Bridger Nature Center Summer Camp –

Sample Weekly Schedule

Listed are the big topics of the day; just add the games of choice- Frisbee golf, camouflage hide-and-seek, capture the flag, or any others we think of each day….

Also, each day has exploration and hang-out time, field journaling and crafts.

Monday- Outdoor Skills

• Intro to Outdoor Skills: What are they?
• Chat about goals for the week, what are people hoping to learn about?
• Camp Contract for Behavior
• Head to Trail Shelter in the upper meadow
• Leave No Trace Skills – skits
• Basic Needs in the Outdoors
• Water
• Find personal spaces, start a field journal

Tuesday- Fun with Knots

• Knots and rope skills
• Build a rope bridge
• Food hang practice
• Survival paracord bracelets and braiding
• Shelters

Wednesday- Archery Day

• Archery with Jim Smith, from Extreme Performance Archery in Bozeman
• Bow and arrow creation and practice
• Edible wild foods – plant identification
• Solar cooking – s’mores!

Thursday- Navigation

• Navigation
• Map reading
• Compasses
• Create an orienteering route in teams
• Hike to explore Bohart trails using topo maps
• Art in the Outdoors

Friday- Safety in the Outdoors

• Safety and First Aid
• Basic first aid- scenarios
• Wild animal safety
• Weather, environmental awareness and safety concerns
• Final games and explorations