What activities can you expect at Cam’s Camp?
Setting up a nature camp
Learn how to set up a nature camp using a bushcraft tarp, ropes, tent pegs and any other materials you can find. Add in a couple of hammocks and you’re set for the day!
Wildlife exploration walks
Discover the plants and animals around you as you explore new paths. But not without the help of ecology equipment such as bat detectors and those trusty wildlife identification guides. Will you skilfully forge the river to have a closer look at a species that’s caught your eye, without getting your feet wet?
Gardening
Have you ever grown a plant from seed? Tend to your seedling until it has bloomed into flowers bees and butterflies will love, or a vegetable you can eat! Nothing feels better than knowing we’ve given a little back to nature.
Animal tracking
Set up small mammal tunnels with charcoal ink to track footprints and learn to identify them! If you’re not sure which animal left the footprints, the wildlife camera should provide some clues…
Wildlife treasure hunts
Solve riddles and follow clues that’ll take you near a plant or animal track to identify - and then it’s up to you and your team to put your ecological identification skills to the task and uncover the next species on the hunt!
Nature action planning
Create your very own nature action plan about something that matters to you. In this series of creative discussions and craft sessions, you will:
(1) reflect on how you feel about nature
(2) identify an environmental problem you’d like change for the better
(3) identify your vision for environmental change
(4) find evidence backing the environmental problem and vision you’ve identified
(5) identify who can help you realise your vision
(6) design 1 or 2 concrete actions you can take to solve the environmental problem and take steps towards achieving your vision for a better world!
You will be guided to your tree by a trusting partner whilst blindfolded, and experience how your sense of touch, smell and hearing are enhanced to absorb everything around you when your eyes cannot see. Are you able to re-trace your footsteps to the tree you hugged whilst blindfolded?
Tree hugging game
What plants can we find that are edible? Or that we can make nature dyes with? Learn skills in identifying nature around you, throughout the seasons.
Foraging
The Maze Game
Can you make your way to the other side of the maze? The game leader will only reveal the pathway to those who can answer their challenges. You’ll need to call on your problem-solving skills, teamworking and knowledge of nature! Are you up for the challenge?
Sound mapping
Can you map the nature sounds you can hear all around you? How does sitting quietly in nature taking it all in feel?
