Outdoor Skills
Outdoor Skills
By learning, training and becoming proficienct in nature-based skills and activities, we can better enjoy the world around us, and how we share that experience with others.
Activity Ideas
- Outdoor P.E.
- Take physical education classes outside, using natural areas as your gym.
- Outdoor Skills Training
- Lead skill building activities in: hiking, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, birding, camping, archery, star-gazing, rock-climbing, orienteering.
- Outdoor PE electives
- Provide an outdoor adventrue PE elective. Include lifelong skills such as hiking, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, birding and wildlife watching, camping, archery, star-gazing, rock-climbing, orienteering.
- Camping Trips
- Offer overnight or weekend camping trip for grades, organizations, or classes
- Nature-based Youth Leadership
- Encourage nature-based youth leadership through student-led training and planning for outdoor experiences.
- "Leave-No-Trace" Training
- "Leave-No-Trace (LNT)" is a training program to learn how to be in the outdoors- etiquette training for being in nature. LNT training can be conducted for school yards, urban open spaces, wilderness and everything in between.
- Pass It On
- Share your skills. Invite friends and coworkers to join you in nature-based activities such as archery, shooting sports or fishing. Great activities for team building.
- Archery in the Schools
- Join the Texas Archery in the Schools program and competition.
- Fishing Programs
- Introduce students and families to outdoor recreation through fishing training and special events at the school or nearby parks.
- Geocache Challenge
- Mix technology and outdoor exploration with a geocache challenge.
Links to more Web Resources
Visit the Resources page for more ideas.
