Outdoor Education Classes

Our Outdoor Education classes provide an engaging and educational experience for students, with activities taking place in nature. Our skilled staff provide hands-on experiences to help students learn in a fun and interactive environment. Our activities are designed to be memorable and enjoyable – giving students the opportunity to learn and grow in a positive outdoor setting.

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Ever-changing Ecosystem Hike

Students will explore some of Camp Highroad’s many ecosystems, including ponds, fields, pine forests, and a bamboo grove as they learn about ecosystems and ecosystem change. They will observe and discuss the differences between the ecosystems that they encounter, the relationships in ecosystems, and the enormous impact that people have had on this area over time.

• Age: 4th Grade – 12th Grade.
• Class Available: Year Round.
• Standards of Learning:

SCI: 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8, 5.5, LS: .4, .6, .7, .8, .9, .10, .11, .12

Native American

Students will experience a taste of life among the Woodland Indians as they build fires, gather and cook food, brew tea from wild plants, and play Native American games. They will discuss the dependence of pre-Colonial Native Americans on their surroundings, the similarities and differences between tribes, and the importance of skills, such as plant identification and fire building, that made Native life possible.

• Age: K – 12th Grade.
• Class Available: Year Round.
• Standards of Learning:

HIS: 2.2, VS .2, .3, .4, US: 1.3, 1.4, WHII: .4

VUS: .2, .6

Survival Skills

Students will explore some of Camp Highroad’s forests as they learn the fundamentals of surviving in the outdoors. They will observe and discuss survival needs, the importance of paying attention to detail and being prepared, how to get to water and back, and how to build a survival shelter.

• Age: 4th Grade – 12th Grade.
• Class Available: April – November.
• Standards of Learning:

SCI: 1.5, 2.5, 3.4, 3.11, 6.2

LS: .4, .7

Stream Adventure

Students will explore some of Camp Highroad’s streams, including Beaverdam Creek, as they learn about our amazing and important streams. They will observe and discuss the unique properties of water, the special adaptations possessed by aquatic organisms, the use of indicator species as a measure of stream health, and influence and dependence of man on the watershed.

• Age: 1st Grade – 12th Grade.
• Class Available: April – November.
• Standards of Learning:

SCI: 1.5, 1.7, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9, 3.10, 4.8, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7

LS: .4, .7, .8, .9, .11

Totally Trees

Students will explore Camp Highroad’s forest while learning about some of the many different species of trees. They will observe and discuss the different uses of trees, the way that trees work, and how to identify different species of trees.

• Age: 2nd Grade – 12th Grade.
• Class Available: April – October.
• Standards of Learning:

SCI: 1.4, 1.7, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 3.8, 3.10, 4.4, 4.5, 5.5

LS: .4, .6, .7, .11

Compass Course

Students will explore Camp Highroad as they learn to navigate using a map and/or compass. Older students will learn the art of navigation by learning to measure distance with their pace count, to find direction with a compass, and determine location with a map. Younger students will learn how to orient a map, how to find their location, and how to use the map to get there.

• Age: 4th Grade – 12th Grade.
• Class Available: Year Round.
• Standards of Learning:

ES: .3

Prices:

One Hour Class

Weekend: $17/per person

Weekday: $12/per person

Two Hours of Classes:

Weekend: $22/per person

Weekday: $18/per person

Four Hours of Classes:

Weekend: $35/per person

Weekday: $30/per person

Rising 3rd & 4th Grade

Rising 5th & 6th Grade

Rising 7th & 8th Grade

Rising 7th & 12th Grade

Rising 8th & 12th Grade

Ages 5-12