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Program Choice Sheet

School: ___________________________________	City: ___________	Gr.: _____	# Students: B( ) G( )
Booking Dates: _____________________________________, 20__			# Adults: M( ) F( )

There are 6 available daytime instruction periods in a 2 night visit. See the Educator's Handbook for activity descriptions. The majority of teachers choose at least one from each of Wilderness Travel, Ecological Principles, and Outdoor Challenges with the remainder from other areas. Please select 6 of the programs below (1 in a.m. after chapel, 2 in afternoon):

Foundations Introduction (Required)
Creation: Stewardship & Global Ecology

Ecological Principles
o Ecological Succession (S/F)
o Animal Instincts for Survival
o or "Insects" for Survival
o Wolf Prowl Ecological Game
o Project WILD Activities
o Bio-Diversity
o "Focus on Forests" Activities
o The Green Bible
o "Habitat for Humanity" Comparative Study
o Creation Stewardship in Daily Life

Wilderness Travel Skills
o Basic Canoeing
o Trent Canal Locks Paddle (Trent SW - seasonal)
o Canoe Tripping (can include overnight trip)
o Cross Country Skiing (winter)
o Outdoor Skills - Camping (S/F)
o Introduction to Orienteering - Photo "O"
o Basic Scatter Orienteering (may snowshoe)
o Score Orienteering
o Canoe Orienteering

Outdoor Challenges / Group Development / Adventure
o Mt. Moriah Climbing Tower (3 faces)
o Rappelling on Mt. Moriah (grade 7+)
o High Ropes climbing (NEW co-op element)
o Team/Group Development Low Ropes Course
o "ONpurpose" - Service Projects - focus/action
o Wilderness Survival (winter fires/shelters)

Plant Life
o Forest Management
o Trees - Gen. 1:11-3rd Day! Physical features
o Wildflowers/Ferns
o Flowers/Trees & Light
o Winter Plants
o Gardening
o Cycles - Nutrients & Decomposition

Recreation Period (Free choice by students)
Baseball, Broomball, Volleyball, Soccer, Archery, Tubing, Skating, X-C Skiing, Ball Hockey, Swimming with our NLS guards: Pool or Trent
o Golf (pre-booked; additional cost)

Animal Life
o Birds in Winter
o Birds & Migration
o CSI Animal Signs - Reading the Bush (winter)
o Camouflage/"Un"natural Walk (S/F)
o Wetland Survival (S/F)
o "Pond"er This (Aquatic Pond Study - Spring)
o Insects Study (The Private Eye observations)
o "Leave it to Beaver"
o Shoreline Animal Track Casting (late October)

Meteorology
o Weather
o Acidic Precipitation/Decomposition (S/F)
o Snow Studies (Winter)

Geographic/Geology/Field Studies (S/F)
o Stream/Valley Cross-section
o Soil Erosion & Control
o The "Dirt" on Soil
o Living Water Groundwater Institute
o Gravel Pit Sedimentary Rock
o Stream Assesment

Cultural History
o "Stone Church" (chapel) Cemetery Study LIVE!
o Pioneer Study
o Kirkfield Liftlock Tour - transportation required
o Fur Traders/Voyageur Simulation Game 1821

Creative Arts
o Sketching (may use "The Private Eye" observations)
o Dried Plants (fall)
o Texture Rubbings
o Creative Writing using "The Private Eye" observation
o Drama: Environment & Character of Wildlife

Evening Activities and/or Thunderstorm Programs
o Survival Simulation Exercise
o Wildlife Who's Who
o Night Hike
o Astronomy
o "Nocturnal Critters" Game

Who will run Chapels (Music/Thot 42day) ___ F.G. Staff (all) ___ School Staff (all) or School Staff + FG ( ___ / ___)	Please list any additional school staff equipment required:
Please describe school-run activity plans for Night #1: School staff Activity Plan for Night #2: Night #3: Teacher's Signature: _____________________________ Print below! ... Date: _____________________________

Booked school please return a Program Choice sheet at least 4 weeks prior to visit.