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Lessons will allow you to customize your Chewonki experience to best fit the goals of your school. Most lessons last approximately three hours and may focus on teambuilding, ecology or sustainability education. Lessons in outdoor living are informally incorporated into all overnight and wilderness trip programs. All lessons are flexible and can be adapted. We offer lessons in the following areas:

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Ecology
Salt Marsh Study
Pond Study
Animal Study
Rocky Shore Study
Forest Study
Live Animal Presentation

Sustainability
Global Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Farm Study
Human History & the Landscape
Town Meeting

Teambuilding
Group Challenges
The Wild Goose Chase
The Barn Climb
The Gulch Crossing
Map & Compass
Rock Climb
Service Learning Project
Canoeing
Camden Hills Hike

Outdoor Living Skills
Low Impact Camping
Outdoor Cooking
Personal Care
Travel Techniques

 




 
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Chewonki is truly dedicated to practicing the values of the environmental movement and making the smallest possible impact on the natural environment. That was such a great thing for our students to see.

Anna Breen,
Ast. Principal,
Kipp Academy Lynn, Lynn, MA

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