Agenda

SUNDAY, JULY 28

3 - 4:30pm Campers arrive and settle into rooms

4:30pm Welcoming address; parents depart

5:30pm Dinner & orientation for campers and staff

Evening: Presentation by “The Black Ops Brothers” – Mike and Geoff Howe of Howe and Howe Technologies

MONDAY, JULY 29

• Wilderness first aid training, splinting, litter building
• Water purification
• Ropes rescue – belaying
• Building electricity/salt water batteries – electro-chemical reactions

Evening:

   SAT prep
   Campfire

TUESDAY, JULY 30

• Rope rescues – knots & physics of pulley systems, block & tackle & weight estimation
• Building shelter
• Morse code/radio
• Botany – edible plant life, foraging

Evening: Presentation by Dr. Jonathan Hare of “Hollywood Science”

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

• Botany – medicinal plants, foraging
• Building a fire, flashpoint, friction
• Orienteering & navigation – tracking & range estimation
• Morse code/radio

Evening:

   SAT prep
   Kayaking and canoeing

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1

• Rope building
• Raft building
• Radio signal transmission
• Prepare for tomorrow’s adventure

Evening: Reflection at lakeside campfire

Rest up for tomorrow!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2

Students put their week’s study to the test as they use scientific, mathematic, engineering and leadership skills to collaborate in a simulated shipwreck rescue operation on Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay. (Transportation to Portland will be provided by charter bus and to Little Chebeague Island by Lionel Plante Associates.)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3

8:00-10:00am Camper pick up