Phone: 906.265.2117 Email: aotearth@fast-air.net
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.
6th grade students learn compass skills.
Why Choose Agents of the Earth?
-We tailor our day, or overnight programs, to the specific needs, school curriculum, age and interests of each individual group.
-We provide fun, informational lessons for school, and residential groups from pre-school to 6th grade.
-Our High Rope Elements(click here) run by our professional staff, provide unique, experiential, and unparalleled challenges.
-We use experiential learning to teach a large variety of lessons, ranging from dissecting Owl Pellets to GPS navigation in our 80 acres of forest property. Scroll down to see our catalog of lessons.
-Our staff provides a healthy balance of fun and learning.
-We have a beautiful nature building with an outdoor pavillion useful for teaching our lessons.
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.
Students learn to use a dichotomous key for identification of deciduous and coniferous vegetation.
Day Programs
Half-Day Programs - Approximately a 3 to 4 hour length program with 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 a 6 hour length program with lesson blocks ranging from
30 - 45
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.
View Pictures of Past Day, and Overnight Programs Here
*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)
Lessons at Agents of the Earth
Here are a few of the subjects that we regularly teach lessons on. Contact us about questions or with a subject of interest you would like covered with your group.
-Animals
-Birds
-Communities
-Cycles of the Forest
-Environmental Stewardship, and Issues Discussion
-Fire Building
-Forest Growth
-Forest Management
-G.P.S. Navigation
-Interdependence in Nature
-Lake and Stream Ecology
-Mammals
-Orienteering with maps
-Shelter Building
-Stream Sampling
-Wetlands/ Bogs
Or any one of the new L.E.A.F. lessons relating to forestry and wild life concepts
.
GPS instruction with activities provide students hands-on interaction of this skill.
Residential & Overnight Programs
Residential and Overnight Programs schedules vary depending on the number of days spent at camp. See the Sample Schedule for a rough idea of what we can provide
Longer programs allow for more variety in evening programs, lessons, and recreation activities. Every program contains blocks of time set aside for lessons, Choose Your Own Adventure, evening programs, debriefing times, meals, free time, team-building, and a Night Hike.
Sample Schedule
8:00 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
1:30 Outdoor Lesson / Activity
4:00 Big Group Game or simulation
5:00 Free time
5:20 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
Photos of various AOTE activities and lessons.
Jane
Frasier, Coordinator
(906) 265.2117
aotearth@fast-air.net
-We operate programs for both Public Schools and Christian Schools as well as home schoolers
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