Learning Opportunities
A separate book of education programs is available upon request.
These programs contain complete lesson plans for the following areas: trees, water, soils, wildlife, skills, management, winter safety, migration and adaptation mapping, etc.
Follow the Water
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: follow the site's water flow from it's source to its destination, using the camp's lake as an example; describe factors that affect water quality as it moves from place to place; describe inter-relationships between water, wildlife, trees, soil, and people in the camp's watershed.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Looking at Lakes
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: describe plants and animals living in the lake and at another water location at camp, similarities and differences between sites; suggest possible food chains for each location.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
The Acid Test
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: explain at least two ways that water and soil are inter-connected, discuss how acid rain winds up in the water system, and suggest several ways of managing human activities for positive effects on water and soil.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Water, Water Everywhere
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: understand that a number of biotic factors can influence the quality of water and therefore have an influence on the habitat of aquatic organisms.
Reference: Exploring Forests
Bottle Biology
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: explore relationships between land and water systems.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Hooks and Ladders
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: become aware of the need to manage water wisely to ensure a clean abundant supply; describe how water is important to fish; suggest several ways of managing water for positive effects on fish, water, soil, and humans.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
ID a Tree
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: identify at least two deciduous and two coniferous trees in the forest; identify at least four other plants or shrubs growing in the same habitat as the trees; speculate about the habitat's ability to meet the needs of these trees and plants; speculate about the trees' ability to contribute to the surrounding habitat.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Cookies and Cores
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: name the three major parts of a tree and the major functions of each; describe at least two methods of which foresters use in gathering information about the health and growth of trees.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Measure Up!
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: estimate the height of a tree using at least one simple method of measurement; describe and measure the circumference and diameter of a tree; tell how a forester might use such measurement in planning forest management activities.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Variations in a Forest
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to understand that: an ecosystem is an interaction between a community of plants and animals, and a set of biotic facts; soil is an important component of an ecosystem and has its own set of characteristics; ecosystems naturally change over time in a process called succession.
Reference: Exploring Forests
Printmaking from nature
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: identify different types of plants and trees, create a record of plants and trees.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Maple Seed Mix-Up
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: discuss the different factors that help or hinder the growth of tree seeds.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Tree Factory
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: show the structure of a tree through dramatization.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Tree Survival Game
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: become familiar with the basic requirements for tree growth and survival.
Reference: Forest Education Programs
Forest Faces
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: investigate the forest looking for natural formations to enhance to look like an animal or person, etc.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Seeds to Snag
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: define the stages of the life of a tree; describe three limiting factors that could affect a tree; define the term 'snag' and give reasons why snags are useful.
Reference: Winter Programs
Soil Walk
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: identify soil components and soil types; describe soil layers and the function of each layer; identify vegetation covers associated with different soil types. Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities Underground Plumbing
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: see a relationship between water and different soil materials; discover the effect soil has on the water flow and water quality.
Reference: Forest Education Programs
Mud Pile Mountain
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: observe the effects of moving water on soil; observe management practices man may use to control soil erosion; describe how these management practices influence Trees, Wildlife, and Man in a positive manner.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Hungry, Hungry Marten
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: define the terms wild and domestic animals, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, and endangered species; describe four basic needs of wildlife; describe how habitat affects animal survival; list several animals and describe their habitat needs.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Life in the Wild
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: define the term adaptation; suggest several forms of adaptation used by wildlife; describe several ways in which wildlife is interdependent on other forest components.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Oh Deer
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: define the term limiting fact; name several limiting factors and describe their effects on wildlife; describe at least one relationship between habitat change and wildlife population.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
They Think I'm Lunch
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: identify and describe three essential components of habitat; describe the importance of good habitats for animals; define limiting factors and give examples; recognize that some fluctuations in wildlife populations are natural as ecological systems undergo a constant change; recognize that changes in one animals habitat component may in turn have an effect on other animals.
Reference: Exploring Forests
Run, Young, Run!
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: understand that animals use various adaptive behaviors to survive and adult animals play a key role in keeping their young safe from predators.
Reference: Exploring Forests
Survival Game
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: understand that all animals play roles within a predator/prey food web, and use various adaptive behaviors to survive.
Reference: Exploring Forests
Quick Frozen Critters
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: understand that animals use various adaptive behaviors to obtain food and remain safe.
Reference: Exploring Forests
Cool It
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: describe the difference between cold and warm blooded animals; define the terms endotherms, and ectotherms; discover the wide range of temperatures in the forest.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Home Sweet Home
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: describe the differences between platform and cup-shaped nests; construct their own platform and/or cup-shaped nest; describe what kind of birds may use each of the nests.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Papermaking
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: give a general brief description of how recycled paper is made; tell at least one way of recognizing a recycled paper item; discuss the impact of paper recycling on natural resources.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
How Do You Bury a Pile of Dirt
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: sort garbage into biodegradable, non-biodegradable and recyclable categories, list factors present in soil which aid in composting, describe the impact that recycling, reusing, and composting have on natural resources and on landfill sites.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Forests For Life
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: define the term habitat enhancement and provide several examples; describe how to examine an area with the suitable habitat for some form of life native to BC forests; describe and carry out at least one type of enhancement activity; explain how habitat enhancement is connected to resource management.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
We Can Do It!
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: identify a problem involving wildlife on camp grounds; suggest and evaluate alternative ways to solve or improve the problem; successfully undertake a project; analyze and describe the process required to solve the problem.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Popcorn Food Chain
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: understand how the energy flows from the sun through the plants to the animals in a field.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Deadly Links
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: describe possible consequences of pesticides entering the food chain.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Gilligan's Island
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: describe some of the positive and negative aspects of a group problem-solving task; suggest some positive and negative implications of resource use; suggest how planning is an important part of resource use and management.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Resources For Us All
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: recognize some of the many demands made upon the forest's limited resources; suggest some ways of coping with different needs for forest resources; discuss some of the impacts of human activities on resource use and management.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Looking at an Ecosystem
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate an understanding of interdependence within a mini-ecosystem by predicting possible results of change within that ecosystem.
Reference: Exploring Forests
How Can We Use a Forest
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: understand that several factors determine the value of a forested area, including a number of marketable trees, its ecological worth to the plants and animals that live there, its recreational worth for humans, and its aesthetic worth.
Reference: Exploring Forests
The Lorax
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: recognize the importance of managing our forests.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Instream Projects
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: identify a problem involving a stream on camp grounds; suggest and evaluate alternative ways to solve or improve the problem; successfully undertake a project; analyze and describe the process required to solve the problem.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Forest Consequences
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the effects of human and non-human activity in forested areas.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Planning for Resources
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: list eight natural resources; suggest some ways of controlling the use of conservation of resources in BC; discuss some of the impacts of human activities on resource use and management.
Reference: Forest Education Programs - Choice Activities
Forest Mapping and Measurement
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate how to use an increment bore and explain what it is used for; identify three coniferous and two deciduous trees; identify environmentally sensitive areas and discuss why they are sensitive; demonstrate skills used to make a site map of a forested area; list and describe three methods of logging; calculate the height of a tree.
Reference: Winter Programs
Orienteering
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate the orienteering skills necessary to complete at least two of the camp compass course.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Canoeing
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate how to hold a paddle; use at least three different strokes; how to enter and exit a canoe; and
how to change places in a canoe.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Mission Impossible
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: incorporate canoeing, orienteering, and outdoor survival skills into an outdoor challenge activity; demonstrate some ways of applying basic skills in canoeing, orienteering, and outdoor survival to problem-solving tasks; suggest some ways of using teamwork and cooperation to help make decisions and solve problems.
Reference: Forest Education Programs Core Activities
Winter Safety I (Clothing)
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate how to avoid cold weather hazards.
Reference: Winter Programs
Winter Safety II (Hypothermia)
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate and recognize the warning signs of hypothermia, and four methods of heat loss.
Reference: Winter Programs
Winter Survival I (Shelter Building)
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: demonstrate how to build an emergency survival shelter to withstand the elements of a given situation; remember the five aspects of survival.
Reference: Winter Programs
Winter Survival II (Fire Building)
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: build a fire to boil water; demonstrate one method of melting snow into safe drinking water.
Reference: Winter Programs
Wildlife Appreciation I (Adaptation and Migration)
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: define the term 'winter adaptation' and list three animals and their methods of adapting; understand the seasonal change in diet of some animals; define the term 'migration' and list two animals that migrate through the area.
Reference: Winter Programs
Wildlife Appreciation II (Tracking and Animal Encounters)
Objectives: Students/campers will be able to: identify different types of animal tracks; demonstrate how to behave when confronted by a wild animal.
Reference: Winter Programs
