Nature
& Environmental Studies
Nature
| Nature Center | Cookouts | Outposts
Nature
4-H
Camp Ohio is 300 acres full of resources available for use in the Nature Studies
area. We offer over 30 different programs on anything from Adaptations, Birds,
Bugs, to Wildflowers, Wild Edibles and Wetlands. There are several areas to
choose from. We have a natural stream running through the middle of camp to
do a stream study, a pond for pond study, a natural wetland as well as a wetland
wastewater treatment facility. We focus essentially on soil, water, forestry,
wildlife and people (whose decisions affect the other resources). We feel it
is important for children to develop an awareness, better understanding and
appreciation for their natural environment and their relationship to it. We
have found that by stressing sensory awareness and ‘hands-on’ activities
the understanding and appreciation is more effective than the lecture approach;
learning suddenly becomes fun when the child is given the opportunity to explore
and experience first-hand.
Nature
Center
Come in,
explore, and discover things you never knew about our natural world. Learn what
you can do to help save our environment. The Nature Center is open whenever
a naturalist is in. It offers hands-on activities, live critters, displays on
fossils, insects, endangered species, study skins and mounts of several mammals
and birds, and even a small library. You can spend just a few minutes browsing
or hours investigating. Stop in and see us!
Cookouts
4-H Camp Ohio has twenty-five
cookout sites available near the log cabin. These sites will give ample opportunity
for campers to try their hands at cooking their own meals. A good cookout takes
about two hours to insure a pleasant, relaxed eating experience.
Outposts
Outposting is a very memorable
experience for campers and counselors. Outpost may be held at 4 different sights.
Tipi Site - is developed
around a Native American theme including Living History, face painting and
Native American challenges.
Log Cabin - Load up your
Wagon Train and journey over the Appalachians (Pioneer Hill) to our Log Cabin.
Learn to make rope or candles, try pioneer cooking or go on a snipe hunt.
Pond - Live like Huckleberry
Finn near the water's edge. Listen to the Bull Frogs as they croak you to
sleep, catch fish to add to your supply, take a hike through the pines and
do some star gazing.
Primitive Site - Pitch
your own tent, make your own fire and eating utensils, eat some wild edibles.
This is a guaranteed adventure for the experienced outposter.
All
educational programs and activities conducted by Ohio State University Extension
are available to all potential clientele on a non-discriminatory basis without
regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin,
sex, age, handicap or Vietnam-era veteran status.
