Looking for a place to bring your students for a total educational experience?

Why not think about the option of Outdoor Education at Covenant Point Bible Camp? Covenant Point offers a three-season Outdoor Education program called Agents of the Earth. Programs can be for the day or overnight, available to students in preschool through 8th grade and are designed by the teachers and school coordinators to compliment the school curriculum.

What is Outdoor Education?

Outdoor Education programs are designed to be interdisciplinary, experiential and student-propelled, meaning the students are the center of the learning. Their questions and answers help to facilitate the conceptual learning. The staff is there to creatively facilitate the discussion toward the desired concepts and ideas.

Outdoor Education uses games, experiments, discovery, exploration and simulations to teach ecological concepts. Each program is designed to be a careful mix of science, activity, hypothesizing and reflection. The active schedule, lesson variation and hands-on learning format cater Agents of the Earth programs to youth of all ages and learning styles.

Mission of Agents of the Earth:

-To encourage skills in team-building while creating a safe community where ideas and differences are respected.

-To create in each student an awareness of the purpose and beauty of the earth, fostering an attidue of stewardship toward its resources.

-To help each student apply ecological concepts to everyday life.

Half-Day Programs--Approximately 3 hour length Lesson blocks ranging from 30-45 minutes each. Great for early childhood and younger elementary students. Lunch and/or a snack can be provided by Covenant Point for an additional cost.

Full-Day Programs--Approximately 6 hour length Lesson blocks ranging from 45-120 minutes each. Great for younger and older elementary students who live within 1.5 hours of Iron River, MI. Lunch and/or a snack can be provided by Covenant Point for an additional cost.

Day Programs are designed to be flexible to school schedules and travel time

Residential Program schedules vary depending on the number of days spent at camp. Longer programs allow for more variety in evening programs, lessons and recreation activities. Every residential program contains blocks of time set aside for lessons, Choose Your Own Adventure, evening programs, debriefing times, meals and free times. Two blocks are set aside in each program for group team-building and a night awareness lesson.

7:40 Jedi cabin to Dining Hall (for table setup)

7:50 Breakfast Line up/Breakfast next Cabin Cleanup

9:00 Outdoor Lesson (Focus picked by school)

10:00 Outdoor Lesson (Focus picked by school)

11:00 Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA options picked by camp staff)

12:20 Lunch Line up/Lunch

Next: Rest Time

2:00 Outdoor Lesson (focus picked by school)

3:00 All-camp Activity

4:00 Free Time (Game room open, Canteen open)

5:20 Dinner Line up/Dinner

6:45 Journaling/Debriefing (Classroom teachers facilitate)

7:15 Evening Program (Picked by school)

8:00 Night Awareness (Stargazing or Night Hike)

9:00 Back to cabins

10:00 Lights out

Interested in learning more?

Call our office (906-265-2117) or email aotearth@up.net to request a Planning Guide.

The Planning Guide contains in-depth information about program length, lessons, schedules, evening programs and all the pertinent forms and information about setting up a trip to Covenant Point. We do programs for both Public Schools and Christian Schools.

Linnea Nyberg, Director

Agents of the Earth Outdoor Education at Covenant Point Bible Camp