Tiger Rank Advancement
Here’s How to Help Your Scout Advance!
Our Tiger rank has exciting indoor and outdoor activities specifically designed for first grade age youth and their adult partners. Adult partners (guardians) participate with their Scouts and have fun with them in activities. Each adult partner also supports and guides, allowing the new Cub Scout to discover risks and rewards under the security of adult supervision. Tiger Scouts learn by doing!
To earn the Tiger badge, a Scout must complete six required adventures with their den or family, plus two elective adventures from among the 20 electives in the Tiger Handbook.
- The National Resource page for Tiger Adventures is here. Each Adventure page there lists the Requirements and shares a selection of “Activity Cards” that could be used to complete each Requirement.
- For more resources, see this AAC District Page for Tiger. Each Adventure page there has videos and links to help learn the Adventure topic plus “Assembled” Den Meeting Plans that take the Requirements and/or National activity ideas that are fun, simple and easy and put them into Den Meeting Plans you can use. Word versions of those plans are attached below if you would like to edit to fit your Den.
The required adventures are:
- Bobcat Tiger is a “Character and Leadership” adventure, similar to the pre-2024 Bobcat "rank".
- Tigers In The Wild is an “Outdoors” adventure built around a walk outdoors.
- Tiger Bites is a “Personal Fitness” adventure where the highlight will be an active game.
- Team Tiger is a “Citizenship” adventure with team games and a service project.
- Tiger's Roar is a “Personal Safety” adventure built around this Protect Yourself video.
- Tiger Circles is a “Family & Reverence” adventure about family beliefs and celebrations.
The 20 elective adventures are Race Time Tiger (Pinewood Derby or Raingutter Regatta), Fish On (Fishing), Rolling Tigers (Cycling), Tigers in the Water (Swimming), Let's Camp Tiger (Camping), Champions For Nature Tiger (Conservation), Sky Is The Limit (Science), Tech All Around (Technology), Designed By Tiger (Engineering), Stories In Shapes (Math), Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries (magic and codes), Floats and Boats (model boat), Good Knights (knights and chivalry), Safe and Smart (prepared for emergencies), Tiger Tag (games and sports), Tiger-iffic (more games), Summertime Fun (May through August participate in three Cub Scout activities). (Also Archery, BB guns, and Slingshot, but only at District or Council events with qualified instructors – see Cub Scout Rangemaster training to join the ranks of trained “Rangemasters”).
Requirements and “Activity Card” options are found at the National Resource page for Tiger Adventures and at this AAC District Page for Tiger which has more tips, videos and links, plus “Assembled” Den Meeting Plans you can use.
Parents/guardians or the den leader approve each requirement by signing the Scout’s handbook. Scouts can receive an adventure loop on completing each adventure and, after meeting all requirements (six required Adventures plus two Tiger elective Adventures), have earned the Tiger badge.
Every Tiger Handbook is packaged with an adult leader guide to help you. Click here for information on Cub Scout Uniform options – but check with your Cub Scout Pack to find out what the expectations are (because “A Scout is Thrifty”).
