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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Germs Alive!
Elective
Requirement 2

Glitter Germ Magnet

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Germs Alive!
Elective
Requirement 2

Glitter Germ Magnet

Snapshot of Activity

Play Glitter Germ Magnet to see how germs are easily spread. 

Indoor
3
2
2
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  • Two colors of approximately two tablespoons glitter  
  • Water 
  • Hand soap 
  • Hand towel 
  • Vacuum cleaner  

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up hand washing station. 
  2. Set up meeting space and have vacuum cleaner prepared to pick up glitter. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather Cub Scouts and tell them that germs are so small we can only see them with a microscope.  Some germs can get us sick.  Germs can travel through the air, but they can also travel through contact with each other.  Today we are going to see just how germs can travel with we don’t keep our hands clean.  
  2. Ask Cub Scouts to wash their hands and form a circle with the group. 
  3. Ask an adult or den chief to put a pinch of bright-colored glitter into one person’s hand in the circle. Have that person shake hands with the next person. 
  4. Remind Cub Scouts to not touch their face or eyes with glitter on their hands. 
  5. Instruct Cub Scouts to pass the handshake around the circle and see how far the “germs”(glitter) go. 
  6. Ask an adult or den chief to add a second color of glitter to one Cub Scout’s hand to show how different “germs” can build up.  
  7. Ask Cub Scouts to wash their hands after the game.

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3
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3

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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

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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.