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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Digging in the Past
Elective
Requirement 4

Dino Canvas

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Digging in the Past
Elective
Requirement 4

Dino Canvas

Snapshot of Activity

Draw fossil layers and add in dinosaurs.

Indoor
2
2
2
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  • Drawing paper for each Cub Scout 
  • Colored pencils for each Cub Scout  
  • Pencil for each Cub Scout  
  • Eraser for each Cub Scout 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up meeting space for Cub Scouts to draw. 
  2. Become familiar with fossil layers and  

During the meeting: 

  1. Have Cub Scouts draw three different layers of the ground where fossils are found, drawing horizontal layers to represent different geological strata. 
  2. Encourage Cub Scouts to color each layer using colored pencils. Darker for the deeper parts and lighter for the top layer with a thin layer of green at the top. 
  3. Suggest Cub Scouts create texture for each layer by adding lines or small shapes to represent different types of sediment or rocks. 
  4. Tell Cub Scouts that this first layer, darkest, is the oldest fossil layer.  The oldest fossils are fossils that were formed from things that lived in the sea.  To represent this have them draw seashells in this layer.  
  5. Next tell the Cub Scouts the second layer is where we will find dinosaurs.  To represent this have them draw a dinosaur in this layer. 
  6. Next tell the Cub Scouts that the next layer, the lightest color, will have things that are not as old, and this is where we will find fossils or artifacts from humans.  To represent this have them draw an arrowhead in this layer. 
  7. Inform Cub Scouts that paleontologists use fossil layers to help determine how old a fossil may be and to help them know how far they must dig to find fossils. 
  8. Ask Cub Scouts to share their drawings with the den. 

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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.