Camping Out Ideas

can you give me possible activities for environmental camp suitable for youths?

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1. Building temporary shelters is always very popular with the kids. Learning how to stay warm and safe. What to do when lost (don't wander, yell lots). Identifiying poison oak.
2. Here are some ideas we did at our camp in the Pacific Northwest? buiding fires without matches (depending on age), temporary shelters, a water purification activity, reflection time(time where they sit individually to reflect/diary time) some survival training(if you are lost, what you do), animal impersonation(haha ie. you are a chipmunk, try to eat peanuts without using thumbs, chipmunks dont have them), animal hunt (log how many animals you can find), replanting trees in areas where needed, did a water-oil presentation showing the affects when a spill happens, and, of course, numerous art activities using pine cones, leaves, flowers etc. Hope this helps.....