• Stretch and warm up your muscles
• The six essentials to take along on a hike
  • First aid kit
  • Whistle
  • Sun protection
  • Trail Food
  • Water
  • Flashlight
• The buddy system
  • Have them explain why it’s important
• Choose appropriate clothing to wear on a hike
  • For different seasons and different weather
• What to do when you become lost (STOP)
  • Stay put – It is easier for rescuers to find a stationary person than one who is moving. Find a place which is not hazardous and stay there. Have some water and a snack if possible. Rest.
  • Think – Consider what resources you have should the situation extend into overnight. Develop confidence by considering your situation and being prepared.
  • Observe – Take note of your surroundings. Is there shelter from the cold or storms? Is it getting dark? Are there hazards in the area?
  • Plan – Determine what you can to do to conserve energy and be as comfortable as possible. Don’t panic. Rely on your knowledge and observations.

Outdoor Code (explain each)

• As a American, I will do my best to
• Be clean in my outdoor manners,
• Be careful with fire
• Be considerate in the outdoors, and
• Be conservation minded

Leave no trace Principles

• Know before you go
• Choose the Right Path
• Trash your trash
• Leave what you find
• Be careful with fire
• Respect Wildlife
• Be kind to other visitors

Discuss showing respect for wildlife

• If they don’t animals will either fight back or become extinct
• Easy ones are dodo, passenger pigeon, woolly mammoth, sabretooth tiger

Show what to do in a natural disaster

• Lightning, Tornado, Flash flood, 

Plants and Animals

• Poisonous animals
  • Brown Recluse, Northern Black Widow
  • Timber Rattler and Eastern Massasauga
• Poisonous Plants to avoid on a Wisconsin hike
  • Cow and Wild Parsnip, Poison Ivy, Stinging and Wood Nettle
• 4 trees, 4 plants in the area
  • Oaks, Maples, Pines (pictures)
• Count the rings game
• Signs that an animal has been around
  • Partially eaten leaves or flowers
  • Scratches on trees
  • Animals droppings
  • Tracks
• 2 different birds that live in the area
  • Cardinals and Robins (facts about both)
• Extinct animals
  • Pick one and discuss how/why it became extinct and that that means
     

Cooking and Fire Building

• Prepare for cooking by explaining the importance of planning, tool selection, sanitation, and cooking safety.
• Make trail mix and hot cocoa. 
• Show how to use a camp stove, Dutch oven, box oven, solar oven, open campfire, or charcoal grill.
• Identify three foods that you think would be good choices and three foods that would not be good choices.
• Explain the importance of hand washing before a meal and cleanup after a meal. Then show how you would do each.
• Show that you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of each.
• Learn the three ways to build a fire
  • Log Cabin, Teepee, Lean-To
• The three things required to start a fire
  • Heat, oxygen, fuel
• The three types of wood
  • Tinder, kindling and fuel