You can use math to have fun! The great thing about math is that it can be more than just adding and subtracting numbers. Math is also about patterns and can be used to create messages. In the world of computers, math is used to create a secret code to protect information. Encryption is when you take a message and use a code to change it into something that no one can read unless they have a way to read the code. This is called a key. Making and creating codes is a form of math.
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Create a secret code. Send a message to a member of your den or family. Have that person send a message back to you using the same secret code.
Build and play a game that requires the use of codes or patterns.
Select a single shape. Observe the environment around you. Write down where you see that shape and how it is being used.
Using a package that contains a number of different colored items, discover the most common color.
Create a secret code. Send a message to a member of your den or family. Have that person send a message back to you using the same secret code.
Create and decipher a code stick coded message.
Send a secret message using a decoder wheel.
Build and play a game that requires the use of codes or patterns.
Create and decipher codes to find your destination.
Play a logic game to find your buddy’s essential items first.
Use logic to break your opponent’s code.
Select a single shape. Observe the environment around you. Write down where you see that shape and how it is being used.
Visit a furniture store and discover which shape is most seen in furniture.
Identify three different shapes that you see in nature.
Using a package that contains a number of different colored items, discover the most common color.
Predict which color of candy is most common.
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
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.
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.
