BB gun or Archery Targets:
Why buy them, just print these out: targets.ppt
Campfire Jokes:
In a hurry to a campout? Print out these 9 quick clean stupid jokes, stick them in the book you are reading, and be prepared. campfire-jokes.pdf . You may also want to copy down the ‘puns’ I put under “Lighter Fare.”
Quartermaster Report:
If you need one…
Lax Rules & Game Intro:
Finding a good handout to introduce lacrosse to parent and kids is just about impossible. I put together the attached – condensing the 86 page rule book into just a few easy to read pages. If you’re involved, maybe you’d find the attached useful. 2007-league-rules.doc
Pinewood Derby Table Decorations:
We put up the standard checkered flags around the track. This year for the tables, I purchased those .99 white plastic table covering from Walmart’s. I printed the attached, cut out, and placed in the center of all table. Looked official. Nothing to get too excited about, but maybe you can use: pwdtabledecorations.ppt
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Does life get any better than this – a corndog pizza!
‘barrel full of monkies
Someone’s bound to get hurt here:
IF ipods came out in 1977:
The Real McNugget
Say hello to mechanically separated chicken. It’s what all fast-food chicken is made from—things like chicken nuggets and patties. Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it. Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve—bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this.
There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually. Then, because it tastes gross, it will be reflavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color. But, hey, at least it tastes good, right?
Two Feet of Snow
Camping Gear:
FOOD AROUND THE WORLD:
Before you were born:
RELATIONSHIP BOX
SOLAR ENERGY
Might be helpful for the Personal Management merit badge:
Might be helpful for the Computer merit badge:
If the kids are interested in politics and want to learn what it means to say “left” or “ring” wing, here’s something helpful:
Artsy people, pretty creative:
Particle Accelerator
At the Heart of All Matter
This is a Feb08 picture from National Geographic of the 17 mile (ring) particle accelerator being built under the French village of Crozet. It’s called the Large Hadron Collider, and its purpose is simple but ambitious: to crack the code of the physical world; to figure out what the universe is made of; in other words, to get to the very bottom of things. The particles will be guided by more than a thousand cylindrical, supercooled magnets, linked like sausages. At four locations the beams will converge, sending the particles crashing into each other at nearly the speed of light. If all goes right, matter will be transformed by the violent collisions into wads of energy, which will in turn condense back into various intriguing types of particles, some of them never seen before. That’s the essence of experimental particle physics: You smash stuff together and see what other stuff comes out. I just think this picture is cool. Some people think this thing is going to create a blackhole and suck us all in.
