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Tiger – 1st Grade
Champions for Nature Tiger
Elective
Requirement 1

Renewable Show and Tell

Tiger – 1st Grade
Champions for Nature Tiger
Elective
Requirement 1

Renewable Show and Tell

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts bring everyday items from home and the den will sort them as made from renewable or non-renewable resources. 

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  • Cub Scouts are asked to bring three everyday items from home 
  • As a backup have the following items: 
  • Renewable items
    • Toothpick made from wood 
    • Towel made from cotton 
    • A glass cup 
  • Nonrenewable items
    • Plastic trash bag 
    • AA Battery 
    • Aluminum foil 
  • Cub Scouts will need their Tiger handbook, pages 29 and 30 
  • Pencils or pens, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Crayons, enough to share 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Become familiar with what a renewable resource and a non-renewable resource is. 
    • Renewable resources are physical materials that humans need and value that can be replenished at the rate it is used.  For example, bamboo flooring, bamboo can be grown at the rate at which it is used. 
    • Non-renewable resources are physical materials that humans need and value that cannot be replenished at all or it takes longer to replenish than the rate at which it is being used.   
  2. A week before the meeting remind adult partners, parents, and legal guardians that you would like Cub Scouts to bring three items that are everyday items from your house.   Explain the purpose is to identify items made from renewable and non-renewable resources.  

During the meeting: 

  1. Define renewable resources and non-renewable resources. 
  2. Have Cub Scouts show and talk about the items they brought.  Ask the Cub Scouts and adult partners if they think an item is made from renewable or non-renewable resources.  Keep in mind that something can be made from a non-renewable resource and still be recycled.  This activity is about the resource it is made from, not if it can be recycled.   
  3. Instruct the Cub Scout to circle the items on page 29 of the Tiger handbook that are renewable resources and place an “x” on those items that are non-renewable.  
  4. Instruct the Cub Scout to color the items on page 30 that are natural resources.   

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Tiger – 1st Grade

Identify Renewable and Non-renewable

Indoor
2
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Identify pictures of items that are renewable resources and non-renewable resources.

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Tiger – 1st Grade

Renewable Resource Walk

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Walk outside and point out items that are made from or use renewable resources and things that are made from or use non-renewable resources.  

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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.