The Outdoor Classroom

Instructor Dr. Randy Ogata Cub Scout Pack 624 Formerly: Mercer Island (Cascade) Committee Chair LION Guide Formerly: Tiger Den Leader Chair Hiking Chair Pinewood Derby Chair Rocket Launch Reikoyumi@yahoo.com (206) 920-5943

Why Teach Outdoors? Simplify - Simplify - Simplify Exercise: Talk & Teach while you Walk Weather: Rain or Shine, Sleet or Snow – event goes on Be Prepared: 10 Essentials *(6 for Cubs) Leave No Trace: Instill in our Children Biology/Zoology: Plant and Animal Identification Spirituality: Reverent in nature’s cathedral Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. -- Henry David Thoreau

Outdoor Code (Way Too Busy Slide) As an American I will “Do My Best” to… Be Clean in my Outdoor Manners I will treat the outdoors as a heritage. I will take care of it for myself and others. I will keep my trash and garbage out of lakes, streams, fields, woods, and roadways. Be Careful with Fire I will prevent wildfire. I will build my fires only where they are appropriate. When I have finished using a fire, I will make sure it is cold out. I will leave a clean fire ring, or remove all evidence of my fire. Be Considerate in the Outdoors I will treat public and private property with respect. I will use low-impact methods of hiking and camping. Be Conservation Minded I will learn how to practice good conservation of soil, waters, forests, minerals, grasslands, wildlife, and energy. I will urge others to do the same.

How Do Scouts Learn? READING - Book Learning (Didactic) HEARING – Telling them SEEING – Showing them DOING – Experiences (Hands On) SHOW – TELL – DO EDGE Technique

EDGE Technique Explain Demonstrate Guide Enable Explain what you will be doing. Breaking Down into steps. Visual aids are helpful. Ask questions to gauge understanding. Demonstrate Show how to do the skill. Demonstrate steps using actual materials. Describe what you are doing. Guide Let them practice the skill. Guide and coach them as they do it. This step will take the most time. Enable Enable by letting them do the skill themselves w/o any intervention.

Cub Scouts (1st through 5th) How Do Cub Scouts Learn BEST? Hands On Experiences - SEGMENTS Show - Tell – Do (Very Similar to EDGE) Tiger Turn ONS No More then 10 min of presentation “Go Do It” - Give Them Wiggle Room

Boy Scout Advancement Ranks Requirements done outside: Merit Badges! Scout (most) Tenderfoot (all) 2nd Class (most) 1st Class (most) Merit Badges! EDGE Ready – Fire – Aim

Boy Scout Events to Hold Outside Scoutmaster Conference Board of Review Court of Honor Patrol Leader Council Scoutmaster Meetings

Safety – Fun – Learning Not for all occasions – SAFETY 1st Be weather conscious: take Planning and Preparing for Hazardous Weather online training Know your audience – MAKE IT FUN Make Presentation Applicable Be Willing to Change based upon Participants LEARNING will follow naturally

Make it Memorable “Best-est” FINAL EXAM? Your BIGGEST FISH? What Subject? How Much Did you Study? Your BIGGEST FISH? Type? Weight? Where Caught? Greatest CONCERT ever attended? Who (The WHO)? Venue? Friends?

Thank You VOLUNTEERS - For All That You Do & Will Do…