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Webelos – 4th Grade
Art Explosion
Elective
Requirement 2

Say Cheese

Webelos – 4th Grade
Art Explosion
Elective
Requirement 2

Say Cheese

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts experiment with digital photography and editing.

Indoor
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  • Digital camara or smart device camera for each Cub Scout
  • An apple, orange, bunch of grapes, and a banana
  • White tablecloth
  • A small table

Before the meeting:

  1. Send a notice to parents and legal guardians for their Cub Scout to bring a digital camera or a smart device to the den meeting. For those who do not have one identify a source to borrow from.
  2. Set out the apple, orange, grapes, and banana on a table covered by the white tablecloth.

During the meeting:

  1. Explain to the Cub Scouts that they will be taking a picture of the fruit and then use the features on their camera to edit the photo. Explain to them that most photographers take a number of pictures and then edit the photo to make the best picture.
  2. Have Cub Scouts take a picture of each piece of fruit. Once with the flash off and again with the flash on.
  3. Stop and examine the pictures. What differences do they see?
  4. Next, take pictures zooming in on the fruit, and then another picture zooming out. Let them take a variety of pictures zooming in close and zooming way out.
  5. Examine the pictures. Which do they like best? What can they see when zooming in that is not seen when zooming out?
  6. Using the pictures that they have taken, have the Cub Scouts select 1 of the photos. Make 3 copies of the photo.
    • In one copy of the photo, use the edit feature to make changes to the photo.
    • In a second copy of the photo, use the crop feature.For Use the edit feature in the camera
    • In the third copy, use the brightness feature to make an edit.
  7. Compare the 3 edited photos to the original. How are they difference? Any similaries? Which photo makes the fruit look the best?

Tip: This activity works well when each Cub Scout works with their parent or legal guardian.

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.