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Lion – Kindergarten
Fun on the Run
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 4

Animals Sleep Just Like Me

Lion – Kindergarten
Fun on the Run
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 4

Animals Sleep Just Like Me

Snapshot of Activity

Learn that animals sleep and rest too, but some do so during the day and some during the night. 

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  • Lions need their Lion handbook, page 15 
  • Crayons, enough to share  

Before the meeting: 

  1. Become familiar with nocturnal animals and those that are diurnal (di·ur·nal). 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and share with them that it is important that we not only eat foods that will keep us healthy and to stay active to exercise our muscles It is also important to give our body a chance to rest and to sleep. 
  2. Share with the Cub Scouts the things you learned about nocturnal animals and those that are diurnal.  
    • Owls and Opossums are nocturnal which means they sleep during the day and are active at night.  They are active during these times for two different reasons.  Owls eat mice and other small rodents as do many other birds, but most other birds sleep during the night, this means that there is less competition for owls when they are hunting.  Opossums are nocturnal so avoid predators (other animals that eat them) and it is also when most of the animals they hunt are active.   
    • Dogs and birds are diurnal which means they are like us; they are active during the day and sleep at night.  Dogs are domesticated, meaning they rely on humans for food, shelter, and protection so dogs keep the same active patterns as their owners.  Most birds are also diurnal and are active during the day and sleep at night. 
    • Ask Cub Scouts if they think cats are diurnal or nocturnal and have them explain why they think that.  Cats are actually special.  It may seem to us that all they do is sleep during the day and night and that is somewhat true.  Cats are known as crepuscular (cre·pus·cu·lar) which means they are most active when the sun is just starting to come up (dawn) and when the sun is about to go down (dusk). 
  3. Have the adult partners work with their Cub Scouts to complete the activity on page 15 of the Lion handbook. 
  4. When they are finished with the activity have the adult partners talk to their Cub Scouts about when they go to bed and when they wake up.  Do they feel rested with they wake up in the morning?  Are they getting enough sleep?  Lion aged Cub Scouts should get about 10 hours of sleep a night. 

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.