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Webelos – 4th Grade
Math on the Trail
Elective
Requirement 2

Timing 2 Miles On the Trail

Webelos – 4th Grade
Math on the Trail
Elective
Requirement 2

Timing 2 Miles On the Trail

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts validate how long it will take to walk 2 miles on a trail.

Travel
4
2
5
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  • Activity Consent form
  • Cub Scout Six Essentials
  • Map of trail, either paper or digital
  • 8 ½” x 11” paper cut into two equal strips, 2 strips per Cub Scout
  • Timer, one for every two Cub Scouts
  • Projections Recording Sheet found in Additional Resources

Before the meeting:

  1. Find a trail. If combining the entire Math on the Trail Requirements together in one meeting, find a trail that is about 2 miles long.
  2. Determine the path of a 2-mile path for the on the trail. Remember you can always find a one-mile trail in and a one-mile hike back. Mark the route on the map or hiking app. Assign an adult or den chief to monitor the map or hiking app to notify when the group reaches 2 miles.
  3. Contact parents and legal guardians to let them know Cub Scouts must wear comfortable clothes, close toe shoes, and bring their Cub Scout Six Essentials. Remind them of the meeting location date and time and to bring a completed Activity Consent Form.

During the meeting:

  1. Review the Projected Time the Cub Scouts completed in requirement 1. Explain that today Cub Scouts are going to see how close our estimate was to the actual time.
  2. Show Cub Scouts what 2 miles looks like on the map of the trail.
  3. Walk the 2 miles. Remind Cub Scouts, that this is not a race, they are walking to get a pace to see if our prediction from requirement 1. is correct. 
  4. Record the time it took Cub Scouts to walk 2 miles. Save this information, the Cub Scout will need it for requirement 3.

Additional Resources

Projections Recording Sheet

Phone app Pedometers

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Webelos – 4th Grade

Timing 2 Miles Indoor

Indoor
4
2
2

Cub Scouts validate how long it will take to walk 2 miles in an indoor setting.

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Webelos – 4th Grade

Timing 2 Miles Outdoor Track

Travel
4
2
4

Cub Scouts validate how long it will take to walk 2 miles on an outdoor track.

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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

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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.