Going on Camp

[Kasynlie]

I get to go on a Leadership development camp on Monday and Tuesday. Should be a lot of fun. Can't wait!



Have you ever been on a similar sort of camp?

 

[Nebulous]

I went to 6th grade camp. We lived at this place out in the woods for a week. They had dorms, a cafeteria, etc.. We spent most of the time out in nature though.



Pulled this off their website (its what we learned while there):





Adventure Hike: This is an orientation to our goals of learning about ecology, respecting nature, and cooperation. Students might challenge themselves on the ropes course, crawl through boulder caves, visit the Sky Tower...the adventures are limitless!

Me-wuk Lesson: The culture of the Me-wuk people is discovered through hands-on learning at our reconstructed Me-wuk village. Students might pound acorns, flintknap, and make fire!

Conservation Lesson: Students explore the decision making process surrounding the use of resources. Using games, and experiments, students learn about renewable and nonrenewable resources. Time spent with our injured red-tailed hawk brings home the importance of preserving nature.

Discovery Lesson: Sensory awareness is explored in the out-of-doors on the Blindwalk and in the Discovery Hut. Special attention is given to bird adaptations when students visit our bird blind.

Ecology Lesson: Concepts including interdependence, cycles and adaptations are introduced through various environmental activities, a visit to our school garden and its compost and vermiculture bins.

Geology Lesson: Students engage in activities that teach the rock cycle as well as introducing theories of plate tectonics. Places like Rock City, Grandfather Rock, and Granite Gulch provide great examples of various minerals, the crystallization process, and erosion.

Field Trip: One day each week students travel to Moaning Caverns, one of the largest vertical caves in California to learn about geology, and see their naturalist or classroom teacher rappel down a 180 foot rope. Then everyone goes to Calaveras Big Trees, to see the earth's biggest living trees - the sequoias.

Night Hike: This one-hour hike focuses on nocturnal animals, constellations, a visit to our Sky Tower, and a positive experience during the night.





Besides that, Ive been camping with the family a few times. Its been many years though.

 

[Princess]

Nope, but it sounds like fun.... Enjoy yourself.

 

[Peaceful]

I don't like camps, but i had to go on one in year 7. It was an aquatics camp, all of the water sports were fun, but the food and beds were shit

 

[Kasynlie]

I will be going here: http://www.verticalhorizon.co.nz/

 

[Madyy]

I went to a camp back in elementary school when I was a girl scout.