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Hill-seekers
Run to the hills and put your best foot forwards, as we plan a hilly hike with a difference.
6 hrs
Indoors
Signal and survive
Practise different ways to send messages and stay safe in a survival situation.
Supported by
Victorinox
1 hr
Indoors
Create a DIY survival kit
Create your own personal survival kit to make sure you’re prepared.
Supported by
Victorinox
1 hr
Indoors
Perfect parascending parachutes
Create your own canopies and watch them fly.
45 mins
Indoors
Create a planetscape
Explore the impact meteorite showers have on Earth by recreating some mighty impacts of your own!
Supported by
UK Space Agency
30 mins
Indoors
Make your own flip books
Make flipbooks that tell the story of all the adventures you’ve been on with your group.
2 hrs
Indoors
Flysheet storytelling
Pitch a tent to set the scene, then cast some silhouettes together.
1 hr
Indoors
Try making historical maps
Delve into some maps from back in the day and then have a go at making your own with prehistoric paint!
1 hr
Indoors
Learn how to pace
Take a change of pace and practise pacing in pairs to take on indoor and outdoor obstacle courses, learning some navigational skills.
1 hr
Indoors
Navigation stations
Get your bearings as we explore some nifty new navigation methods.
1 hr
Indoors
Play map reading six-figure bingo
Map-read with speed as you search for symbols and landmarks with grid references to fill out your bingo card.
30 mins
Indoors
Contour creations
See, show and shape cardboard contour lines from maps as we make a 3D model of the landscape.
1 hr
Indoors
Scale it up
Plot routes on maps of different scales, and learn how to pick the right map for the right task.
20 mins
Indoors
Compass drawings
Navigate a route designed by your group and work out the shape from where you’ve walked.
1 hr 30
Outdoors
Graphics for games
Choose a theme, then design the sprites and background for a computer game.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
45 mins
Indoors
Let’s get real
Put your digital making skills to the test by solving a real-world problem.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
4 hrs
Indoors
Make it ’til you’ve made it
Put your digital skills to the test to solve a Scouts challenge.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
4 hrs
Indoors
Swing it, shake it, move it, make it
Make a micro:bit game and see which group can score the highest.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
1 hr
Indoors
Make a micro:bit map
Create a map of a wilderness area using Scratch and a micro:bit.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
45 mins
Indoors
Leave the teams up to Scratch
Take the hassle out of choosing teams by making a programme to do it for you.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
1 hr
Indoors
Micro:bit treasure hunt
Use a micro:bit project to send graphics in this tech-filled treasure hunt.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
1 hr 30
Indoors
Interactive map
Create a custom map using Google Earth and the programming language KML. Which locations will you share?
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
2 hrs
Indoors
Micro:bit campfire music
Teach your micro:bit a tune, ready for your next campfire.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
45 mins
Indoors
Make a website
Create a website to showcase your group with both HTML and CSS code.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
1 hr
Indoors
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