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Seton Scout Naturalist Program Planning Grid, Camp Rodney, August 5-11, 2018

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Day, Activities and Lesson Seton Scout Naturalist Program

Materials Naturalist Portfolio (P) and Assessment (A)

Pre-Program Checklist 1. Application 2. Scholarship award

a. Interview and application b. Visit sponsor c. Thank you letter to sponsor, pre-write d. Present at sponsor organization meeting after the

weekend has been presented 3. Scout Naturalist Consultation via e-mail, website, and

conference call with Scout Naturalist and/or and Parents via phone or Skype

a. Scholarship obligations b. Pre-activities: visit nature center or park partner c. Visit local natural area to study nature

i. Nature trails at parks and Scout Camps ii. Local natural area “Glenyan”

d. Videos on website showing concepts that will be assessed on first day environmental inventory

e. Participation in Scout Naturalist YouTube channel. f. Troop leader consultation via e-mail and phone

i. Schedule Nature Study weekend ii. Review requirements and evaluation instrument

to be submitted by troop leader to earn the green jacket

In Seton’s book, Two Little Savages, young Yan ventured into a forested glen to study nature. He named the area “Glenyan.” We hope naturalists will find their own Glenyan to wonder and study nature.

A Nature center visit log Glenyan area visits stories to share


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4. Scaffolding: Enabling Seton Scout Naturalists to succeed! a. Troop or Venture Crew Seton Scout Nature Box Each participant will bring with them a plastic storage container. (or supplied from Walmart donation?) To enable naturalists to conduct a successful nature-themed weekend they will be given:

• laminated lesson plans of all activities conducted during the week needed to conduct a nature-themed weekend.

• teaching supplies will be given and made • The website will include pdfs of all lessons and

links to places online where additional supplies can be purchased

b. Camp Supplied Frisbee Golf Course Rodney Scout Reservation will lend out during scheduled nature-theme weekends the Frisbee golf course materials that review information interpreted on the nature trail hike that Scouts will create during their training. If a Scout would like to conduct a weekend at Broad Creek, Camp Saffran we hope the camp will also be able to lend golf course materials to correspond with that camp’s Nature Trail.

• Course equipment: Hula hoop holes B. cone markers C. Laminated Signs

• Scout Naturalists will duplicate tally sheets and backing boards


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D. YouTube Website During the training we will film all activities. Videos will be available to review to prepare for presenting the nature themed weekends. All Seton Scout Naturalists will provide a video release form.

Sunday Afternoon: (Staff read quotations before meals.) a. Arrival, swim checks, medicals. b. Each patrol of five Scouts creates a patrol flag and elect

first patrol leader. Patrol leaders attend leader meetings. c. Patrol leader responsible for assigning Scouts to give

grace before meals, etc. Patrol leader changes each day. d. Environmental inventory: Paper quiz and trail walk to

inventory to asses each Scouts knowledge. e. Get acquainted and build group cohesion through new

games and group initiatives in the field

Environmental inventory

P Completed Environmental Inventory

Sunday Evening: Focus: What is a Scout Naturalist? What you will do in such a leadership position. Who is Ernest Thompson Seton?

Indoor session: What is a Scout Naturalist? 1. Review answers to environmental knowledge inventory.

Discussion: How do you get more knowledgeable? 2. View film biography of Ernest Thompson Seton:

Students discuss facets of Seton's character to emulate. 3. Journal Writing session: prepare Scouts for sit spot 4. Introduce Scout Naturalist website and review steps for

earning a green jacket 5. Phones in the outdoors, +s and –s 6. Review schedule of the week 7. Staff perform a “nosebag drama.” Everyday items from

the home are used as props in the skit theme: “Nature

Video about journaling Showing:

• Rationale for Journaling

• Drawing • Observational entry • Haiku and/or poem • Personal perspective • acrostic


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makes the whole world kin” (William Shakespeare) Patrols each get a nosebag items with instructions for preparing for Friday night’s campfire.

Monday Morning: (Patrol A reads quotations before meals.) Before breakfast:

a. Morning bird hike on assigned nature trail. Cecil County bird club members will be invited to join us and they will be invited to breakfast.

b. Introduce bird field guide and iPhone App c. Using highlighters, shade names of bird found on

illustrated bird checklist. d. Write name of birds seen along trail on trail map. e. In cabin place pictures of birds seen on large master map.

M Bird checklist (Each cabin will have bird checklist folder and yellow highlighters)

iBird Phone App

Map of birds seen. A P Bird Checklist

!1st journal entry At the tail end of the bird hike, Scouts will spread out along trail at their special sit spot for the week and create first journal entry. They will also see if they can spot a bird using pisshing. Use chart to identify birds.

P journal entry

After breakfast: a. Seton Scout Naturalists divide into two teams. Each

team is assigned a circuit trail to study where they will present a nature hike at end of the week.

Blind folds, items for Un-nature trail, food web cards and string,


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b. Using activities from Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell, Scouts will get to know their study area using their senses:

• Blind walk into forest • Camera game • Hug a tree • Seton’s deer hunt game (Wandering, Tracking) • Partner Blind Walk • Un-nature trail • Food Web Game

Mini Parks Activity !2nd journal entry: Observation entry while at sit spots P journal entry

Monday Afternoon: Focus: Model components of a successful nature hike. Introduce Freeman Tilden’s principles of interpretation.

a. Scouts will visit nature center and meet staff and nature center naturalist.

b. The staff will explain how a nature center can help them learn about nature while participating in programming.

c. Each group of 10 Scouts will participate in two different hikes, each with a different leader, habitat, and theme.

d. During the hike, Freeman Tilden’s Six Principles of Interpretation

e. Scouts will participate in a disk golf competition to review what was learned on both nature hikes.

M Six signs to be shown during hikes stating Tilden’s interpretive principles M Golf course Frisbees or flying disks, hula hoops, flags, laminated questions Clipboards, pencils, and golf answer sheet and throw tall

Completed disc golf answer sheet and throw tally

Monday Evening: a. Review Discussion: Define and explain purpose of nature hike. b. Show video that summarizes components of a successful nature

hike. c. Nocturnal creatures video and discussion about night time

vision. Do we see color in darkness or is it black and white? The night hike will be mostly flashlight free.

d. Night hike: Owls, Frogs, and Star Study on their trail.

Constellation Phone App


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!3rd journal entry Scouts will spread out along trail at their special sit spot for the week and create third journal entry. They will draw a nighttime scene on the last page of their journal. Night time vision awareness: They will be given a colored crayon and note what they believe is the color of the crayon.

Night-time color analysis

Collect Journals after night hike. Staff comment on journal content. Constructive comments on post-it note. Compliments written in journal.

Journal entries

Tuesday Morning: (Patrol B reads quotations before meals.) Focus: Survey nature trail for features to interpret. Suggest theme ideas for trail.

a. Each team of ten will visit assigned a loop trail either in mature forest or field edge.

b. Scouts and leader will together determine a theme for trail interpretation.

c. Scouts create a map of trail features selected along trail. d. Modeling: The leader will identify model the use of field

guides identify and describe one half of the features along the trail.

e. Guided Practice: Scouts will use field guides to identify the other half of the items and also embellish on facts about items identified and described.

f. Introduce I-nature phone app as a way to verify identification.

g. A forester/botanist and wildlife biologist will each spend an hour and a half with Scouts on each trail to share their knowledge.

h. Forester/Botanist and Wildlife Biologist will share information about their job after lunch.

Post it notes, journal

Cell phone camera Field guides for plant and animal identification.

iNature Phone App

Post it notes with facts about items of interest along trail. Pictures of items to be interpreted. Place pictures of birds on the larger map.

!4th journal entry at tail end of nature trail inventory Write haiku

P journal entry


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Tuesday Afternoon: Focus: Explore aquatic environments 1:30-3:30 Team A. Stream Study: Collect organisms and use biotic Index to assess stream health. Team B. Visit nature trail for more observation and study. Herpetologist and entomologist will be available as a resource 3:30-5:00 Switch

Stream Study Equipment • Laminated organism

guide • Topographic map of

area, • small kick seine, • ping pong balls • tubs and ice cube trays • Biotic indexes, pencils,

and clipboards

Completed: Biotic Index for determining the degree of pollution in streams

Tuesday after dinner: Field activity: Octopus Octopus, Mountain Lion Game Tuesday evening: Focus: Research Items along the trail

a. Add post it notes with facts about each trail next to each item feature on the large cabin map.

b. Prioritize each fact from most important or interesting to least.

c. Select information that will fit into the overall theme. d. Research a variety of facts: uses, ecological relationship,

mythology, name origin e. Record information on word-processed database to be

later turned into nature hike script and Frisbee golf questions.

f. Visit books beyond field guides and websites to find even more information using YouTube and other sites.

Field guides for plant and animal identification. Cell phone. Computers with internet connection Preparation in advance: Create a library of pictures or plants and animals seen along the trail.

a. Cabin: large scale

map of trail area. b. Use picture

library or sketch item on post it note.

c. Scouts will also be responsible place post it notes describing each picture on map

Wednesday: (Patrol C reads quotations before meals.) Focus: Conservation

Before breakfast: a. Morning bird hike on assigned nature trail. Cecil County

bird club members will be invited to join us and they will be invited to breakfast.

Bluebird box wood, tables, tools, metal poles, and baffles. Instructions for creating boxes.

Bird Checklist


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b. Using highlighters, shade names of bird found on illustrated bird checklist.

c. Write name of birds seen along trail on trail map. d. In cabin place pictures of birds seen on large master map.

!5th journal entry At tail end of bird hike Scouts will spread out along trail at their special sit spot and create acrostic and observational entry.

P Journal entry

Morning: Conservation projects in camp. Round robin session: Team A. Construct Bluebird boxes to be placed along their assigned trail. Native plant and tree planting projects & Invasive plant removal Team B. Conservation Tour: We will work with local agencies to create a van tour of model conservation practices taking place in areas near Camp Rodney Afternoon: Switch Lunch: Presentation: What is the Hornaday Award?

Hornaday Award video

Evening: !6th journal entry Dusk visit to sit spots and hike along trail to create observational entry.

P Journal entry

Storytelling and Environmental Song Campfire: Perform the story: The Lorax by Doctor Seuss, discussion afterwards Hear a story once told by Ernest Thompson Seton

Thursday: (Patrol D reads quotations before meals.) Focus: Hiking and Canoeing Trips This will be planned further as the staff meets. We also need to determine a good route. Focus on how to integrate nature awareness into a hike, survival skills, edible plants. Trail solo experience. At end of hike play “Nature Steal the Bacon” with items collected along the way. Bag lunch to allow more time for program.

!7th journal entry during hiking trail solo


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Dinner: Prepare edible plant appetizers. Construct a willow whistle.

Thursday Evening: Finish Tuesday nature hike preparation (See Tuesday evening) After dark: Round Robin: Planning and presenting a nature-themed weekend

Friday: Focus: Present Nature Hike and Electives Morning: Prepare nature hike presentation. Set up Frisbee golf course. First group presents their hike themed hike to the other group. Afternoon: 1:30 to 3 PM

a. Second group presents their hike themed hike to the other group. Evaluation Session afterwards.

b. Follow-up environmental inventory: Paper quiz and trail walk to inventory to what each Seton Scout Naturalist has learned during the week.

c. 3-5 PM: Free swim, elective activities TBD Evening: Campfire ecology-themed songs and nosebag environmental Skits. Ceremonial candle lighting ceremony, Seton Story Saturday: Focus: Graduation, Pack up and return Home

Nosebag drama bags Candles

P Environmental assessment


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Naturalist routines include these activities:

a. Sit Spot b. Story of the Day c. Expanding our Senses d. Questioning and Tracking e. Animal Forms f. Wandering g. Mapping h. Exploring field guide/ other information sources i. Journaling j. Survival Living k. Mind’s Eye Imagining l. Listening for Bird Language m. Thanksgiving

I am going to update and add lessons and make sure, when feasible, use the 5-step teaching process when writing lessons. 1. Anticipatory Set:

• Engage students • Connect with prior learning • Explain what students will learn (Objective) • Connect with future learning

2. Introduction of New Material • Provide direct instruction of content • Model new skills • Check for understanding

3. Guided Practice • We do skill together

4. Independent Practice • Scouts do skill independently

5. Closure • Have Scouts briefly summarize new learning. Some games and activities that focus on reviewing content learned on a nature hike lend themselves to the process. • Disk golf • Nature Steal the bacon


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