Along with games and activities aimed at making students feel comfortable and curious about the woods, we will also expect to cover:

·         Psychology of survival

·         Lost proofing

·         Animal encounters

·         Knife, axe and saw safety

·         Whittling and carving tools you may need

·         The priorities of survival

·         Hygiene

·         Fire craft (both primitive and modern)

·         Survival shelters (both primitive and modern)

·         Water purification and filtration

·         Knot tying

·         Survival kit mentality and preparation

·         Choosing and using tools for survival (both primitive and modern)

·         Signaling

·         Basic understanding of the psychology of survival 

·         Proper trip safety planning and preparation

·         Demonstrate basic survival skills and the ability to be more self-reliant

·         How to avoid animal encounters and what to do in case of attack

·         Practice and demonstrate proper knife skills and tool maintenance

·         Ability to carve various notches and determine their uses

·         Tie multiple knots and determine their practical uses

·         What to put in your survival kit and how to effectively use and maintain it

·         Understand the importance of personal and camp hygiene

·         Primitive and modern fire starting techniques and fire starting tools

·         Multiple fire lays and long term fire maintenance and sustainability

·         Constructing effective tarp shelters and emergency shelters

·         Learn how to find, filter and purify water

·         Water filtration vs purification

·         How to use primitive and modern devices to signal rescuers