Experiments, and Founder’s Day
Today, the Beavers worked on their Experimentor badges – so they planted cress seeds to see how they grow. They they had a magnetic treasure hunt with little frog and duck magnets, going around the room and making a list of everything they could find that was ferromagnetic. Then they had a closer look at magnetism with a little show of magnetic magic.
Then the Cubs and Scouts had similar programmes – celebrating [Founder's Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouts%27_Day#Founders.27_Days), the birthday of [Robert Baden-Powell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell%2C_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell), the founder of Scouting. So we had various party games and party food, and ‘birthday cake’ in the form of cup cakes (each with a candle in). We had them each *light* a candle while thinking about something they care about, then as a group, blow them all out again. And we enlisted the District Commissioner to talk a bit about Founder’s Day and the life of Baden-Powell, which also helps the new cub towards the requirements of her Investiture.