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The Four C’s of the Outdoor Code
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Tiger – 1st Grade
Tigers in the Wild
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 2

The Four C’s of the Outdoor Code

Tiger – 1st Grade
Tigers in the Wild
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 2

The Four C’s of the Outdoor Code

Snapshot of Activity

The four C’s is a method of introducing the Outdoor Code.

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  • Tiger handbook for each Cub Scout
  • Crayons – enough to share

Before the meeting:

  1. Set up the meeting space for Cub Scouts and adult partners to work in their Tiger handbook.

 

During the meeting:

  1. Have Cub Scouts open their Tiger handbook to page 13 to see the Outdoor Code.
  2. With help from their adult partner have the Cub Scouts circle all the letter Cs in the Outdoor Code. Don’t count the title, the C in “The Outdoor Code.”
  3. There are four C’s in the outdoor code, review each one.
  4. Clean – Be Clean in my outdoor manners. Ask Cub Scouts and adult partners how they can be clean in their outdoor manners. Then share the following:
    • Treat the outdoors as a heritage.
    • Take care of it for myself and others.
    • Keep trash and garbage out of lakes, streams, fields, woods, and roadways.
  5. Careful – Be Careful with fire. Ask Cub Scouts and adult partners how they can be careful with fire when in the outdoors. Then share the following:
    • Prevent wildfires.
    • Build fires only when and where they are permitted and appropriate.
    • When finished using a fire, make sure it is cold out.
    • Leave a clean fire ring or remove all evidence of my fire.
  6. Considerate – Be considerate in the outdoors. Ask Cub Scouts and adult partners how they can be considerate in the outdoors. Then share the following:
    • Treat the land and other land users with respect.
    • Follow the principles of outdoor ethics for all outdoor activities.
  7. Conservation – Be conservation-minded. Ask Cub Scouts and adult partners what it means to be conservation minded. Then share the following:
    • Learn about and practice good conservation of soil, waters, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife and energy.
    • Urge others to do the same.

Additional Resources

Learn more on the Conservation and Environment page at Scouting.org.

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Tiger – 1st Grade

Outdoor Code Puzzle

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Cub Scouts use their Tiger handbook to create an Outdoor Code puzzle.

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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.