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==Summary==
 
==Summary==
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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.
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Sea Partners messages include:
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    <LI>The effects of oil, hazardous chemicals, waste and debris on the marine environment.</LI>
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    <LI>How marine environmental protection laws and regulations apply to various marine users.</LI>
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    <LI>Ways groups and individuals can take action to protect the marine environment.</LI>
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===How Cub Scouts Participate===
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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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    <LI>Step 1</LI>
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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>Step 2</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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    <LI>Step 3</LI>
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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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    <LI>Hand out ''Under the Sea'' coloring/activity books.</LI>
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  Review some of the slides on a projector.</LI>
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    <LI>Step 5</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>Have the Cubs try on different life jackets. We showed the proper wearing of them. 
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  They played "bumper cars" with them and this gave them a little energy release.</LI>
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    <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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  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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==Lessons learned==
 
==Lessons learned==
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* Start with the Scouting's Safe Swim points and ask a lot of questions that start with "Who knows...?"
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* Lesson 1
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* Save the handouts until the end so the Scout have something to take home. This will also avoid their trying to fiddle with while you're trying to talk.
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* Lesson 2
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* Have the Scouts try on life jackets and let them play bumper cars with them. Explain why it was more important than a life ring.  It also lets them burn off some energy.
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* Lesson 3
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* Follow this with an explanation of the Coast Guard and what the Auxiliary does. Afterwards play the video and have questions and answers.  We got some good questions from some of the adults present.
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* Lesson 4
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
* [[Image:ppt.gif|PowerPoint available]] [http://www.division22.org/private/Aux-BSA/seapartners/seapartners.ppt Sea Partners Powerpoint presentation]
 
* [[Image:ppt.gif|PowerPoint available]] [http://www.division22.org/private/Aux-BSA/seapartners/seapartners.ppt Sea Partners Powerpoint presentation]
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* [[Image:doc.gif|MS Word DOC file available]] [http://www.division22.org/private/Aux-BSA/seapartners/SP_Patch_program.doc Sea Partners Patch Program application]
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* [[Image:pdf.gif|PDF available]] [http://www.division22.org/private/Aux-BSA/seapartners/SP_Patch_program.pdf Sea Partners Patch Program application]
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* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/channelView.do?channelId=-24887 Sea Partners Home page]
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* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://homeport.uscg.mil/seapartners/ Sea Partners Home page]
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* [[Image:pdf.gif|PDF available]] [http://www.uscg.mil/top/downloads/coloring_books/cptnclen/captCleanwater.pdf The Adventures of Captain Cleanwater]
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* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://www.usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/worldcons.asp Cub Scout World Conservation Award]
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* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/resources/conservation%20good%20turn.aspx Conservation Good Turn]
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* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://www.education.noaa.gov/ NOAA Education website]
 
* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://pawaterways.org/ Preserve America's Waterways] -- Develop a joint waterway conservation project with a Cub Pack
 
* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://pawaterways.org/ Preserve America's Waterways] -- Develop a joint waterway conservation project with a Cub Pack
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* [[Image:htm.gif|16px|Website]] [http://www.aqua.org/oceanhealth_pygmyspermwhale.html Inky the Whale] -- Learn the story of Inky the Whale, a pygmy sperm whale who washed up on a beach in New Jersey, was rescued by marine mammal stranding network volunteers, airlifted by the Coast Guard and taken to the [http://www.aqua.org National Aquarium]
  
 
===Contributed by===
 
===Contributed by===
 
   
 
   
 
[mailto:[email protected] John Campbell, FSO-MS], 5th District (Southern Region), [http://www.flotilla31.org Flotilla 31]
 
[mailto:[email protected] John Campbell, FSO-MS], 5th District (Southern Region), [http://www.flotilla31.org Flotilla 31]

Latest revision as of 08:23, 24 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

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