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Grayson, Randall – Camping Magazine, 1996
Stresses the importance of planning ahead for rainy day activities at camp. Suggested outdoor activities include learning to build a fire in the rain, dam building, canoe puzzles, and holey garbage-can fill; indoor activities include crafts, pass the present, human game pieces, and opportunities for cabin groups to plan and host a fun activity.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Games, Group Activities, Learning Activities
Gabalski, Anita – Conservationist, 1983
Discusses various program activities at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) camps, including environmental workshops which foster exploration, discovery, and skill development. Highlights recreational and evening activities for the one-week camping experience for 12 to 17 year olds. (JN)
Descriptors: Camping, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Van Matre, Steve – 1979
This book describes a 5-day program of imaginative activities designed to help elementary school children learn how their world functions through seeing, smelling, tasting, touching, and hearing. The book is designed to help children understand energy flow, the cycles of basic materials, the diversity of life, natural communities, change,…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Discovery Learning, Ecology, Elementary Education
Orange County Dept. of Education, Santa Ana, CA. – 1982
Presented in five sections, the manual furnishes cabin leaders (high school students) with background information concerning philosophy, teaching, objectives, daily schedule, and cabin leader responsibilities in the Orange County Outdoor School program. The welcome section contains the history of the Outdoor School, staff responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Leaders Guides
Orange County Dept. of Education, Santa Ana, CA. – 1980
Divided into six sections, the guide provides helpful information for the teacher to prepare students to attend the Orange County Outdoor School. Pre-camp responsibilities section provides pre-camp preparation checklists for the principal, teacher, parents, school nurse, and outdoor specialist; a checklist for morning departure; discipline policy…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Check Lists, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
Santa Barbara County Schools, CA. – 1979
The workbook was developed for use by students attending the Environmental Education Outdoor School Program. It is made up of 12 activity records of events and/or lessons learned, i.e., a map to be used in recording the trails taken on hikes; Chumash Indian cultural traits; fossils found and where they were found; and a Tequepis Canyon crossword…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Animals, Cultural Traits, Elementary Education
Garbutt, Barbara; And Others – 1980
A guide on instructional program planning for outdoor education, prepared for Oakland County (Michigan) teachers, contains suggestions for program planning and lists information sources on suitable outdoor activities. The purpose of outdoor education is defined as being: "to enrich, vitalize and complement content areas of the school…
Descriptors: Camping, Discovery Learning, Ecology, Educational Objectives
