Water is an important force in our lives. It can be as gentle as a spring sun-shower or as powerful as a hurricane. All living things need water to live, but we use water for more than just survival. In this Adventure, you will learn where the water you use comes from and how to conserve it.
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Discover where the water in your home comes from.
Discuss how water can become polluted.
Share some ways you can conserve water in your home.
Discover how water in your community is treated to become safe to drink.
Discover where the water in your home comes from.
Visit a river or other body of water to learn where your drinking water comes from.
Create a poster showing the water cycle for your community.
Have a professional who works in the water treatment industry speak to the den about where water used at home comes from.
Discuss how water can become polluted.
Cub Scouts demonstrate how pollution can enter our groundwater.
Cub Scouts learn how water can become polluted.
Cub Scouts identify which items contribute to polluting water and which will help keep water clean.
Share some ways you can conserve water in your home.
Cub Scouts learn about wasting water in their home.
Cub Scouts learn about water conservation by playing a card matching game.
Cub Scouts will find water conservation-related words in a word search puzzle.
Discover how water in your community is treated to become safe to drink.
Cub Scouts learn about filtering water by making their own water filter.
Cub Scouts learn how a backpacking water filter works.
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.
