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Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Estimations AOL
Elective
Requirement 1

Size it Up!

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Estimations AOL
Elective
Requirement 1

Size it Up!

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts estimate serving sizes of different foods. 

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  • 2 or 3 food items (dried beans, uncooked rice, lettuce, carrots, milk, etc.) 
  • Containers for each food item 
  • 2 paper plates and 2 paper cups for each Cub Scout 
  • Serving spoons or utensils to self-serve for each item  
  • Measuring cups, sizes correspond to serving sizes for each food item  
  • Notecard for each food with serving size labeled on it 
  • Napkins 
  • Paper towels 
  • Table  

Before the meeting: 

  1. Take note of any food allergies in the den so you bring food that everyone can eat or touch.  
  2. Review serving sizes using USDA MyPlate  and understanding of a balanced diet consisting of the food groups. 
  3. Set up the food in large containers.   
  4. Label the food with a notecard and the serving size. 
  5. Set out food on a table where Cub Scouts can reach.   
  6. Gather clean-up materials, such as napkins or paper towels  

During the meeting: 

  1. Explain the concept of serving size.  Sometimes the problem is that we eat the correct foods, but sometimes we overestimate or underestimate the serving size.    
  2. Hand a paper plate to each Cub Scout.  
  3. Show the food on the table. Point out the note card by each food with the serving size.   
  4. Without using the measuring cups, have the Cub Scouts put what they think is one serving of the items on their plates.   
  5. After all the Cub Scouts have made their estimations, pull out the measuring cups and hand them a new plate.  Have the Cub Scouts measure what they have put on their plates.  Allow the visual comparisons between the “guess” and the “actual” measure.  
  6. Discuss the difference between the “guess” plate and the “actual” measurement.    
  7. Connect to life by discussing how they might overestimate in their eating practices.   
    • When might it be easy to overestimate?   
    • When might it be easy to underestimate?    
    • List the foods in life where we might overestimate.   
    • List foods in life that we might underestimate.   
    • What effect would that have on our health?  

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Bray Barnes

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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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