Sample Week Schedule

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