Program Overview
The Outdoor Adventure Learning Program introduces students to practical outdoor skills while strengthening their connection and interaction with nature. Through hands-on activities in gardens, forest areas, and camp settings, students learn about sustainability, basic survival knowledge, teamwork, and environmental awareness in a fun and engaging way.
This program encourages students to step outside the classroom, experience nature directly, and develop confidence through outdoor challenges and collaborative activities.
Program Goals
The program aims to:
- Build basic outdoor and survival skills
- Encourage positive interaction with nature
- Introduce sustainable practices through real-life experience
- Develop teamwork, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- Build confidence and independence in outdoor settings
Sustainable Farming Experience
Overview
Students learn about sustainability efforts and practical applications in the garden through guided activities and interactive exploration.
Activities
- Introduction on sustainability efforts and gardening practices
- Explore the orchid garden through a guided tour or interactive game while learning about plant uniqueness
- Participate in planting selected crops in the garden and tagging them with wooden labels
- Receive progress updates from staff after the activity to track plant growth
Camp Experience
Overview
Students are introduced to basic camping skills while building teamwork and responsibility through shared outdoor activities.
Activities
- Join an orchid garden tour with interactive bingo or guided walk
- Learn Camping 101, including how to set up and dismantle a tent
- Participate in team-based camp games
- Learn basic fire science and safe fire-starting methods
- Practice building campfire using flint and steel
- Dismantle and pack the tent properly after use
Survival Activity
Overview
Students learn fundamental survival knowledge and how to read natural signs in the environment. The activities focus on awareness, observation, and basic survival logic rather than extreme survival scenarios.
Activities & Talking Points
Students will learn about:
- Human survival basics
- Nature-based navigation using environmental indicators
- Reading moss growth for direction and potential water sources
- Identifying animal tracks
- Understanding lush vegetation as a sign of water availability
- Observing sun movement for orientation
- Shelter building basics
- Finding water sources and simple water filtration methods
- Fire basics and how to start a fire safely
Things to Bring
- Comfortable outdoor clothing and shoes
- A hat
- Sunscreen
- A refillable water bottle
- A notebook with a pen
- Mosquito repellant
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate basic outdoor and camping skills
- Explain simple sustainability practices
- Identify plants and understand their uniqueness
- Work effectively in teams during outdoor activities
- Apply basic survival knowledge in safe, guided scenarios
- Show greater awareness and respect for natural environments