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Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Swimming AOL
Elective
Requirement 1

Swimming Do’s and Don’ts

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade
Swimming AOL
Elective
Requirement 1

Swimming Do’s and Don’ts

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts play a game to learn Safe Swim Defense.

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  • Do’s and Don’ts Game Card found in Additional Resources]
  • Do’s and Don’ts Rules found in Additional Resources
  • Do’s and Don’ts Key found in Additional Resources
  • Printer
  • Tape
  • Scissors
  • Cub Scouts will need their Arrow of Light handbook

Before the meeting:

  1. Become familiar with BSA Safe Swim Defense. The Safe Swim Defense course is available at the BSA Learn Center.
  2. Set up meeting space for Cub Scouts to move around to play the game. Spread out games strips face down on a flat surface.
  3. Print one copy of the Do’s and Don’ts Game Card. Tape to wall.
  4. Print one copy of the Do’s and Don’ts Rules. Cut rules into individual strips.
  5. Be able to access Do’s and Don’ts Key.

During the meeting:

  1. Explain to Cub Scouts that they will be learning about swimming safely using the BSA Safe Swim Defense rules. Ask them to open their handbooks to the Swimming Adventure. They will be using the information found in the handbook to correctly identify the rules of Safe Swim Defense.
  2. Play Safe Swim Defense Dos and Don’ts game.
    • Have Cub Scouts take turns choosing a strip, reading it out loud to the group, and then choosing if it should be taped under the Do title or the Don’t title. They may use their handbook to help decide.
    • Use the Do’s and Don’ts Key to identify if the strip has been placed under the correct title.
    • Discuss the reason for the rule.

Additional Resources

Do’s and Don’ts Game Card

Do’s and Don’ts Rules

Do’s and Don’ts Key

 

Aaron on Scouting Blog Safe Swim Defense: What you need to know now that summer is here

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.