Welcome to the fun and exciting Yo-Yo Preview Adventure sponsored by Duncan Toys. This preview adventure gives Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts the opportunity to learn the concepts that make a yo-yo work and the basic physics of a pendulum. Duncan has provide great instructional videos to help you present this adventure to your den. It will give Scouts the skills needed to get started with basic yo-yo tricks. The popularity of this adventure will determine if it will become a new adventure in the one or more of the Cub Scout Handbooks.
When your den has completed this adventure, record completion in Scoutbook and order Adventure Loops for Wolf and Bear or Adventure Pins for Webelos directly from Scoutshop.org.
Recording this adventure in Scoutbook will be available by June 21st. Adventure Loops now. Adventure Pins will be available in July.
Resources from Duncan
Duncan offers great tutorials and instructional videos to help you deliver this adventure and get Scouts started with basic yo-yoing at yo-yo.com/cubscouts.
How to String a Yo-Yo
Pendulum Activity
Gravity Pull, Sleeper, and Breakaway
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