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Bear – 3rd Grade
Critter Care
Elective
Requirement 2

What Animal

Bear – 3rd Grade
Critter Care
Elective
Requirement 2

What Animal

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts choose an animal that is allowed in their community and present a charades-act of that animal.

Indoor
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  • A list of animals that are allowed as pets in your community
  • A list of animals that are not allowed as pets in your community

Before the meeting:

  1. Read the rules on How to Play Charades. Without speaking, act out an animal that others can guess. Whoever guesses correctly then begins his or her turn.
  2. Write down separate strips of paper animals that are allowed in your community as pets and animals that are not allowed. Mix the slips of paper for each category together in a hat. Have one Cub Scout at a time choose a slip of paper from the mix. That’s what they need to act out without the use of words or sounds.

During the meeting:

  1. Teach the Cub Scouts the rules and how to play the game of charades. Keep it simple and have fun. Do not over emphasize the rules for charades.
  2. Have a Cub Scout select an animal from the hat and present a charades-act of that animal.
  3. Cub Scouts are to guess the animal.
  4. Then Cub Scouts decide if this animal is allowed in their community. Discuss why this animal may or may not be a good pet.
  5. Allow the next Cub Scout to choose an animal from the hat. Continue until every Cub Scout has had a turn.

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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.