Some of your favorite building toys are probably modular. Learning to build using modular design is a good way to conserve resources. In this Adventure, you will gain an understanding of modular design, build using modular-based materials, and practice making directions for others to follow.
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Learn what modular design is and identify three things that use modular design in their construction.
Using modular-based building pieces, build a model without a set of instructions.
Using the model made in requirement 2, create a set of step-by-step instructions on how to make your model.
Have someone make your model using your instructions.
Using the same modular pieces used in requirement 2, build another model of something different.
With your parent or legal guardian’s permission, watch a video demonstrating how something was built using modular design.
Learn what modular design is and identify three things that use modular design in their construction.
Cub Scouts learn concepts of modular design and construction and it benefits.
Using modular-based building pieces, build a model without a set of instructions.
Using modular based building pieces Cub Scouts build a model.
Using the model made in requirement 2, create a set of step-by-step instructions on how to make your model.
Cub Scouts draw instructions on how to make their design structure.
Cub Scouts create video instructions on how to make their design structure.
Cub Scouts write down instructions on how to make their design structure.
Have someone make your model using your instructions.
Cub Scouts follow instructions to build a model.
Using the same modular pieces used in requirement 2, build another model of something different.
Cub Scouts design and build a model house of their own imagination or something different.
With your parent or legal guardian’s permission, watch a video demonstrating how something was built using modular design.
Watch a video of a real-life project that uses modular design.
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
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.
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.
