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Lion – Kindergarten
Gizmos and Gadgets
Elective
Requirement 1

Ping Pong Ball Derby

Lion – Kindergarten
Gizmos and Gadgets
Elective
Requirement 1

Ping Pong Ball Derby

Snapshot of Activity

Race ping pong balls across a table by blowing through a straw.

Indoor
3
2
2
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  • 6-foot-long table
  • Straws, one for each Cub Scout and adult partner
  • 2 – Ping Pong balls
  • 2 – 16 oz. plastic cup
  • Roll of 1” blue painter’s tape

Before the meeting:

  1. Set up the meeting location with a 6-foot-long table that is in a safe place free of obstacles that Cub Scouts and adult partners can freely move around the table.
  2. Tape the plastic cups, laying down with the opening of the cup facing the other end of the table. The objective is to be able to blow the ping pong ball into the cup.

During the meeting:

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and inform them that in this activity they are going to explore the property of motion. Motion is simply when something moves. They are going to have fun moving ping pong balls by blowing on them through a straw.
  2. Pair up Cub Scouts to race each other by placing each ping pong ball on one end of the table. The goal is to get the ball across the table and into the cup on the other side without the ball falling off the table. The first one to do so wins.
  3. Have Cub Scouts race each other and then pair up adult partners and have adult partners race each other.
  4. Ask the Cub Scouts what tips they would give someone when playing this game.

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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
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