Examples & Templates
Taradale Intermediate School has a long association with ECOED; holding their annual school camp at the Wilderness Education Base since 2009.
Examples & Templates
Taradale Intermediate teachers used ideas from this BackPack resource in 2013, to incorporate their school camp objectives within a broader “Sustainability” learning focus.

Examples

  1. Teacher Planning
  2. Sustainability Theme
  3. Camp Goal Setting & Evaluations
  4. Safety at Opouahi
  5. Tenting Activities
  6. Solar Oven
  7. Meet The Locals Wordbank
  8. The Lorax Activities
  9. Collected Templates

In the following examples, Taradale Intermediate School teachers Leah Breeds and Mandy Barber kindly share their unit planning for their 2013 Sustainability-focused school camp; along with instruction worksheets, templates and samples of student work.

Teacher Planning

EOTC Unit Planning – Sustainability – Includes sample 'Fridge Planner' for camp

Sustainability Theme

Investigating Inquiry Questions –  Activity: 'Sustainability in NZ' -   Samples of student work

Camp Goal Setting & Evaluations

Samples of student goal setting and  evaluations for camp

Safety at Opouahi

Pictures of useful resources  -  Samples of student Outdoor Safety Codes

Tenting Activities

Recorded role play: 'Tent Pitching, what might go wrong?' – Geometry activity: investigating nets for tent design

Solar Oven

Science activity: Making a Solar Oven – Includes photos of student experiments

Meet the Locals Wordbank

Sample Wordbank generated from 'Meet the Locals: Opouahi Pan Pac Kiwi Crèche' – Includes link to video clip

The Lorax Activities

Inquiry questions relating to book or film 'The Lorax' by Dr Seuss – Samples of student artwork

Collected Templates

Sample evaluation and planning templates, emphasising Key Competencies and Habits of Mind