Integrated Program

What sets Outdoor Academy apart?

Outdoor education and recreation
Driven by environmental education and analysis of environmental issues
Offers students the opportunity to experience a hands-on, practical approach to learning
Students become part of a close-knit community of students and teachers

Courses:

Inquiry Science IV (Science)
English 10 (Language Arts)
Outdoor Recreation (Health and Fitness)

What will students learn and experience?

Study ecosystems such as the Puget Sound, lakes, rivers, wetlands, and other ecosystems
An inquiry-based focus to environmental research and issues
Fly fishing on the Cedar River and Green River (including entomology, ichthyology, limnology)
Geology and rock climbing
Hiking on Mount Rainier and other natural wonders (habitat exploration and study, natural history)
Mountain biking in the Pacific Northwest

What does Outdoor Academy look like?

It consists of approximately 80 students and three teachers. It is three 100-minute classes taught within one school day. Students receive one credit in science, language arts, and health and fitness. State environmental education goals and outdoor learning and recreation core experiences will drive the curriculum in the Outdoor Academy.

Year-long threads in Outdoor Academy:

Investigation/examination of environmental issues
Experimental design
Photo Journals
Reflective writing/poetry
Vocabulary building
Daily Oral Language (DOL
Fitness

Unit

Science

Language Arts

Health and Fitness

Field Exp./Speakers

7 wks.

Ecosystems

The science of water quality (including chemistry, biology, environmental impact, needs)

Exp. Design

The River

Music, Short Stories, Poetry

A River Runs Through It

Literature Circles

Fly Fishing

Terminology

Basic Casting

Fish Life Cycles

Emmon’s Glacier

Green River

Tom Skerritt

Creekside Anglers

6 wks.

World of Life

Environmental Education Goal #1

Interrelationships
Limiting factors
Human/Environ-ment interaction
Resource conservation

Relationships in Isolation

Lord of the Flies

“Bang, Bang You’re Dead”

Hiking / Mtn. Biking

Cartography

Orienteering

Build Interpretive Trail

Build Bike Features

Tiger Mountain

Black Diamond Bike Trails

Flaming Geyser

Little Mount Si

Jeff Johnson

Peter Fisher

8 wks.

The Human Body

Reproduction

Heredity

Evolution

Human Limits

Into Thin Air

Literature Circles

Rock Climbing

Terminology

Safety/Communication

Knots

Belaying

Vertical World

Mount Si

Fred Bonnard

David Breashears

Dr. Thomas Hornbein

REI

6 wks.

Systems

Systems (STELLA)

Wetlands

Using technology to model complex systems

Man and Nature

Into the Wild

Walden

Self-Reliance

Leaves of Grass

Dateline: “Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon.”

Hiking / Mtn. Biking

Wilderness Survival

Build Interpretive Trail

Bike Maintenance

Black Diamond Bike Trails

Mtn. Rainier

Wash. Museum Nat. History

Olympic Peninsula Trip

Department of Natural Resources Speaker

Don Henley

6 wks.

Primary Research

Experimental Research

Students conducting primary research in the field of ecology

Reflections

Research Paper

Old Man and the Sea

Fly Fishing

Advanced Casting

Entomology

Fly Tying

Cedar River

Yakima Fishing Trips

Trout Unlimited

State Agencies (e.g. Fish & Wildlife)

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