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

Fossil Dough Discovery

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

Fossil Dough Discovery

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts build fossil layers with play dough. 

Indoor
2
3
2
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  • 2 ounces of Three different colors of play dough for a total of 6 oz. for each Cub Scout 
  • Small rolling pin for each Cub Scout 
  • Small arrowhead (plastic or real) at least one per Cub Scout 
  • Small plastic dinosaurs at least one per Cub Scout 
  • Small shell at least one per Cub Scout 
  • Piece of paper for each Cub Scout 
  • Plastic tablecloth 

Before the meeting:

  1. Set up the meeting space and cover the table or workspace with a plastic tablecloth. 
  2. Set out all the supplies. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Tell Cub Scouts that they’re going to make layers of the earth  where fossils are found using play dough. 
  2. Instruct Cub Scouts to collect their supplies. 
  3. Have Cub Scouts take one color of playdough and roll it out flat into a rectangle.  
  4. Tell Cub Scouts that this first layer will be the oldest fossil layer.  The oldest fossils are fossils that were formed from things that lived in the sea.  To represent this place the seashells in this layer.  
  5. Next tell the Cub Scouts the second layer is where we will find dinosaurs.  To represent this have them place the dinosaurs in this layer. 
  6. Next tell the Cub Scouts that the next layer 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 place the 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 they are looking for. 

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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.