AOTE Outdoor Education
Iron Mt area, and graduated in December from North Park University with a teaching degree. If you are new to our educational program please Click here to see who and what has been happening. Feel free to call if you want more details.
Looking for a place to bring your students for a total educational experience?
Why not think about the option of Outdoor Education at Covenant Point Bible Camp? Covenant Point offers a three-season Outdoor Education program called Agents of the Earth. Programs can be for the day or overnight, available to students in preschool through 6th grade, and are designed to link to the school curriculum.
What is Outdoor Education?
Outdoor Education programs are designed to be interdisciplinary, experiential, and student-propelled; meaning the students are the center of the learning. Their questions and answers help to facilitate the conceptual learning. The staff is there to creatively facilitate the discussion toward the desired concepts and ideas.
Outdoor Education uses games, discovery, exploration, activities and simulations to teach ecological concepts. Each program is designed to be a careful mix of science, activity, hypothesizing, and reflection. The active schedule, lesson variation, and hands-on learning format cater AOTE programs to youth of all ages and learning styles.
Mission of Agents of the Earth
--to provide hands-on, active environmental lessons that link to state standards and curriculum.
--To create in each student an awareness of the purpose and beauty of the earth, fostering an attitude of stewardship toward its resources.
--To encourage skills in team-building while creating a safe community where ideas and differences are respected.
-To help each student apply ecological concepts to everyday life.
Day Programs
Half-Day Programs - Approximately 3 hour length lesson blocks ranging from 20 - 30 minutes each depending on the age of the child.. Great for early childhood and younger elementary students. Lunch and/or a snack can be provided by Covenant Point for an additional cost.
Full-Day Programs - Approximately 6 hour length lesson blocks ranging from 45 - 60 minutes each. Great for younger and older elementary students who live within 2 hours of Iron River, MI. Lunch and/or a snack can be provided by Covenant Point for an additional cost.
*Day Programs are designed to be flexible to school schedules and travel time. The discovery times are closely linked to curriculum guide lines and are planned with educators to connect with the class room learning.
Day Programs Available
Early Childhood - Hibernation, Migration, Life Cycles
Grades 1-3 - Habitats, Earth Ecology, Water, Forestry
Grades 4-6 - Forestry, Water, Survival, Plants, Project TEAM (Team-building and group problem solving)
Residential Programs Available
Residential Program schedules vary depending on the number of days spent at camp. Longer programs allow for more variety in evening programs, lessons, and recreation activities. Every residential program contains blocks of time set aside for lessons, Choose Your Own Adventure, evening programs, debriefing times, meals, and free times. Two blocks are set aside in each program for group team-building and a night awareness lesson.
Sample Residential Schedule
8:00 Breakfast line up/Breakfast, next Cabin Clean up
9:00 Outdoor Lesson / Activity
10:30 Outdoor Lesson / Activity
11:30 Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA options picked by camp staff)
12:30 Lunch line up/Lunch
Suggested Residential Lessons
Animals
Birds
Communities
Cycles
Environmental Issues
Fire Building
Forest Composition
Forest Growth
Forest Management
G.P.S.
Interdependence
Lake and Stream Ecology
Mammals
Orienteering and Map Reading
Shelter Building
Stream Sampling
Wetlands
Or any one of the new L.E.A.F. lessons relating to forestry and wild life concepts
Next: slow down time
1:30 Outdoor Lesson / Activity
4:00 Big Group Game or simulation
5:00 Free time
5:20 Dinner line up/Dinner
6:15 Journaling/Debriefing (Classroom teachers facilitate)
7:00 Evening Program / Activity
8:00 Big group game or activity
9:00 Night Awareness (camp fire, activity or Night Hike)
10:00 Lights out
Interested in Learning More?
Call our office at (906) 265.2117 or email aotearth@fast-air.net to seek information.
Curriculum lesson plans, objectives, and discovery group activities are available for educators to review. We operate programs for both Public Schools and Christian Schools as well as home schoolers.
Jane Frasier, Coordinator
AOTE Outdoor Education at Covenant Point Bible Camp
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