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Geo Caching – Global Positioning Systems Mapping (GPS)

You’ve always wondered, now is your chance. Just how do those GPS systems work? Students will be introduced to a basic Garmin GPS unit. They’ll use the GPS units to find hidden boxes with prizes inside. A wonderful way to weave together technology and exercise along...

Initiative Tasks

Initiative Tasks are a series of creative problems which the group, as a team, must solve. They become more difficult as the program progresses. Tasks may involve creating the highest free standing tube tower, walking on land skis 6 students at a time, or moving a...

Lost in the Woods

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...

Maps and Mapping

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...

Orienteering

“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...

Quest for Fire

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...