Nov. 20 Outdoor Survival Skills
4-H gained national attention last year when two girls in California who were lost in the woods for several days credited their survival to skills they learned in 4-H. In this interactive session, students will learn survival skills including the Rule of 3, the Ten Essentials, how not to get lost, and how to survive in the wilderness. Then students will apply what they've just learned with a mock survival scenario where they have to make decisions about how to survive. This can be done in groups in a traditional classroom, or individually for virtual classrooms or homeschool set-up.
Required materials: Download the Lost at Sea survival scenario worksheet and complete the activity in advance of the session. Optional: View the California girls 4-H survival story and/or How to Survive: Not Getting Lost in the Woods on Youtube in advance of the session.
Tech Requirements: Hosted on Zoom.
Recording: Zoom Recording of Outdoor Survival Skills
Coast Guard rankings and explanations
Use this link to print a pdf of the vocabulary, learning concepts and standards alignment.
Key Vocabulary & Learning Concepts
The Rule of 3 Wilderness survival Wilderness best practices
Human body systems Hydration
This session aligns with the following NC teaching standards for grades 3, 4 & 5
Third Grade
Science 3.L.1 Understand human body systems and how they are essential for life: protection, movement and support.
Language Arts RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Language Arts RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Language Arts RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Language Arts RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
Language Arts RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Fourth Grade
Science 4.L.1 Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats.
Science 4.L.2 Understand food and the benefits of vitamins, minerals and exercise.
Language Arts RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is
Language Arts RI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area supported by key details; summarize the text.
Fifth Grade
Language Arts RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
Language Arts RI.5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.