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WHALE WATCHER
Requirements:
1. Meet all applicable General Requirements. This award is
available to Cadet and Senior Girl Scouts, and Brownies, as
well as Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers.
2. Attend presentation of slides on DVD in Western Los Angeles
County Council.
a. The DVD may be borrowed from the Council Office along
with the text/notebook for
the accompanying narrative and
the lists of whale watcher cruises, museums and whale
shows necessary to complete the award. For Orange
County contact The Orange County HAT team.
b. In Girl Scout Council's that
have approved this award, their
Scouts will fulfill the same requirements as stated and
shown below.
3. Participate in whale watching cruise or one of the following:
a. Visit a whale show at Sea World.
b. Or, visit a whale museum such as Cabrillo Marine
Aquarium, San Pedro, or the Orange County Marine
Museum, Dana Point.
4. Draw a picture of the whale being observed. Label parts.
Pictures may be substituted for drawings.
5. Draw a map of the migratory route.
6. Give a report on whaling practices past and
present including current laws on whale hunting.
7. Define the following vocabulary words to your unit leader or their representative.
1. Terrestrial
11. Migration
21. Pectoral Fin
2. Endangered Species
12. Sailing
22. Bearing
3. Spout
13. Baleen Plates
23. Baja
4. Dorsal Ridge
14. Dorsal Fin
24. Krill
5. Echo Locate
15. Pods
25. Caudal
6. Cetacea
16. Mammal
26. Snorkeling
7. Lob Tailing
17. Mysticeti
27. Lice
8. Spy Hopping
18. Footprints
28. Breeching
9. Piniped
19. Blow Hole
29. Blubber
10. Odontoceti
20. Laminate
30. Saddle Patch
7. The award application must be approved
by a High Adventure Team approval person.
8. These SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS shall supersede the Gene
ral Requirements if there is an area of conflict.
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