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Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Habitat
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 4

Trash Timeline Game

Bear – 3rd Grade
Bear Habitat
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 4

Trash Timeline Game

Snapshot of Activity

Play trash timeline game to understand decomposition time and the need to trash the trash.

Indoor
4
2
2
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  • Trash Timeline Cards found in Additional Resources 
  • Trash Timeline found in Additional Resources 
  • Trash Timeline Key found in Additional Resources 
  • Cardstock 
  • Printer  
  • Time

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up meeting space such that Cub Scouts have room to move about. 
  2. Print two sets of Trash Timeline Cards, two sets of Trash Timeline, and cut them out. 
  3. Ensure access to Trash Timeline Key, either by printing or digitally. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Divide the Cub Scouts into two teams. 
  2. Give each team a set of Trash Timeline cards. 
  3. Explain the rules: 
    • The object is to place their cards on the correct decompensation time of the item on the timeline. 
    • The timer will be set to five minutes. 
    • Once the time is up, the leader will walk through the timeline and say if the place trash card is correct or not.  
    • The team with the most correct wins.  
  4. After Cub Scouts have completed their guesses, put the items in the actual order on the timeline of decomposition. 
  5. Ask Cub Scouts if they were surprised with the results. 
  6. Ask Cub Scouts what they plan to do to keep this trash out of nature.

Additional Resources

Trash Timeline

Trash Timeline Key

Trash Timeline Cards

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.