Put your students’ mapping skills and natural knowledge to the test! Explore a unique alvar ecosystem, while looking for geological clues to help solve the mysteries of this fascinating place. This program uses critical thinking and analytical skills to determine the...
Ever wonder what to do if you are lost? In this engaging, hands-on program, students learn about lost-proofing (how not to get lost), shelter building, using natural materials to keep warm, edible wild, cordage and other survival skills. This program teaches an...
Where am I? Where am I going and how do I get there? These are important questions that help us navigate the landscape. In this program, children learn how to orient themselves using a three-dimensional model of the Camp. They then find hidden objects and markers...
“Well, I am not lost! I just don’t know where I am.” Move beyond this excuse with our tried and true orienteering program. Learn the language of a map, how to orient a map, how a compass works and the best way to use one. Can you find the hidden markers in...
Here is a great way to combine adventure, map reading skills and fire making. Students use maps and/or GPS units to locate wooden boxes hidden along the trail of our range area. Each box has a little something to start a fire. Find all the boxes and be the first to...
We begin by teaching students what traditional types of snow shoes were used by First Nation people in this area. We use our modern snowshoes to explore the trails of our 180 acres of forests and fields. This is a fun and invigorating way to enjoy the winter landscape...
