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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Digging in the Past
Elective
Requirement 3

Dino Egg Dig

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Digging in the Past
Elective
Requirement 3

Dino Egg Dig

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts will make dinosaur eggs. 

Indoor
3
3
2
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  • Mixing bowl for each Cub Scout 
  •  Assorted fossils such as shark teeth, sea clam fossil, trilobite, ichthyodont, ammolite, copal amber, graptolite, rhynchonellida, conchostracan, tower corals, spirifer.  These can be found for purchase online.  
  • 1 cup used coffee grounds per egg for each Cub Scout 
  • 1 cup flour per egg for each Cub Scout 
  • 1/2 cup salt per egg for each Cub Scout 
  • 1/4 cup sand per egg for each Cub Scout 
  • 3/4 cup water per egg for each Cub Scout 
  • Digging equipment such a toothbrush, paintbrush, toothpick, and a lightweight hammer for each Cub Scout 
  • Newspaper for each Cub Scout 
  • Oven 
  • Oven mitts 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Gather all materials and lay out items on a newspaper-covered work surface for each Cub Scout 
  2. Preheat oven to 150* 

During the meeting: 

  1. Tell Cub Scouts to mix coffee grounds, flour, salt, and sand together, and add 1/4 cup water at a time. 
  2. Once mixed, have Cub Scouts flatten a chunk of dough out in their hand and place fossils inside to later dig out and find. Have them roll the rest of the dough over the toy to form an egg or rock. 
  3. Bake in the oven at 150*F for about 20-30 minutes. Allow the eggs to cool before handling.  
  4. Place newspaper down for each Cub Scout. This is going to get messy. 
  5. The egg may crumble a bit. If it doesn’t, have Cub Scouts use the hammer and very gently tap on it to start breaking it up. 
  6. Encourage Cub Scouts to dig their way to the dinosaur toys.  

TIP: While the dino egg is baking complete other requirements for this or other Adventures.

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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.