Class Details
1 1/2 Hours
4th Grade to Adult
moderate
A Personal Growth and Team Skills Class (offered April through August)
Students will hike a designated route, stopping at various points to do activities. These activities will lead to a better understanding of the use of senses in awareness of our surroundings and animal communications. Students will have the opportunity to be alone and experience their surroundings.
Concepts
- All living things acquire physical and behavioral adaptations to be successful in their environment.
- People can overcome their fear or discomfort of the woods through knowledge and familiarity.
- Humans learn about their world through their senses, investigation, and experimentation.
Outcomes
Upon completion of Light Hike class students will be able to:
- Share how the I Spy activity increased their observation skills.
- Describe something about the experience that was new and surprising.
- Discuss how their awareness about the forest has changed following the hike and activities.