Hiking Badge Games

Task 2: Know what to wear and what to pack for your hike.

Time: 10 minutes

Equipment: Hiking equipment, Non-hiking related equipment, Backpacks - Printed, cut out, and laminated.

Prepare a complete set per burrow. Keep each set in a box or bag.

Method:

Hide the Hiking boxes far and wide. Remember to tell your Meerkats about the buddy system. To find their boxes, they need to stay in their burrows. Finding their treasures in burrows will reaffirm the buddy system.

Once they found the hiking boxes the Meerkats should sit in their burrows and unpack the treasure boxes. The Meerkats should identify what is suitable and necessary to take on a hike and what is not. Hiking items can be placed on the laminated backpack. The non-hiking-related pictures should be placed on the side. Have a brief discussion with the Meerkats about what should be taken on a hike and why.

Ask the Duty Lookout to collect the boxes from all the burrows.

Resources

• Buddy System
• Backpacks and pictures to print (You can create your own collection of pictures to use)