Scouts from Pack 471 competed in Pinewood derby races, a mix of in-person and virtual, on Saturday, January 16.
For scouts to participate and watch virtually, the pack used a Zoom meeting. Two phones were set up on tripods—one at the starting gate and another at the finish line—pointed down the track so that online viewers could see a side-by-side live stream of the cars racing from the start to the finish line.
The scouts built their own cars from a block of pine wood measuring 7 inches long, 1.75 inches wide and 1.25 inches tall. They designed and worked on the ...