Potential lesson topics
Each season brings new learning experiences! Here is a sampling of some of the topics we may learn about!
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Introduction - tour around the farm, dangers and rules
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Pigs & Rabbits
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Cows, milk
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Chickens
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Foraging & Plant Identification in the garden and in the wild
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Bees & honey harvesting/ tasting
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Composting/ Soil/ Mushroom— microscopic life
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Fire Building & cooking
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Rock climbing/ Rappelling/ Zip Line/ Ninja course
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Exploration skills— reading nature, metal detector, map, compass, scavenger hunt
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Animals on the farm in winter
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Cheese & butter making
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Archery/ Hatchet throwing/ BB guns—target practice (hunting)
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Survival—what do wild animals do in the winter? Animal prints/ tracks/ forest exploration
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Soap making
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Candle making
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Plants in dormancy/ maple trees/ syrup tapping
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Forest exploration
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Building
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Baby rabbits
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Baby Calf
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Baby chicks
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Seeds & Planting Garden
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Frogs and tadpoles
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Water erosion/ creek/ aquatic habitats
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Fort building
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Night time class (star gazing—flashlight hike)
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Sorghum & harvesting
