Outdoor Environmental Education Notebook 2018
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Outdoor Environmental
Education Notebook
2018
The time has come to say good-bye! Before
you go, reflect on a few final things:
Revisit the Big Questions: How do humans impact
the environment? Why should we care? How can we
be better stewards of the environment?
What outdoor experiences are you looking forward
to sharing with your family or trying again in the fu-
ture?
Name:
If you were in charge of outdoor ed, what would you
Bus #:
do differently? Dorm:
Instructional Group:
Expectations for Outdoor Education
Create your own page
Remember the 3 R’s: Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn at all times.
Treat other students and adults with respect.
Treat materials and your surroundings with care.
Follows all school rules, including the dress code.
Follow directions of all adults.
Students are not allowed in the cabins unless there is an adult with you.
No gum, candy, food, cell phones or electronics allowed.
“Lights out” is at 10 pm.
My Important Information for
Outdoor Education
Bus #
Group Name
Adult Chaperone for that
Buddy in my group
Dorm name
Two other students I
One adult in my dorm
My KP Duty Day and Time
Lights Out Time
Create your own page Before the Trip
We live in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. How do we know
that? Because when it rains on the land here at school, our wa-
ter eventually finds its way to the Chesapeake Bay. Where do
you think the water in streams local to our school goes?
_____________________________
The land area around streams forms a local watershed because
when it rains on this land all the water ends up in that stream.
This watershed is part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed be-
cause water flows to the Potomac River and then
____________________.
Big questions: How do our actions and choices impact the
watershed? Why should we care? How can we be better stew-
ards of the environment? (Think about your neighborhood and
land in your watershed.)
Use the description and images above to brainstorm a
definition of the term WATERSHED in the space below.
WATERSHED: ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Record other memories or lessons you’ve learned
from events outside of your instructional activities
(Campfire, Night Hike, KP, Rec Time)
Directions: You’re about to leave for Outdoor Education! Be-
fore you go, take a moment, think and respond to the following:
What have you heard about Outdoor Education
from teachers, relatives, or other students.
What are you MOST excited about? Why?
What are you MOST nervous about? Why?Outdoor Ed Tweet
Directions: Perhaps you have something you’d like to share with
someone? Well, now is your chance to brag about your experi-
Record other memories or lessons you’ve learned ence. Remember a tweet can only be 140 characters. Write one
from events outside of your instructional activities tweet to ANY of the following individuals:
(Campfire, Night Hike, KP, Rec Time)
1. Family Member
You are missing a family member and want to write to them
about this amazing experience you’re having! Tell them
about your adventure.
2. Friend at school
Some of your classmates are not at OE yet.
Tell them what to expect on the first day.
3. Teacher
Not all of your teachers can be with you today at OE. Write
to a teacher to share some of your experience. Tell him/her
how much fun you’re having and what you are learning!
Outdoor Ed Tweet
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_SSL Reflection
Vocabulary Preview
Use words or pictures to share your understanding of the words in this table! What did you do?
________________________________
________________________________
Watershed
What need did your service address?
___________________________________________
Biotic
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Abiotic
___________________________________________
Who benefitted from your service?
Macroinvertebrate
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Predator What did you learn about yourself?
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Prey ___________________________________________
Add a new word you
learned: How was this experience connected to something you
learned in a class at school?
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________Patterns of
Settlement Vocabulary Preview
Use words or pictures to share your understanding of the words in this table!
Where would you choose to survive? Limiting
Imagine that you are the leader of a group of nomadic people
looking for a new place to live. Think about the location you just
Factor
chose as the best place to survive.
Energy
Describe or draw the location (with labels) that you selected Pyramid
as the best place to survive in this box.
Producer
Carnivore
Omnivore
Explain why you chose this location over all the other sites
you visited. Include specific features about your location
that you felt made it the best place to settle.
Herbivore
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ Add a new word
_____________________________________________ you learned:
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________Stream Study Exploring the
Based on the data collected, Watershed
do YOU believe the stream is
a healthy habitat? Provide
evidence. List or draw and label some natural features of our
local watershed that you observed.
Why do scientists monitor stream health?
Why is a survey of macroinvertebrates in the List some human activities that can harm our wa-
stream used to help decide whether the tershed. List some activities humans can do to
help.
Explain to another student how to use
a map to hike to a location. You can list
Draw and label a food chain that could be steps!
found in the stream habitat.Confidence Course Predator Prey
What is your role in the simulation? __________
What was one challenge that you or your group
Herbivore Omnivore Carnivore Other: _____________
found difficult?
List at least 1 example of a NATIVE MARYLAND animal you could
represent in your role in this simulation: ___________________________
What strategies did your group use to succeed at
(A) Number at (B) Predicted (C) Actual num- % of Population
that activity? start of number of ber of survivors Surviving (A/C)
Simulation survivors
Herbivores
Omnivores
Carnivores
Predict what you think would happen if the simulation was changed so
that there were many more carnivores and omnivores than herbivores.
Explain your thinking.
Why do you think Confidence Course was part of
the Outdoor Environmental Education Program?
What are three limiting factors for the size of the carnivore population
in your simulation?
How can what you learned by participating in these
challenges help you at school?
This time you get to set up the simulation. The group is 50 kids. To start
you make 1/10 carnivores. How many carnivores should we start with?Treasure
Earth History
Hike
Reflect on your experiences and observations
from the History Hike. Use these ideas to fill in
the following:
What natural treasures or natural resources did you What 4 states in the watershed can you see from the
monument?
measure or observe? Draw and label or list them in
the space below.
3 things you learned about history or the watershed:
List one observation you made or piece of data that What 2 states in the watershed can you NOT see from
you collected during Treasure Earth that you could the monument?
use to determine if the land in a watershed is healthy.
1 thing you have discovered about your
Explain how this information would help you role in the watershed.
determine the health of the land and the watershed.You can also read
