get Moving
Interact with nature to
learn about Energy
Upcoming Dates:
Costs: $50 scouts / $60 adults ** Ask about group rate for troops.
Length of Time: Saturday 9:30am - Sunday 2:30pm
Fun course on bikes.
Paddling skills and safety review before canoeing.
Planting a butterfly garden.
Girl Scouts get donations for the Community Service Project, Hummingbird Garden.
Class Description
In this weekend camp experience, participants will be tuning into the energy of the natural world, to become aware of how energy effects us every day of our life.
Learn how important it is to use our personal and the Earth’s energy wisely. Discuss how to conserve energy, plus touching upon renewable energy in wind and solar power.
Efficient ways for animals to travel, touching upon tracking gates and migration patterns.
Study the night sky, looking at constellations and the moon.
Biking as most efficient means of travel for people. Maintenance and safety.
During food preparations, we talk about how our food choices effect our energy level.
With fun activities we do touch upon many educational aspects of science, math, the outdoors, and environmental stewardship.
We conclude the weekend by doing a Community Service Energy project here at Camp Tonkawa.
If troops provide a life guard we can provide canoe time.
Bring your own lunches and breakfast.
Dinner Saturday night dinner will be provided and used as teaching time to cook healthy foods.
Girl Scouts coming to earn their It's Your Planet Love It Journey will need to do a Take Action project Sunday after lunch to complete the requirements for this rank. We will help you with every step to get this accomplished.
Families are welcome.