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Bear – 3rd Grade
A Bear Goes Fishing
Elective
Requirement 3

Create Your Own Matching Game

Bear – 3rd Grade
A Bear Goes Fishing
Elective
Requirement 3

Create Your Own Matching Game

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts create a matching game learning their local fishing regulations. 

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  • Create Your Own Matching Game worksheet found in Additional Resources, one for every two Cub Scouts 
  • Printer 
  • Pencils, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Fishing regulations pamphlet for your state and/or local area 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Print Create Your Own Matching Game worksheet, one for each Cub Scout buddy group. 
  2. Set up the meeting space with a place for Cub Scouts to complete their worksheet to create their own game. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Divide Cub Scouts into buddy groups. Give each group a set of the Create Your Own Matching Game worksheet and pencil.  
  2. Using the fishing regulations pamphlet, Cub Scouts can create their cards together. 
    • The worksheet contains an example 
    • On one card write a “Fishing Regulation Title” 
    • On the matching card, will write the “Fishing Regulation Rule” 
  3. Once all cards have been completed, mix all the cards up. 
  4. Have buddy groups exchange their card game.  
  5. Have buddy groups play the game. 
  6. When done playing the game have each buddy group share a fishing regulation they learned and why it is important.  

Additional Resources

Create Your Own Matching Game worksheet

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Bear – 3rd Grade

What I Learned

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Cub Scouts document fishing regulations they learned. 

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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.