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Webelos – 4th Grade
Aware and Care
Elective
Requirement 1

Can We Get There?

Webelos – 4th Grade
Aware and Care
Elective
Requirement 1

Can We Get There?

Snapshot of Activity

Navigate an obstacle course with both eyes covered one eye covered, and blurred vision.

Indoor
3
5
5
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Before the meeting:

  1. Find a suitable open space free of obstacles.
  2. Order the vision simulator glasses or make your own.
  3. Remind Cub Scouts to wear their neckerchief to the meeting. Have some extra bandanas available.
  4. Using the painters tape, create walking paths on the floor with 3 or 4 turns.

During the meeting:

  1. Share with Cub Scouts that people may see differently, and this impacts how we all travel in our environment.
  2. Have Cub Scouts buddy up to travel through the maze.
  3. Have one Cub Scout be the one with impaired vision and one assigned to provide verbal directions.
  4. Have each buddy group navigate the path using the vision simulator glasses covering both eyes, covering a single eye and with blurred vision. Record the time.
  5. Have the buddies switch. Record the time.
  6. Compare the results for different levels of impairment.
  7. Ask Cub Scouts about the challenges of traveling along the path with each type of vision impairment.

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2
2
1

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2
2
2

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1
2
2

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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.