Curated OER
Boy Scout Merit Badge: Camping
For this boy scout merit badge: camping worksheet, 8th graders research the topic with the websites listed, answer 10 detailed questions about first aid, menu planning, preparations, types of tents, packs and sleeping bags then...
Curated OER
Closure Lesson - Planning for the Trip
Students prepare for a camping trip. In this camping trip planning lesson, students work in small groups as they discuss their expectations for their upcoming trip. They receive and plan for a specific task such as budgeting, cooking, or...
Curated OER
Customized Handwriting: Let's Roast Marshmallows
In this customized handwriting: let's roast marshmallows worksheet, 1st graders change the style, font and text, then print the worksheet to practice printing and color the picture.
Curated OER
Camping picture
For this camping worksheet, students color the picture of tents and a bench and trace and write the word "Camping". Students trace, write, and color 1 time each.
Curated OER
A Spooky Campfire Fill-Them-in Tale
In this language arts worksheet, students create a spooky campfire story by filling in 20 blanks in a story. Students may choose whatever word they like but must follow directions to provide a noun, adjective or verb.
Curated OER
Miming
First graders perform a pantomime for their classmates. After a discussion of the items needed to go on a camping trip, each student selects one of the items to pantomime for the rest of the class. The remaining class members guess...
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Going Camping
Pupils explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson, students pretend to have $120 to spend on camping gear for a camping trip. Pupils decide which items are absolutely necessary. Students calculate the total amount they...
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Puzzle Fun for Kids - Find a Word
In this word search activity, students complete two separate word puzzles. Students find twenty words related to camping and twenty words related to Antarctica.
INTERNET Red 2000
All About Spain: Travel and Tourism
An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information.
INTERNET Red 2000
All About Spain: Todo Sobre Espana
An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information. In Spanish and German also.
Language Guide
Language Guide: El Aire Libre
Learn to identify things you would see or use in the outdoors or open air when you are hiking or camping. Interactive illustrations model correct pronunciation of vocabulary when the mouse is moved over each picture.
Other
Campeoles
This cute website offers various types of information to viewers: stays, specials, reservations, and a boutique. If you click on "campeole," you will be able to read more about the organization.
PBS
Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Friends: Summer Camp: Take Chances, Make Memories
Resources for young camp-goers to help them prepare for summer camp, overcome anxieties, know what to expect, what to pack, and how to get the most out of their experience.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Family Camping: York Beach, Maine
The Cate family is on vacation at Decatur Motor Camp, York Beach, on the southern coast of Maine. It's late afternoon and the Cates are settling down after their day. Mrs. Cate and her daughter are preparing dinner in the trailer; Mr....
Curated OER
Kids Health: Woods & Camping Safety for the Whole Family
Be prepared for anything when going on a hiking or camping trip. Know what you need to be aware of in order to stay safe. Find information on insect bites, allergic reactions, proper camping attire, and safe drinking water, and learn...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Hand Shadows
This one-stanza poem describes a father demonstrating hand shadows while camping in a tent.
Other
A Look at Stress Are There Positive Effects?
This article talks about how stress in our lives can be positive and how we all experience stress at one time or another.
Other
Association of Camp Nurses
Home page of an association of professional nurses working in camp settings. Professional, educational, and research resources available. This site contains a great deal of information about nursing in a camp setting and current issues...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Camping Sentences
In this lesson, Teaching Grammar in Context by Constance Weaver provides foundational information for this lesson. When I Go Camping with Grandma, a book by Marion Dane Bauer, is used as the mentor text of this lesson. Students will...
Read Works
Read Works: Surprise Encounter
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jared who spots a bear cub while camping in the woods, but the cub is not alone. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Bandelier National Monument
Explore the Bandelier National Monument located near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This area is "Best known for mesas, sheer-walled canyons, and the ancestral Pueblo dwellings found among them, Bandelier also includes over 23,000 acres of...
US Department of Agriculture
Usda: Safe Food Handling: Food Safety While Hiking, Camping & Boating
Everything you need to know about food safety for the outdoors. What to bring and not to bring, cooking at camp, keeping foods at the right temperatures and much more!
Other
Outward Bound
Outward Bound is an international federation of over fifty schools on five continents which offers students a safe, adventure based program with learning options.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge by Laura Lee Hope
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge, a book from the early 1900's series, "The Outdoor Girls." This portion of the series was written by Laura Lee Hope.