This course helps students learn survival skills, outdoorsmanship, and self-sufficiency.

Most kids lack the knowledge and skills necessary to survive outside of the home. Resourcefulness and improvisation have been replaced by convenience and entertainment.

Camping & Pioneering is designed to help kids get outside and develop MacGyver-skills. MacGyver was always prepared. He could solve problems on the go, often with a Swiss Army Knife and duct tape.

This course builds on the Backpacking & Trekking course. It encourages kids to be prepared, resourceful, responsible, and useful. Kids will learn basic, yet essential skills of compass navigation, fire craft, bear safety, camp management, bushcraft, and pioneering skills.

Some of the greatest leaders like Teddy Roosevelt were capable outdoorsman. His outdoor skills and accomplishments led to confidence in other areas of life.

(Recommended for 6-8th grade)
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Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Introduction
  2. 2

    • Aiming for Accuracy
  3. 3

    • Measuring a Bearing
  4. 4

    • Reading a Topographic Map
  5. 5

    • Review
  6. 6

    • Map-to-Compass Navigation
  7. 7

    • Compass-to-Map Navigation
  8. 8

    • Triangulation
  9. 9

    • Advanced Navigation
  10. 10

    • Review
  11. 11

    • Bear Safety
  12. 12

    • Selecting a Campsite
  13. 13

    • Tarp Shelter
  14. 14

    • Food Handling & Storage
  15. 15

    • Review
  16. 16

    • Fire-Lighting Techniques
  17. 17

    • Building a Long-Term Campfire
  18. 18

    • Building a Fire When Everything is Wet
  19. 19

    • Making a Self-Feeding Fire
  20. 20

    • Review
  21. 21

    • Splitting Wood With a Knife
  22. 22

    • Using a Hatchet
  23. 23

    • Using a Splitting Axe (Maul Training)
  24. 24

    • Chopping Down a Cherry Tree
  25. 25

    • Review
  26. 26

    • Sharpening a Knife and Axe
  27. 27

    • Pioneering Overview
  28. 28

    • Suspending a Cooking Pot Over a Fire
  29. 29

    • Making a Hunting Slingshot
  30. 30

    • Review
  31. 31

    • Rope Introduction
  32. 32

    • Tying Knots Part 1
  33. 33

    • Tying Knots Part 2
  34. 34

    • Fusing, Whipping, and Slicing Rope
  35. 35

    • Review
  36. 36

    • Lashings
  37. 37

    • Lashing Trestles
  38. 38

    • Anchoring Systems
  39. 39

    • Final Pioneering Project
  40. 40

    • Review