Guiding+Activity+(Christine+Halliday)

=Guiding Activity: Christine Halliday=

Students will participate in a nature hike lead by an Environmental expert. Students will gain buildable prior knowledge through the discussion and demonstration and experiencing the environment first hand.
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**__GUIDING QUESTIONS__** What is wilderness survival? What do people need to survive? What do animals need to survive? What kinds of situations threaten survival?

**__OBJECTIVES/ACTIVITIES__** The students will experience the woods/wilderness/wild setting first-hand. The students will generate questions and ideas about survival. The students will utilize the expertise of the AEE professional to have some of their questions answered and create a base to build on throughout the project. Students will complete a KWL chart about the basic needs of survival.

Before departure the students will generate a list of elements NECESSARY for survival. Misconceptions will not be corrected. The class will hike the Lebanon Valley Extension of the Appalachian Trail (11 miles from our campus). The Agriculture and Environmental Education specialist will give general information throughout the hike about the wildlife, the environment and how it changes from season to season, how to build a fire without matches, how to identify dangerous plants and animals. The rest of the information that he gives will be guided by the questions that the students generate throughout the hike.

Upon return to the classroom, the students will add to the KWL chart. What did they learn? What do they NOW Know, they will correct their own prior misconceptions. Finally, the students will read "To Build A Fire" by Jack London and compare/contrast the survival concerns of the man vs. the animal in the story.

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