Animal Tracks

Using our animal tracking laboratory students will learn about different animal's track characteristics and features. Each child will practice making their own animal track and will paint a track to take home with them.

Tree Detective (Dendrochronology)

Students will learn to identify the rings on a tree cross-section and will learn what these rings can indicate about a tree's life cycle

Owls Pellets

After learning about Owl habitats and traits, students will have the chance to dissect an owl pellet and identify what the owl has eaten.

Discovery Hike

Students experience a new way to look, listen, touch, and smell through a guided nature hike along our Wetland Trail. Time is spent discussing the beaver habitat and the class can be refocused on these animals if desired.

Archaeology

Students will learn the basics of scientific inquiry and archaeological concepts by analyzing garbage from different places.

Orienteering

After learning about the parts of a compass and its proper use students go on a treasure hunt that takes them all around the camp property.

Geocaching

After learning how a GPS unit works and its proper use students get the chance to use the GPS units to follow waypoints around the camp property and find a hidden treasure box.

Leave No Trace

Students will learn the concept of Leave No Trace (LNT), an dhow these outdoor ethics help us care and respect the natural world about us. A lot of hands on activities and take home supplies.

Canoeing

Students will learn the basics skills of canoeing and water safety. After learning how to put on a life jacket, how to board and navigate a canoe, and the parts of the boat they will have the time to explore Trout Lake.

Outdoor Survival

After learning the basics of outdoor survival students will practice constructing shelters and building fires. This is a great hands-on class with lots of activity!

Team Building

Team building consists of our facilitators taking our team through various initiatives and low elements that provide unique challenges for your group. Facilitators guide the group in a way that teaches safety, communication, problem solving and teamwork in a group setting.

Rock Wall

Our Rock Wall is 25' high and has two separate climbs, both of which are marked with routes to give an extra challenge to the participant if desired. A facilitator works with the climbers in a way that teaches safety and basic climbing skills.

Giant Jump

After a participant is harnessed and clipped into a belay rope they climb 25' up to a platform in a tree and jump out to a bell suspended in front of them. The participant may move the bell closer or further away to allow them to choose their challenge. They are belayed by a group of their peers and a facilitator from the ground.

Giant Swing

A participant is harnessed and clipped into a steal cable and then hoisted into the air by the pulling power of their group. The participant may choose to go as high as they desire, up to 30', and then tell the group on the ground to stop pulling. The participant then pulls a release lever and goes for a Giant Swing.

Zip Line

This element sits at about 25' high and about 600' long. One participant at a time gets clipped onto the zip line by a trained facilitator while the rest watch and cheer them on as they go sliding down the cable.

• Each option will fill a minimum of 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Availability of options subject to change based on group size.
• Please contact the Director of Outdoor Education for more information.