SpecTACular Summer-palooza Event Guide 2020  

  

15 June to 12 July  Version 1.2    Welcome!  Welcome to our amazing Spec-TAC-ular Summer-palooza. We are proud to present a great range of programs for all our Transatlantic Council family this summer. We have four weeks of programs for Cub Scout and Scouts BSA members.  

 All times are in Central European Summer Time! Please make sure to 

check class times before your register!     

 

 Registration  You can register your Scout to participate in the event with the link below:  

https://www.scoutingevent.com/802-SpecTACular  Once you have registered for a week, you shall receive a confirmation email from the site, along with a password to register for the rest of the weeks, at no additional cost.   

WEEK 1 is now at max capacity with no classes available  How to Register?  

1. Upon arriving at the event main page, you’ll see session options under the When & Where section to the right of the webpage. Click the Register button to continue the process. 

2. You will be prompt with the pop-up asking if you would like to continue As a Guest or Log-in. If you are only registered for this event, we recommend continuing as a guest. If you are a member of TAC, we recommend you make an account so it’s faster for future events with TAC. 

3. After selecting your option, you’ll be faced with a screen with multiple registration types. If this is your first registration, please select either Youth or Adult.  

a. If this is your second registration, please select Already register Youth and enter the password that was sent to you with the completion of your first registration. 

b. Click the Register button 4. Once you are inside the registration page you need to complete the following: 

a. Enter your Unit Information under the Contact Tab b. You can now add you participant under the Participant Tab. 

i. First click Update Information ii. Here you can add the classes you’d like to participate in by clicking the 

select classes. If classes are full there is a waitlist option. iii. You can add merchandise to your registration by clicking Select Item. 

You can see the merchandise later on in this guide. 5. Once that is complete click Checkout and pay. 6. And your registration is all complete 

 Re-accessing your Registration  On the main webpage there is a Lookup option, at the top right hand of the page. Click this and select Lookup registration. Enter your registration number and the contact email and you'll be able to re-access your registration and alter details.  Alternatively you can look at “Your activity” under the Account menu, which is next to the Lookup menu.   

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 Costs  The event will have a $10 registration fee to participate. This will get you a participant patch and access to a variety of fun activities throughout the month.   Each class will have a separate class fee attached. Merit Badge classes are set at a $5 fee. So other events have different costs i.e. Leave no Trace 101 i set at $10  This allows you to select as-many or as-few programs as you want your Scout to participate in. The event is entirely flexible and great value for money. It means that your Scout can enjoy their time with us and not be burdened with too many hours in front of a screen.  If you’re out-of-council (not a member of TAC), there is a $10 surcharge to the registration fee.  Why these costs?  The Spec-TAC-ular Summer-palooza has the associated fees to help support the programs we are going to offer, assist with Administration costs, and support the Transatlantic Council in these unprecedented times.   Many councils of the BSA, including the Transatlantic Council, rely on income from the summer camp programs they offer and Friends of Scouting donations to continue operations. We wanted to ensure that we are providing the best experience of our Scouts this summer and far into the future.    Friends of Scouting Appeal  Like many other councils, the Transatlantic Council is dependent on donations to help deliver amazing programs like this Summer-palooza to youth. TAC helps support over 6,500 scouts in around 50 countries. We support both our military and expat communities in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.  Please consider making a donation to help support Scouting overseas. You can make a gift at the link below. Thank you for your support:  

https://donations.scouting.org/#/council/802/appeals      

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  Merchandise  Along with your registration, your scouts will be able to purchase additional event patches or a commemorative neckerchief. Please be aware that all items are pre-order only. If you do not order items, they will not be able after the event.  Once we have closed the pre-order period on Sunday 12th July 2020 and have all the orders completed, the patches and neckerchiefs will be ordered. They will then be sent to participants when they arrive in Europe and the Program Supply Center is allowed to reopen.  

 

With your registration you do get an event patch for free, but we have added the option for you to order more if you want.  You can also get the awesome neckerchief below, a fantastic collectors items and something for your Scout to wear pridefully at your next face-to-face meeting  Participant patches: $5 Event neckerchief: $20 

 

Unit Shipping  In order to reduce our impact on the environment and reduce overall shipping costs for all, we may send merchandise and patches for single participants as a group mailing to their unit instead of individual mailings. We will contact participants who may be selected to receive unit shipping.   

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 TAC Merchandise  Now is also the perfect time to pick up some Transatlantic Council Merchandise from our TAC Store. 

   TAC is currently running a limited run of exclusive patches called the Scenes of TAC. There are 6 sets of patches, with each set highlighting amazing monuments and areas of natural beauty from each of TAC’s Districts. If you’re a collector, these are the items for you! 

          

           

 

Visit the TAC store now: Click Here   

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 Advisory on Program options  We are doing our best to provide summer programs to the youth of the Transatlantic Council, but there are several challenges along the way.  A lot of the program offered in this event is dependent on the ability of our MBC’s and volunteer staff to be able to deliver the program. They are giving their time and efforts to offer these sessions.  We are all affected in some way by the COVID-19 pandemic and that might result in changing schedules and availability. The program of the summer-palooza is flexible and might change before or over the course of the event.  Because of the flexible nature of the event we will be providing regular updates, at most twice a week with program developments, changes in MB offering and schedules. Thank you for your understanding.   

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 Cub Scout Program 

Welcome to the Transatlantic Council’s Virtual Cub Scout day camps! Cub Scouts will have the opportunity to participate daily in Cub Scout activities and in following weeks work on achievements towards the STEM awards. Sorry, the STEM awards programs are not available to Lions and Tigers. 

Scouts will have the opportunity to purchase Spec-TAC-Ular neckerchiefs and additional patches. These items will only be available online as a pre-sale item. A link for the items will be on the registration page.  

Week 1: Down on the Farm June 15-19 (9 am-2:30 pm) 

Week 2: Down and Dirty STEM Nova (9am-11am, Wolf/Bear & 1pm-3pm Webelos/AOL) 

Week 3: STEM Nova Wild (9am-11am, Wolf/Bear & 1pm-3pm Webelos/AOL) 

Week 4: STEM Supernova (9am-11am, Wolf/Bear & 1pm-3pm Webelos/AOL) 

 

Important Details for Cub Scout Programming: 

- Live sessions will be held via Zoom. - Private Facebook page where prerecorded activities will be posted. - Scouts must have the camera on at all times to get credit for STEM activities. - Links will be sent out once the camp director has the registration lists. 

Your Cub Scout will be assigned a den (Ponies, Ducks or Lambs). When logging in, please put their den name first. Example: Lambs Smith, John. Their assigned den will be sent out with the links (STEM camps do not have dens) 

All Youth Protection and Cub Scout rules apply. 

Ranks for camp are based on the child’s grade in the fall of 2020.   

· Lions are upcoming kindergartners · Tigers are upcoming first graders · Wolves are upcoming second graders · Bears are upcoming third graders · Webelos are upcoming fourth graders · Arrow of Lights (AOL) are upcoming fifth graders.  For the STEM camps (Wolves, Bears, Webelos, and AOLs), not all requirements will be finished in class. There will be homework to earn the STEM awards.     

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 Week 1 Cub Scout Schedule 

Monday  Ponies  Ducks  Lambs  Tuesday  Ponies  Ducks  Lambs 

9:00 AM  Opening  Opening  Opening  9:00 AM  Opening  Opening  Opening 

10:00 AM  Farm skills  Craft Scout Skills  10:00 AM  games  Craft  STEM 

11 am  Scout skills Farm Skills  Craft  11 am  STEM  Games  Craft 

12 pm  No Program  12 pm  Fire station  Fire Station  Fire Station 

1 pm  Craft Scout Skills 

Farm Skills  1 pm  Craft  STEM  Games 

2 pm  Closing  Closing  Closing  2 pm  Closing  Closing  Closing 

Wednesday  Ponies  Ducks  Lambs  Thursday  Ponies  Ducks  Lambs 

9:00 AM  Opening  Opening  Opening  9:00 AM  Opening  Opening  Opening 

10:00 AM  Scout skills Farm Skills  Craft  10:00 AM  STEM  Scout Skills  Craft 

11 am  Craft Scout Skills 

Farm Skills  11 am  Craft  STEM  Scout Skills 

12 pm  Reptile Q&A  12 pm  Bee Keeping 

1 pm  Farm Skills  Craft Scout Skills  1 pm  Scout Skills  Craft  STEM 

2 pm  Closing  Closing  Closing  2 pm  Closing  Closing  Closing 

Friday  Ponies  Ducks  Lambs       

9:00 AM  Opening  Opening  Opening       

10:00 AM  Farm skills  Craft  Scout Skills       

11am  Scout Skills  Farm Skills  Craft       

12pm  No Program 

1pm  Craft  Scout skills  Farm Skills       

2pm  Closing  Closing  Closing       

     

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 Week 2, 3 and 4 Schedule- Cub Scout STEM Activities  

Time Slot  Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

9am-11am  Wolf/ Bear  Wolf/ Bear  Wolf/ Bear  Wolf/ Bear  Wolf/Bear 

1pm-3pm  Webelos/AOL  Webelos/ AOL  Webelos/ AOL  Webelos/ AOL  Webelos/AOL 

 Shopping Lists for Cub Scouts  In the table below you’ll find the shopping list for all the items, your Cub Scouts will need to participate in the fun event lined up in Week 1,2 and 3. Week 4 has no necessary items.   

Plastic Bag Greenhouse - Gallon size plastic resealable 

bag - Potting soil - Seeds (lima beans, popping 

corn, pumpkin seeds, citrus or other fruit seeds) 

 Soda Bottle Composting 

- 2-litre soda bottle (make sure it is transparent) 

- Scissors - Raw food scraps 

(vegetable/fruit peel, tea bag, coffee grounds, raw leftovers) 

- Soil - Water spray bottle  Ant Farm Neckerchief Slide 

- Tic-tac box - Plastic Ant - 2 different colours of sand (1 

should be dark)   Sponge Grass Barn 

- 4 kitchen sponges - Grass seed - Medium reusable food storage 

container 

Farm Animal Origami - Origami paper  Windsock 

- Tin can - Paint/ construction paper - Glue/ tape - Streamers, fabric or ribbons - Rope or yarn  Tin Can Lantern 

- Clean tin can - Paper and Pencil - Scissors - 2 x 4 scrap lumber - Duct tape - Hammer and Flathead nails - Small candle and holder or 

battery-powered t -light  Non-Newtonian fluid 

- Corn starch - Cup - Water - Stir stick  

Rock Painting - Smooth rocks - Paint pens - Paint and Paintbrushes  Slime 

- Borax - Water - School glue - Food colouring  Knots 

- Paracord (10ft is plenty)  Down and dirty (WEEK 2 ONLY) 

- Corn starch - Pie tin (2) - Paintbrush - Sand - Plastic dinosaurs (small) - Coloured pencils - Plain white paper 

Nova Wild (WEEK 3 ONLY) 

- Small poster board or sketch paper 

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 Scouts BSA Program  Our Scouts BSA program is perfect for those Scouts who are missing out on the Summer Camp experience. We’ve gone virtual and are offering 66 different merit badges over the course of the 4 weeks.  Class sizes are small (capped at 15) to ensure that you get the best interaction and time from your counsellors. There will be a waitlist for the classes that reach the cap.   We are offering session at 3 different times during the day: Morning (10am-12am), Afternoon (2pm-4pm) and Evening (6pm-8pm)  Your chosen class will run over today, and you must attend both sessions. A Class can either run Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Friday. Wednesday is reserved for our Activity days, which are displayed later on in this guide.  Week ONE will take place from 15 to 19 June.   Week TWO will take place from 22 to 26 June.  Week THREE will take place from 29 June to 3 July. It is our SUSTAINABILITY week.   Week FOUR will take place from July 6 to July 10.  You can find a full list of Merit badges on offer at the end of this guide or on the event main webpage in the attachment sections    Accelerated Camping Experience  We will be offering an Accelerated Camping Experience for new Scouts to work on their fundamental skills. A.C.E. will run during Week ONE and Week TWO of the Spec-TAC-ular Summer-palooza.  It will run on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday during the Afternoon slot (from 2 pm to 4 pm)  More information on the A.C.E. schedules and lessons will be released to the participants prior to the start of the event.     

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 Important Information for Scouts BSA participants  

- All sessions will take place over Zoom, with links to the meetings being sent out via the registration system closer to the event date. 

- All scouts must have cameras on to receive credit for the requirements. - When joining the session, please change your name to have your Merit badge 

choice first and then your name. For example Oceanography, John Smith. - Classes will likely have requirements that you need to complete outside of the class 

times. Many of the merit badges on offer require you to get outdoors and complete tasks or projects.  

- Parental Supervision should be present for sessions or be at least in the same room or nearby. Any activities outside of the classroom must be supervised by parents, and should evidence should be recorded for MB counsellors 

  Venturing Program  We are very proud to announce that we are including Venturing into the SpecTACular Summer-palooza.  Our Venturing program will meet every Wednesday at 13:00 CEST. headed up by Freedom Tansley, Northeast VP for Program and TAC’s own Venturing Officers Association. We’ll be working through the ALPS model of Adventure, Leadership, Personal Development, along with some fun virtual activities, and ideas you can take back to your crews  There is also an Introduction to Crew 802, Transatlantic Council virtual crew for those who are interested in pursuing venturing, but aren’t able to find a Unit. This session will be June 17 at 12:00 noon (before the general meeting)    Order of the Arrow  Black Eagle Lodge will be hosting a number of fun activities on our Order of the Arrow Day, which is 24 June, (WEEK TWO).  The activities will be planned by Black Eagle Lodge’s Executive Committee  Information will be sent out to participants at the close of registrations for WEEK TWO, and to members of the Black Eagle lodge. You can connect with the Black Eagle lodge on Facebook.  

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 Leave No Trace 101 Awareness Workshop  This is an absolute must for Scouts and leaders who are interested in better protecting and conserving the environment. The course is composed of 3 sessions, each 2 hours long with some practical skills to complete at home. This is recommended training for youth who want to serve at the Outdoor Ethics Guide for their unit. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED COURSE!!!!!  Open to Scouts, Venturers and Adults Cost: $10 (you will get a BSA Outdoor Ethics patch and LNT Hanger Tag) You can register for the course via WEEK TWO. There is a cap of 50 participants.  Activity Wednesdays  For all of our participants, we will be having more fun activities on the Wednesdays of each week of the Summer-palooza. You can find a whole selection of different activities available from interpreter strips, to interfaith services, to discussions.   Week ONE - 17th June (all times in CEST) 

10:00  Interpreter Strips  We’ll be offering opportunities for youth to earn their interpreter Strips. Scouts should be confident in the language. On Offer: German, Spanish, Italian, and French 

15:30  Live from Northern Tier 

Join us and learn about the Northern Tier High Adventure Base! Exciting opportunities especially if you are interested in Trekking and canoeing. 

16:00  Live from Summit Bechtel Reserve 

Come and learn about the Summit, the BSA premier High Adventure base. They’ll be live and showing off some amazing features to us. Especially useful if you’re thinking of attending. 

18:00  Completing your project: How to properly plan and execute an Eagle scout project. 

Meet and hear from a panel on everything eagle scout project. We’ll be having some recent Eagle Scouts, some eagle advisors and advancement members. THis is a great session for any Scout on their way to eagle. 

Additionally the Venturing program will run this Wednesday. See the Venturing Program section above for those details.  Week TWO - 24th June  This Wednesday is Order of the Arrow Day. More information will come, but have a look at the OA program section above. Additionally the Venturing program will run this wednesday. See the Venturing Program section above for those details. 

16:00  Live from Summit Bechtel Reserve 

Come and learn about the Summit, the BSA premier High Adventure base. They’ll be live and showing off some amazing features to us. Especially useful if you’re thinking of attending. 

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 Week THREE - 1st July 

18:00  Sustainability Special, from the Summit Sustainability Treehouse 

Join us for a sustainability focus at the Summit Bechtel Reserve. We’ll be learning about the Sustainability Treehouse and how to be better, more sustainable citizens of the planet. Open to all age groups 

19:30  Conservation and Hornaday in TAC 

Learn about Conservation projects and how you can earn the Hornaday Award in TAC 

Additionally the Venturing program will run this Wednesday. See the Venturing Program section above for those details.  Week FOUR - 8th July 

10:00  Interpreter Strips  We’ll be offering opportunities for youth to earn their interpreter Strips. Scouts should be confident in the language. On Offer: German, Spanish, Italian, and French 

15:30  Live from Florida Sea Base 

Learn about Florida Sea Base 

16:00  Live from Summit Bechtel Reserve 

Come and learn about the Summit, the BSA premier High Adventure base. They’ll be live and showing off some amazing features to us. Especially useful if you’re thinking of attending 

16:30  Launching TAC Ship 802: Getting into Sea Scouts 

Get involved with Sea Scouts in TAC. Come and learn about TAC Ship 802, our council’s virtual ship to support those interested in Sea Scouts across TAC. 

18:00  Program Panel with TAC VP of Program  

A discussion on TAC programs and opportunities, we also want to hear from you: the parents, leaders and youth of TAC on what you want to see come to Scouting. 

20:00  Using Blackpug: Tutorial with Ron Orr 

Useful session for adult leaders who regularly use Blackpug and how to export your data to Scoutbook 

Additionally the Venturing program will run this Wednesday. See the Venturing Program section above for those details. 

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