DIY Badge Activity Pack

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What’s included in this
‘Group Activities’ pack:
Energy
saving................................................2
Tool box essentials........................................3
Look after your Scout building......................5
Build an insect resort.....................................6
Understanding cable colours........................7
Design your own wallpaper...........................8
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What we’ll
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Cut ar
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the blu
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Use the temp
late tag to ma
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attach the tag
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– to remind S
building users
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to be energy
efficient.
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Get in groups
and talk abou
t where in the
energy could
Scout buildin
be saved.
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Examples inc
lude:
Leaking rad
iators (heatin
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Closing win
ving)
dows (heat sa
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Turning off
taps properly
(water saving
Closing do
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ors
Boiling kett
les
Why
Draw
the
probl
em in
the
pictur
e box
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We will need
from a selection of tools
the list provided
empty tool box
of
A smaller selection
non-essential tools:
magnifying glass
sponge
string
batteries
superglue
tool box ess
entials
tweezers
rio 1:
Scena icture
ng a p
re-ha
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What we’ll do
Scenario 2
:
put up a s
helf
out
selection of tools laid
1 Have a look at the
y are for
the tools and what the
2 Talk about each of
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wi
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bo
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too
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Fil
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tools in a tool box
did
ose the tools that you
4 Explain why you ch
Now what we’ll do
and think k you have been given
1 Look at the DIY tas
done
ed to do to get the job
about what you ne
write or draw ls provided and either
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of
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ed to complete the job
the tools that you ne
ve chosen these tools
3 Explain why you ha
the
oices, have you chosen
4 Talk about your ch
best tools for the job
tools needed
for the job
are inside the
object
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Sce
cha nario 3
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:
in a a fuse
plug
Measuring distance.
Tighten, adjust and remove nuts
and bolts.
An adjustable sliding jaw that
changes the width of your wrench.
Use for extra grip, and pulling
things like nails out.
Drilling holes or driving screws in.
Cutting wood around the house,
even branches.
When hanging pictures, putting up An old fashioned bubble based
a shelf etc. a straight line is crucial. spirit level is fine.
For 100s of DIY tasks.
Cuts through metal.
Takes the excess air out of the
radiator allowing the hot water to
get through.
In case there is a power cut.
Tape Measure
Crescent Wrench
Cordless Drill
Crosscut Saw
Level
Utility Knife (Stanley
Knife)
Hacksaw
Bleed Key for Radiator
Torch
Pliers
Has a four point head that’s fits
into a corresponding screws
shallow.
Phillips Screwdriver
Keep in tool box – so you know
where it is.
Have a rag/bowl handy to catch
the water when it runs out.
One with a changeable blade will
allow you to cut through metal,
wood and plastic.
Get one where the blade slides
back.
The only knife you should need.
12 volts is good enough for jobs
around the house.
One with a reversible feature will
allow you to undo.
Cut against the grain.
Also works on plastic.
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The moveable jaw should be
located on the side towards which
the rotation is to be performed –
reduces backlash.
A needle nose pair will help you to
get in the smallest of places.
A must have.
Has replaced the flathead in most
projects – so make sure you have
a selection of sizes.
Can also be used for prying,
scrapping and nudging.
For use on single slot screws.
Flathead Screwdriver
Wooden handles break easily – go
for a synthetic material.
Tips
Driving nails into wood.
Small demolition jobs.
What it’s for
Claw Hammer
Tool
tool box essentials
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We will need
paper
pens
What we’ll do
Get in groups and di
scuss what needs fix
ing or decorating in
your Scout building.
Make a table of the th
ings that need doing
.
Include:
The skills that you
will need to learn in
order
to complete them
The product you wo
uld need to complet
e the projects
Whether you could
do this together or wh
ether you
need to get a tradesp
erson in to do the jo
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Problem
Leaky Tap
Rewiring
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Produ
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Skills Neede g tap Washer
to fix a drippin
How
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Electrical train
No
Yes
Can
we
fix it?
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We will nee
ottles
plastic drink b
nal)
pallets (optio
f:
A selection o
dead wood
plastic straws
do
What we’ll
canes
card
corrugated
twigs
leaves
bottle tops
nd leaves
dead wood a
f
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s
ile
p
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untidy gard
e bugs and
Bugs love an
f food to som
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e place a
of autumn
lying around th
bugs a heap
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r for others
inter.
provide shelte
through the w
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eal place
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ving a cylinde
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(l
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off a plast
s,
Cut the top
rd, twigs, leave
a
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rd
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s
ottle with strip
ttle tops,
Pack the b
ss, plastic bo
ra
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s,
w
lastic stra
dead wood, p
rrugated card
canes and co
eting
tels in to a me
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B
ct resort or pla
se
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n
a
p
u
ild
llets to bu
Use old pa
grounds
es around the
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Invertebrates
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Solitary bees
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page 5
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resort
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We will need
Print outs of plugs/cables
Colouring pens/pencils
Elec
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What we’ll do
Cables contain conductors called
Blue = Neutral
cores, each colour coded:
Brown = Live
Green/Yellow = Earth
Colour in the plug with the correc
t colours and fill in the
bubbles with the correct descrip
tion or name using the print
outs that you’ve found to help.
Think
tools about wh
at
you w
o
u
l
to fix
d use
this p
lug?
Draw
or wr
ite
them
here
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Design your
very own
wallpaper!
Use the dotted
lines as a guide
to see where
the edge of the
roll would be.
Think about
repeat
patterns and
joining up
properly
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