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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Let’s Camp Wolf
Elective
Requirement 4

Nothing But Knots

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Let’s Camp Wolf
Elective
Requirement 4

Nothing But Knots

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts learn about square knots. 

Indoor
2
2
2
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  • One piece of 20-inch rope with red duct tape on one end and blue duct tape on the other end for each Cub Scout 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Learn how to tie a square knot using the “How to Tie a Square Knot” video on Scout Life magazine. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather Cub Scouts and inform them that learning to tie knots is important.  Rope is an extremely helpful item on campouts.  Rope can be used to tie down tents or to create clotheslines to dry towels.  We use knots for different reasons.  Some knots can make the rope shorter, tie things down, bind poles together, or to connect two pieces together to make a longer piece of rope.  The important thing about knots is that when tied correctly they do the job, and they are easy to untie when done. That is what we are going to learn today.  One of the most basic knots is the square knot.  The square knot simply connects two pieces of rope together, it works best with the rope is the same type and size.  It holds the two pieces together but when you want to separate them it is easy to untie. 
  2. Hand out a rope to each Cub Scout.  
  3. While teaching the Cub Scouts to tie the square knot, demonstrate with your own rope. 
  4. Ask Cub Scouts to hold the red end in the right hand and the blue end in the left hand. 
  5. Pass the red end over and under the rope with the blue end. 
  6. Pass the red end rope now in your left hand over and under the blue end now in your right. 
  7. Tighten the knot by pulling both running ends at the same time. 
  8. Demonstrate that if they tie the knot correctly you can simply squeeze the knot together and it will loosen up and make it easy to untie. 

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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.