazardous chemicals, waste and debris on the marine environment.
  2. How marine environmental protection laws and regulations apply to various marine users.
  3. Ways groups and individuals can take action to protect the marine environment.

How Cub Scouts Participate

  1. Step 1
  2. Step 2
  3. Step 3
  4. Hand out Under the Sea coloring/activity books.
  5. Step 5

Lessons learned

  • Lesson 1
  • Lesson 2
  • Lesson 3
  • Lesson 4

Resources

Contributed by

John Campbell, FSO-MS, 5th District (Southern Region), Flotilla 31