♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

C ommunity

Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

Diversity Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty

versity MY Di

♦ ♦

VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness Community

JOURNAL Respect Caring

Name: ______Responsibility

Stewardship

School: ______♦

Stewardship Dates: ______Responsibility

Caring Respect Respect

Community Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

Diversity Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty Diversity

♦ ♦

Inclusiveness Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

♦ ♦

WORD FIND PUZZLE Honesty

Diversity

♦ S S M N R I C S Y A L N C T L O P Y Y U T R S B

U R U E U A T A S T D E S S E R T T I M E T I E Inclusiveness O U C F S Y T I T Y O T C J O I I S E S G S O O S L Y S H T C N P E V F S G N L B R Y C L S R T E S R R Y R E O N I S T R U I S R E T L M E T I Community

♦ I D F N A T P T M T E A M B U I L D I N G R S T

M V C A E O S N B P M M I S O L L K S T E I D T Respect O Y E I M E E E T I O S Y T A O S O R T O M V N Caring D L P T A D R C N C N S Y V I T I O E R O C T C ♦

G B J U L I U S F O R S T M A N N E V A N E N I ♦

U R V E R W T N P D H S I C C U E S I S A T E E Responsibility A S N V P R N S E I O S Y L M A R O D C V P T C O N A T U R E S G R H E U I D R A G U T M I T H Stewardship

I R S C L R V C F N Y S C S A C S R E T Y I T T ♦ S E T S A W D O O F I U D E G D F T S F S Y T T

O O O G S O A S P V Y R A R T R T O T S O F A O ♦

R E T N E C T N E M E G A N A M E C R U O S E R Stewards P N S O G R C N R S R P D C A W F R O E N S M S A U I S W T E I C O T E A T R S E L N S T T O T Responsibility

U O R R P S J J C O M A N C F T Y T M N O M G C hip ♦

C Y O S S R O N R T A L R T K C T M S M V M T S ♦

C M J Y Y L R S T O T T E C T E L C T U A U E O Caring I E A E R E P T N U S O E C L M E O R G R E W R Respect Respect

♦ I U E E I T O N L J A I W N R N U N T T T T D P

Community

Caring Honesty Resource Management Center Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

Catskills Inclusiveness Respect Diversity Community Julius Forstmann Responsibility Honesty Honesty

♦ Compost Nature Stewardship ♦

Honesty Dessert Time Program Instructor Teambuilding Diversity Project Adventure Trust Diversity

♦ ♦

Food Waste Raptors YMCA Inclusiveness Frost Valley Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Adaptation ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Carnivore ♦ Carrying Capacity ♦ Consumer ♦ Decomposer ♦ Domestic ♦ Ecology ♦

FROST VALLEY YMCA Food Web Carnivore

School Journal ♦

Fungus

WILDLIFE ECOLOGY ♦

Biodiversity Habitat

Date: ______Instructor ______

Herbivore Adaptation

Ecology is the study of ______♦

______

Niche Wildlife

To survive, all animals need is ______

______Omnivore

Producer

♦ Three examples of animal adaptations are

Prey Predator

1) ______♦

2) ______

3) ______♦

Predator Prey

This is a picture of a food web ♦

Pro

ducer Omnivore

Wildlife Niche

Adaptation Herbivore

Habitat Biodiversity

Fungus

Carnivore

Food WebFood

♦ Adaptation ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Carnivore ♦ Carrying Capacity ♦ Consumer ♦ Decomposer ♦ Domestic ♦ Ecology ♦ ♦ Adaptation ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Carnivore ♦ Carrying Capacity ♦ Consumer ♦ Decomposer ♦ Domestic ♦ Ecology ♦

Here is a poem that explains how I feel about biodiversity Food Food Web ______

______Carnivore

______♦

Fungus ______

______♦

Biodiversity Habitat ______♦

______

______Herbivore ______Adaptation

This is a picture of some of the wildlife that can be found around Frost Valley Niche Wildlife

Omnivore

Producer

Prey Predator

Predator Prey

Pro ducer

Omnivore

Wildlife Niche

My favorite part of Wildlife Ecology was Adaptation

Herbivore ______

______

Habitat Biodiversity

Fungus

Carnivore Food WebFood

♦ Adaptation ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Carnivore ♦ Carrying Capacity ♦ Consumer ♦ Decomposer ♦ Domestic ♦ Ecology ♦ ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

WHAT NATURE MEANS TO ME ♦ ♦

Honesty

Nature and the environment is important to me because Diversity

♦ ♦

______Inclusiveness ______

______

Community ______

Respect Humans affect wildlife by Caring

♦ ______

______Responsibility

______Stewardship

______♦

Wildlife affects humans by Stewards

______Responsibility

______hip ♦

______♦

Caring ______Respect Respect

A few ways my friends and I can help protect the natural environment are Community

______

______Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

______Diversity ______

Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Some things I can do at home to stay connected with nature include Honesty

______Diversity

______

♦ ♦

______Inclusiveness

______Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community

Inclusiveness

This is a picture of ♦ ♦

Diversity the wildlife I saw

at Frost Valley Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty

Diversity

♦ ♦

Inclusiveness

Community

Respect

Caring

Responsibility This is a picture of my favorite outdoor place Stewardship

Stewards

Responsibility

hip ♦

Caring

Respect Respect

Community

Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

Here is an acrostic poem about what nature means to me Diversity

Honesty Honesty

N

♦ ♦

A Honesty

T Diversity

U ♦ ♦

Inclusiveness R

E Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

♦ ♦

WELCOME TO FROST VALLEY

Honesty My first impressions of Frost Valley are Diversity

______♦ ♦

______Inclusiveness

______

Community

My lodge is named ______♦

Respect Caring

♦ One of Frost Valley’s eight core values is ______

And this is what it means to me ______Responsibility ______

______Stewardship

I help out in the Dining Hall by Stewards ______

______Responsibility

hip ♦

Caring

Respect Respect

Community

This is a picture of me Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

arriving at Frost Valley Diversity

Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty

Diversity

♦ ♦

Inclusiveness

Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Aquifer ♦ Conservation ♦ Erosion ♦ Floodplain ♦ Ground Water ♦ Habitat ♦ Non-point Source Pollution ♦ pH ♦

Point Source Pollution FROST VALLEY YMCA Water Table Water School Journal ♦

WATERSHED & WILDERNESS ♦

Potable Watershed

Date: ______Instructor: ______

Reservoir

Some ways I use water every day include ______Water Cycle Water

♦ ______

______Runoff

♦ Wastewater

Topography ♦

Tributary

♦ ♦

Treatment

Treatment

This is a picture of ♦ ♦

the Water Cycle Tributary

♦ Topography

Wastewater ♦

Runoff

Water Cycle

Reservoir

The health of the Catskill Mountain Watershed is important to ’s water supply because

Watershed

Potable ______

♦ ______

______

______Water Table

Point Source Pollution Source Point ♦ Aquifer ♦ Conservation ♦ Erosion ♦ Floodplain ♦ Ground Water ♦ Habitat ♦ Non-point Source Pollution ♦ pH ♦ ♦ Aquifer ♦ Conservation ♦ Erosion ♦ Floodplain ♦ Ground Water ♦ Habitat ♦ Non-point Source Pollution ♦ pH ♦

Point Source Pollution

Water Table Water

This is a picture of

the wildlife around ♦

Potable Watershed Frost Valley that ♦

rely on the local

water systems for Reservoir

their survival

Water Cycle Water

Runoff

♦ Wastewater

Topography

Tributary

♦ ♦

I can help keep the Catskill Mountain Watershed pure and clean by

Treatment ______

______Treatment

♦ ______♦

Tributary

Some things I can do to reduce the amount of water I use in my daily life are

______♦ Topography

Wastewater ♦ ______

______Runoff

Water Cycle Reservoir

Watershed Potable

Water Table Point Source Pollution Source Point ♦ Aquifer ♦ Conservation ♦ Erosion ♦ Floodplain ♦ Ground Water ♦ Habitat ♦ Non-point Source Pollution ♦ pH ♦ ♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦

Respect FROST VALLEY YMCA Risk

School Journal Responsibility

Group Support Group

♦ TRUST

Risk

Date: ______Instructor: ______♦

Spotting

Cooperation

♦ It was ______for me to trust other people today because

______Teamwork ______

______Concentration

Trust It was ______for me to trust myself today because

______♦

Challenge ______Comfort Zone Comfort

♦ ______♦

Comfort Zone This is a picture of my friends and me during my favorite Low Ropes activity Challenge

Trust Trust

Concentration

Teamwork

Cooperation

Spotting

Risk

Group Support

Responsibility

Risk Respect Respect

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦

It is important to learn to trust other people because Respect Risk

♦ ______

______Responsibility ______

Group Support Group

Outside of Frost Valley, some situations where I have learned that trust is essential include ♦

______Risk ______

______Spotting Cooperation

Here is a poem that explains how I feel about trust ♦

______Teamwork

______Concentration

♦ ______

______Trust

______

______Challenge Comfort Zone Comfort ______♦ ______♦

______Comfort Zone Challenge

♦ ______

______Trust Trust

I can use what I learned in class throughout life by Concentration

______Teamwork ______♦

______

Cooperation Spotting

Risk

Group Support Responsibility

Risk Respect Respect

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦

♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

♦ ♦

TRIP REFLECTIONS Honesty

Diversity

The best part of my trip to Frost Valley was ♦ ♦

______Inclusiveness

______

______Community

______♦

______Respect Caring

Something new I learned about my friend was Responsibility ______

______Stewardship

______

______Stewards ______

Responsibility

hip ♦ The biggest challenge I faced at Frost Valley was

______Caring

Respect Respect ______

______Community ______

______Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

The most interesting thing I learned about nature was Diversity

______Honesty Honesty

♦ ______♦

Honesty ______

______Diversity

♦ ♦ ______Inclusiveness

Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community

I will always remember when

______Inclusiveness

______♦ ♦

Diversity ______

______Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty My favorite Frost Valley class was ______because

______Diversity

♦ ♦

______Inclusiveness

______

______Community

What I missed most about home was Respect

Caring ______

______♦

Responsibility ______

______Stewardship ______♦

Stewards This is a picture of my favorite Frost Valley location

Responsibility

hip ♦

Caring

Respect Respect

Community

Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

Diversity

Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty

Diversity

♦ ♦

Inclusiveness

Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

SENSORY SCAVENGER HUNT ♦ ♦

Honesty

Diversity

♦ Sight Sound Smell

Inclusiveness r Spider Web r Bird Calling r The Trail r Squirrel r Running Water r Crushed Pine Needles r Tunnel r Silence r Snow Community

r Standing Water r Wind Through Trees r Flower ♦

r Deer Track r Moving Vehicle r Soil Respect

Caring r Bird of Prey r Chattering Squirrel

♦ r Insect r Squeaky Sound Taste

r Bird Nest r Pleasant Sound Responsibility Air r Moss r Teacher r Snow r Woodpecker Hole r r Pine Needles Stewardship Touch r Bird ♦

r Animal Home

Action r Pine Cone ♦

r Flower Decomposing Log Stewards Bone r r Mammal Running Seed r Chewed Leaf (not by you) r r Bird Flying r Something Wet r

Responsibility r Something Camouflaged

r Leaf Falling hip ♦ r Seed Dispersed by Wind r Something Dry r Cloud Moving r Mud ♦

r Something Perfectly Straight Tree Swaying Caring r Rock r r Something Beautiful Respect Respect

Part of an Egg

r ♦

r Something Yellow Community r Maple Leaf r Whirly Copter Inclusiveness

r Tree with Red Bark ♦ ♦

Diversity

Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty Diversity

♦ ♦

Inclusiveness

Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

♦ ♦

SCAVENGER HUNT Honesty

Diversity

Nature Around Campus In the Dining Hall ♦ ♦

Inclusiveness r Raptor (Bird of Prey) r 4 Flag Poles r Table Card r Beaver r Big Tree r Waste Bucket r Spider’s Web r The Castle r Weather Station Community

♦ r Squirrel r Y Tower r 5 Fire Places

r Bird Nest r 3 Different Colored r Bud Cox Respect r Deer Frost Valley Trail Markers r Store Caring Tennis Court ♦ Insect r American Flag

r r

Moss r Picture of Julius Forstmann 2 News Tickers ♦ r r Responsibility r Fox r Cable Bridge r Frost Valley logo r Flower r Lean-to r Staff Bio Board Chewed Leaf r Boat House Stewardship r

♦ Campfire Pit r Newt r

r Outdoor Chapel r Lady Bug ♦

r Apple Tree r Barn Stewards r Milky Way r Waterfall Responsibility

hip

♦ r Animal Track

Caring

Respect Respect The Name of all 4 birds at the Raptor Center: 2 Facts About Compost: ♦

______Community

______

Inclusiveness ______

♦ ♦

Diversity ______

Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty Diversity

♦ ♦

Inclusiveness Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Auger ♦ Bay ♦ Biodegradable ♦ Compost ♦ Decomposers ♦ Ecological Footprint ♦ Food Waste ♦ Landfill ♦

FROST VALLEY YMCA Mesophilic School Journal

Microorganisms Biodegradable Biodegradable

Bay

RESOURCE RECOVERY ♦

Auger

Date: ______Instructor: ______♦ ♦

Organic

I help compost at Frost Valley by ______

Windrow Windrow ♦

♦ ______Recycling

Composting is important to me because ______

______Resource Vermiculture Vermiculture

I think the Resource Management Center (RMC) at Frost Valley is ______because

______RMC

Thermophilic ♦

♦ Thermophilic

RMC

Vermiculture Resource

♦ This is a picture of

my friends and

me at the RMC

Recycling ♦

♦ Windrow

Organic

♦ ♦

Auger

Bay

Biodegradable Microorganisms

Three different types of decomposers are

F______, B______, and I______Mesophilic

♦ Auger ♦ Bay ♦ Biodegradable ♦ Compost ♦ Decomposers ♦ Ecological Footprint ♦ Food Waste ♦ Landfill ♦

♦ Auger ♦ Bay ♦ Biodegradable ♦ Compost ♦ Decomposers ♦ Ecological Footprint ♦ Food Waste ♦ Landfill ♦

Decomposers are essential to composting because Mesophilic ______

______

Microorganisms Biodegradable Biodegradable

The difference between a renewable resource and a non-renewable resource is Bay

______♦

______

Auger

♦ ♦

Organic

Windrow Windrow ♦

♦ Recycling

Here is a picture of

a few of the natural ♦

Resource

Vermiculture Vermiculture resources that I use

♦ every day

RMC

Thermophilic ♦

♦ Thermophilic

RMC

Vermiculture

Resource

♦ I can lessen my ecological footprint by

______

Recycling ______♦

♦ Windrow

Organic

♦ ♦

Auger

Bay

Biodegradable Microorganisms

Mesophilic

♦ Auger ♦ Bay ♦ Biodegradable ♦ Compost ♦ Decomposers ♦ Ecological Footprint ♦ Food Waste ♦ Landfill ♦

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Cooperation ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Logical Thinking ♦ Patience ♦ Respect ♦ Spotting FROST VALLEY YMCA Spotting Spotting

♦ ♦

School Journal Teamwork

Respect Respect

PROJECT ADVENTURE Trust

Patience

♦ ♦

Date: ______Instructor: ______Challenge

To me, being a part of a team means ______

______Comfort Zone

Logical Thinking Logical ______

I can be a good teammate by ______

♦ Listening

______Cooperation ♦ ______

It is important for me to learn to trust other people because ______Leadership

♦ ♦

______Leadership

______

♦ Cooperation

My classmates and I worked together in class by ______Listening ♦

______

______

Logical Thinking Comfort Zone Comfort

One challenge I faced today was ______♦

______

______Challenge

♦ ♦

A few of the games and activities I participated in during Project Adventure include Patience Trust Trust

______♦

______♦

Respect ______

Teamwork ______

♦ ♦

Spotting

Spotting Spotting

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Cooperation ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Logical Thinking ♦ Patience ♦ Respect ♦ ♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Cooperation ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Logical Thinking ♦ Patience ♦ Respect ♦ Spotting This is a picture of my friends and me during my favorite activity

Spotting Spotting

♦ ♦

Teamwork

Respect Respect

Trust

Patience

♦ ♦

Challenge

Comfort Zone

Logical Thinking Logical

♦ Listening

Some of the places where I face challenges outside of Frost Valley include Cooperation ♦ ______

______

______Leadership

♦ ♦

Leadership

I can use what I learned in class throughout life by

______

♦ Cooperation

______Listening ♦

______

Logical Thinking Comfort Zone Comfort

Challenge

♦ ♦

Patience Trust Trust

Respect Teamwork

♦ ♦

Spotting Spotting Spotting

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Cooperation ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Logical Thinking ♦ Patience ♦ Respect ♦ ♦ Base Plate ♦ Bearing ♦ Dial ♦ Compass Rose ♦ Contour Line ♦ Direction of Travel ♦ Legend ♦ Magnetic Needle ♦

FROST VALLEY YMCA Orienting Arrow Legend

♦ School Journal

ORIENTEERING Scale

Title Direction of Travel of Direction

♦ Date: ______Instructor: ______♦

Topographic Map

Contour Line Contour

Base Plate

This is a picture

Compass Rose Compass

♦ of a compass

Bearing Dial

Dial Bearing

Compass Rose

Plate

Base

To properly use a compass, I need to

C ontour Line Put ______in the ______and follow ______

Topographic Map Topographic

♦ Reading a map is ______because ______

Direction of Travel

Title Title ______

♦ ______

Scale

Working with a team was helpful during Orienteering because

______

______Legend

______Orienting Arrow Orienting

♦ Base Plate ♦ Bearing ♦ Dial ♦ Compass Rose ♦ Contour Line ♦ Direction of Travel ♦ Legend ♦ Magnetic Needle ♦

♦ Base Plate ♦ Bearing ♦ Dial ♦ Compass Rose ♦ Contour Line ♦ Direction of Travel ♦ Legend ♦ Magnetic Needle ♦

Orienting Arrow

This is a picture of the most interesting thing I saw while orienteering through the woods Legend

Scale

Title Direction of Travel of Direction

Topographic Map

Contour Line Contour

Base Plate

Compass Rose Compass

Bearing Dial

In the future, I could use the skills I worked on today to ♦

Dial Bearing

♦ ______

______Compass Rose Plate

______Base

C ontour Line Topographic Map Topographic

Direction of Travel Title Title

Scale

Legend Orienting Arrow Orienting

♦ Base Plate ♦ Bearing ♦ Dial ♦ Compass Rose ♦ Contour Line ♦ Direction of Travel ♦ Legend ♦ Magnetic Needle ♦

♦ Campfire ♦ Dehydration ♦ Food ♦ Fuel ♦ Giardia ♦ Hypothermia ♦ Kindling ♦ Layers ♦ Leave No Trace ♦ Oxygen ♦

Positive Mental Attitude FROST VALLEY YMCA School Journal Hypothermia

Food

♦ OUTDOOR LIVING SKILLS

Rest

Date: ______Instructor: ______♦

Rule of 3

Dehydration

My basic survival needs include ______

______Shelter Campfire

♦ ______

ST Water Water

OP

Survival Kit

Warmth

Tinder Tinder ♦

♦ Tinder This is a picture of my group’s

survival shelter Warmth

Survival Kit Survival

Water STOP

ter ♦

Campfire Shel

Dehydration Rule of 3 of Rule

Rest In a survival situation, a fire can help me because

______♦

Food ______

______Hypothermia ______

Positive Mental Attitude Mental Positive

♦ Campfire ♦ Dehydration ♦ Food ♦ Fuel ♦ Giardia ♦ Hypothermia ♦ Kindling ♦ Layers ♦ Leave No Trace ♦ Oxygen ♦ ♦ Campfire ♦ Dehydration ♦ Food ♦ Fuel ♦ Giardia ♦ Hypothermia ♦ Kindling ♦ Layers ♦ Leave No Trace ♦ Oxygen ♦

Positive Mental Attitude

Hypothermia

Food

♦ This is a picture

of my group’s Rest survival shelter

Rule of 3

Dehydration

Shelter Campfire

ST Water Water

♦ OP

Survival Kit

Warmth

♦ It is important to work as a team in a survival situation because

______

Tinder Tinder ♦

♦ Tinder ______

My favorite activity (or skill that I learned) was Warmth Survival Kit Survival

♦ ______

______Water STOP

ter ♦

I can use what I learned in class throughout life by Campfire Shel ______♦

______

Dehydration Rule of 3 of Rule

Rest

Food

Hypothermia

Positive Mental Attitude Mental Positive

♦ Campfire ♦ Dehydration ♦ Food ♦ Fuel ♦ Giardia ♦ Hypothermia ♦ Kindling ♦ Layers ♦ Leave No Trace ♦ Oxygen ♦ ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

♦ ♦

MY LODGE Honesty

Diversity

My lodge is named: ______♦ ♦

Inclusiveness

Staying with me in my lodge are my friends

______Community

______♦

______Respect Caring

I feel ______about sleeping away from home because Responsibility ______

______Stewardship

This is the view from my lodge Stewardship

Responsibility

Caring Respect Respect

Community Inclusiveness

♦ ♦

Diversity Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty Diversity

♦ ♦

Inclusiveness Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Amber ♦ Evaporator ♦ Flue ♦ Grade ♦ Maple Syrup ♦ Phloem ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Sap ♦ Sinzibuckwud ♦ Spile ♦

Sugar Bush FROST VALLEY YMCA Tapping

♦ School Journal

Tapping Spile

MAPLE SUGARING ♦

Xylem

Date: ______Instructor: ______Sinzibuckwud Sinzibuckwud Amber

Sap

My favorite yummy treats that can be made using maple syrup are ♦ ♦

Evaporator ______

______

______♦

Flue Photosynthesis

Maple sap was first discovered by ______Grade ______Phloem

Maple Syrup

Maple Syrup Maple

Phl oem Grade

Photosynthesis

Flue Flue This is a picture of a

♦ tapped maple tree

Evaporator

♦ ♦

Sap

Amber Sinzibuckwud

Xylem

Some of the different methods of collecting maple sap include ♦

Spile ______Tapping

______Tapping ______

Sugar Bush Sugar ♦ Amber ♦ Evaporator ♦ Flue ♦ Grade ♦ Maple Syrup ♦ Phloem ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Sap ♦ Sinzibuckwud ♦ Spile ♦

♦ Amber ♦ Evaporator ♦ Flue ♦ Grade ♦ Maple Syrup ♦ Phloem ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Sap ♦ Sinzibuckwud ♦ Spile ♦

Sugar Bush

Tapping

Tapping Spile

♦ This is a picture of

me tasting maple ♦

syrup at the Frost Xylem Valley Sap House

Sinzibuckwud Sinzibuckwud Amber

Sap

♦ ♦

Evaporator

Flue

Photosynthesis

6 CO2 6H2O C6H12O6 6O2 Grade Carbon Dioxide + Water Sunlight Sugar + Oxygen Phloem

Maple Syrup

In comparison to imitation maple syrup, real maple syrup is ______because ______Maple Syrup Maple

______♦

Phl

oem Grade

My favorite part of Maple Syruping was ♦

Photosynthesis Flue Flue

______♦

______

Evaporator

♦ ♦

Sap

Amber Sinzibuckwud

Xylem

Spile Tapping

Tapping

Sugar Bush Sugar ♦ Amber ♦ Evaporator ♦ Flue ♦ Grade ♦ Maple Syrup ♦ Phloem ♦ Photosynthesis ♦ Sap ♦ Sinzibuckwud ♦ Spile ♦

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦

Respect Risk

♦ FROST VALLEY YMCA

School Journal Responsibility

Group Support Group

♦ LOW ROPES

Risk

Date: ______Instructor: ______♦

Cooperation Spotting

It was ______for me to trust other people today because

______♦

Teamwork ______Concentration Concentration

It was ______for me to trust myself today because ♦

Trust Zone ______

______♦

Challenge Comfort Comfort

As a spotter it was my responsibility to

______♦

Comfort Zone Challenge

______♦

______Trust

Here is a poem that explains how I felt after participating in the Low Ropes course ♦

______Concentration

Teamwork ______

______

______

Spotting Cooperation ______♦ ______Risk Risk

______

______♦

Group Support ______

______Responsibility

♦ ______

______♦

Risk Respect Respect

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦ ♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦

Respect

Risk

♦ This is a picture of my friends and me during my favorite Low Ropes activity

Responsibility

Group Support Group

Risk

Cooperation Spotting

Teamwork

Concentration Concentration

Trust Zone

It is important to learn to trust other people because Challenge Comfort Comfort

♦ ______

______

______Comfort Zone Challenge

Trust I can use what I learned in class throughout life by

♦ ______

______Concentration

______Teamwork

Spotting Cooperation

♦ Risk Risk

Group Support Responsibility

Risk Respect Respect

♦ Challenge ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Group Support ♦ Interdependence ♦ Leadership ♦ Listening ♦ Patience ♦ ♦ Alive ♦ Cutting Bee ♦ Forstmanns ♦ Frederic Tudor ♦ Ice Box ♦ ♦ Ice Cake ♦ Ice House ♦ Plow ♦ Harvesting

FROST VALLEY YMCA

Refresherator

Frederic Tudor Tudor Frederic School Journal

ICE CUTTING ♦

Forstmanns Saws

Date: ______Instructor: ______♦

Spudbar

Cutting Bee Cutting Ice Harvesting is the practice of ♦

______Thermal Stratification

______Alive Ice Alive

People harvested ice in the 1800s and early 1900s because

______

______♦

Tongs Twentieth Century Twentieth

Some of the tools used to cut and move ice include ♦

______Twentieth Century Tongs

♦ ______

To me, sounds like a ______job because

______♦

Alive Ice ______

Thermal Stratification Thermal

Cutting Bee

Spudbar

This is a picture ♦

Saws Forstmanns

♦ of me at the Ice Cutting Bee

Frederic Tudor Refresherator

Harvesting

♦ Alive Ice ♦ Cutting Bee ♦ Forstmanns ♦ Frederic Tudor ♦ Ice Box ♦ Ice House ♦ Ice Cake ♦ Ice House ♦ Plow ♦

♦ Alive Ice ♦ Cutting Bee ♦ Forstmanns ♦ Frederic Tudor ♦ Ice Box ♦ Ice House ♦ Ice Cake ♦ Ice House ♦ Plow ♦ Harvesting

This is a picture of the ice cake that we cut from the lake

Refresherator Frederic Tudor Tudor Frederic

Forstmanns Saws

Spudbar

Cutting Bee Cutting

Thermal Stratification

Alive Ice Alive

Tongs Twentieth Century Twentieth

♦ My favorite part of Ice Cutting was

______Twentieth Century Tongs

♦ ______

______

______

Alive Ice Thermal Stratification Thermal

Cutting Bee Spudbar

Saws Forstmanns

Frederic Tudor Refresherator

Harvesting

♦ Alive Ice ♦ Cutting Bee ♦ Forstmanns ♦ Frederic Tudor ♦ Ice Box ♦ Ice House ♦ Ice Cake ♦ Ice House ♦ Plow ♦

♦ Asthensophere ♦ Core ♦ Crust ♦ Erosion ♦ Fault Line ♦ Geology ♦ ♦ Glacial Erratic ♦ Igneous ♦ Lava ♦ Lithosphere

FROST VALLEY YMCA

Magma Asthenosphere

School Journal ♦

GEOLOGY Mantle Weathering

Metamorphic Date: ______Instructor: ______

Topography Topography Geology is the study of

______♦

Minerals

ic Plates The 3 different type of rocks are

S______, M______, and I______Rock Cycle Tecton

Sedimentary

Sedimentary

This is a picture of ♦

Tectonic Plates Rock Cycle Rock

the rock cycle ♦

Minerals Minerals

Topography

Metamorphic

Weathering

Mantle

♦ I noticed that most of the rocks around Frost Valley are

______♦

Asthenosphere Magma Magma

♦ ______

______

Lithosphere

♦ Asthensophere ♦ Core ♦ Crust ♦ Erosion ♦ Fault Line ♦ Geology ♦ Glaciers ♦ Glacial Erratic ♦ Igneous ♦ Lava ♦

♦ Asthensophere ♦ Core ♦ Crust ♦ Erosion ♦ Fault Line ♦ Geology ♦ Glaciers ♦ Glacial Erratic ♦ Igneous ♦ Lava ♦ Lithosphere

The Catskill Mountains were formed by

______

Magma Asthenosphere

♦ This is a picture of the layers of the Earth

Mantle

Weathering

Metamorphic

Topography Topography

Minerals

ic Plates

Rock Cycle Tecton

Sedimentary Sedimentary

I think that geology is ______because

______

______♦

Tectonic Plates Rock Cycle Rock

♦ My favorite part of Geology was

______Minerals Minerals

______

Topography Metamorphic

Weathering Mantle

Asthenosphere Magma Magma

Lithosphere

♦ Asthensophere ♦ Core ♦ Crust ♦ Erosion ♦ Fault Line ♦ Geology ♦ Glaciers ♦ Glacial Erratic ♦ Igneous ♦ Lava ♦

♦ Abiotic ♦ Adaptations ♦ Bio-indicator ♦ Biotic ♦ Ecology ♦ Eft ♦ Eggs ♦ Freshwater ♦ Habitat ♦ Macroinvertebrate ♦

FROST VALLEY YMCA Larva Eft Eft

School Journal Metamorphosis

Ecology

♦ FRESHWATER ECOLOGY Biotic

Niche Date: ______Instructor: ______

♦ indicator

- Nymph Bio

Ecology is the study of ♦

______♦

pH

This is a picture of a healthy, biodiverse freshwater ecosystem Pupa Adaptations

Watershed Abiotic Abiotic

Water Cycle

Water Cycle Water

Abi

otic Watershed Watershed

Adaptations Pupa

pH

Humans can impact freshwater ecosystems by ♦

Bio Nymph

______-

indicator ♦

______

Niche ______

Biotic

Three examples of macroinvertebrate adaptations include

______Ecology

______Metamorphosis

______♦

Eft

Larva

♦ Abiotic ♦ Adaptations ♦ Bio-indicator ♦ Biotic ♦ Ecology ♦ Eft ♦ Eggs ♦ Freshwater ♦ Habitat ♦ Macroinvertebrate ♦ ♦ Abiotic ♦ Adaptations ♦ Bio-indicator ♦ Biotic ♦ Ecology ♦ Eft ♦ Eggs ♦ Freshwater ♦ Habitat ♦ Macroinvertebrate ♦

This is a picture of the coolest macroinvertebrate I found during class today Larva Eft Eft

Metamorphosis

Ecology

Biotic

Niche

♦ indicator

- Nymph

Bio

pH

Pupa Adaptations

Watershed Abiotic Abiotic

I can help protect freshwater ecosystems in the Catskills and at home by ♦ ______

______Water Cycle ______Water Cycle Water

♦ ______

Abi otic Watershed Watershed

Adaptations Pupa

♦ pH

Bio Nymph -

indicator ♦

Niche

Biotic

Ecology Metamorphosis

Eft Larva

♦ Abiotic ♦ Adaptations ♦ Bio-indicator ♦ Biotic ♦ Ecology ♦ Eft ♦ Eggs ♦ Freshwater ♦ Habitat ♦ Macroinvertebrate ♦ ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Conifer ♦ Deciduous ♦ Decomposition ♦ Ecology ♦ Erosion ♦ Forest ♦ Fungus ♦ Habitat ♦ Phloem ♦

Invasive Species Invasive FROST VALLEY YMCA School Journal Deciduous

Photosynthesis Conifer FOREST ECOLOGY ♦

Date: ______Instructor: ______

Biodiversity

Resources ♦ Ecology is the study of ______

Xylem

This is a picture of the coolest tree I saw today ♦

Snag

Succession Watershed

Sustainability Sustainability

Watershed Succession

Snag

Xylem

♦ Resources

Biodiversity ♦

Three examples of plant adaptations include

______

______Conifer Photosynthesis

♦ ______

Deciduous Three different types of decomposers are

F______, B______, and I______

InvasiveSpecies

♦ Biodiversity ♦ Conifer ♦ Deciduous ♦ Decomposition ♦ Ecology ♦ Erosion ♦ Forest ♦ Fungus ♦ Habitat ♦ Phloem ♦ ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Conifer ♦ Deciduous ♦ Decomposition ♦ Ecology ♦ Erosion ♦ Forest ♦ Fungus ♦ Habitat ♦ Phloem ♦

Invasive Species Invasive

This is a picture of one of the healthy forest communities we visited today

Deciduous

Photosynthesis Conifer

♦ Biodiversity

Resources ♦

Xylem

Snag

Succession Watershed

Humans impact forest biodiversity by Sustainability Sustainability

______♦

______

Trees are resources that provide humans with

______Watershed Succession

♦ ______

Snag ______

I can help protect forest ecosystems in the Catskills and at home by ♦

Xylem ______

______♦ Resources

Biodiversity ♦ ______

Conifer Photosynthesis

Deciduous

InvasiveSpecies

♦ Biodiversity ♦ Conifer ♦ Deciduous ♦ Decomposition ♦ Ecology ♦ Erosion ♦ Forest ♦ Fungus ♦ Habitat ♦ Phloem ♦ ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

Community FROST VALLEY YMCA clusiveness In

♦ ♦

School Journal Diversity

Honesty

♦ ♦

IN THE DINING HALL Honesty

Diversity

When I am on set-up duty, my responsibilities are ♦ ♦

______Inclusiveness

______

______Community

______♦

Respect Caring

♦ My favorite inspirational quote was about

______Responsibility ______

______Stewardship

______

Stewardship I can reduce the amount of food I waste by

______Responsibility

♦ ______

______Caring

Respect Respect ______

Community At Frost Valley, I compost my food waste because

______Inclusiveness

______

♦ ♦

______Diversity

______Honesty Honesty

♦ ♦

Honesty If a Program Instructor asks, “What time is it?” my response is

______Diversity

♦ ♦ ______Inclusive

ness Community Community ♦ Caring ♦ Community ♦ Diversity ♦ Honesty ♦ Inclusiveness ♦ Respect ♦ Responsibility ♦ Stewardship ♦ Caring ♦

♦ Anchor ♦ Belay ♦ Carabiner ♦ Challenge ♦ Climbing Commands ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Dynamic ♦ Encouragement

FROST VALLEY YMCA Dynamic

♦ School Journal

Goal

CLIMBING TOWER ♦

Harness

Climbing Commands Climbing Date: ______Instructor: ______

♦ ♦

Helmet

Before climbing I need to remember to

Carabiner ______Holds

♦ ______

♦ Belay Belay ______

Risk ♦

It is important to set personal goals before climbing because Rope Anchor Anchor

______

______Trust

Webbing ♦

♦ Webbing One challenge I faced today was

______Trust

______♦

Anchor

Rope

♦ This is a picture of me climbing the rock wall

♦ Risk Risk

Belay

Holds Carabiner

Helmet

♦ ♦

Climbing Commands

Harness

Goal Goal

Dynamic

Encouragement ♦ Anchor ♦ Belay ♦ Carabiner ♦ Challenge ♦ Climbing Commands ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Dynamic ♦ ♦ Anchor ♦ Belay ♦ Carabiner ♦ Challenge ♦ Climbing Commands ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Dynamic ♦ Encouragement

I gave my classmates positive encouragement while they climbed because

______Dynamic

♦ ______

______

Goal

Rock climbing is ______to be because ______♦

Harness ______

______Climbing Commands Climbing

♦ ♦

Helmet Here is a poem that explains how I feel about climbing

______♦

Carabiner Holds

♦ ______

______♦ Belay Belay

Risk ♦ ______

______Rope Anchor Anchor

______♦

______Trust

______

Webbing ♦

♦ ______Webbing

Trust

My favorite part of Rock Climbing was

______Anchor Rope

♦ ______

♦ Risk Risk ______

Belay ♦

Holds Carabiner

Helmet

♦ ♦

Climbing Commands Harness

♦ Goal Goal

Dynamic

Encouragement ♦ Anchor ♦ Belay ♦ Carabiner ♦ Challenge ♦ Climbing Commands ♦ Comfort Zone ♦ Concentration ♦ Dynamic ♦ ♦ Adolphine ♦ Biscuit Lodge ♦ Camp Wawayanda ♦ Castle ♦ Deer Park ♦ Dumbwaiter ♦ Ice House ♦ Margetts ♦

Forstmann Julius FROST VALLEY YMCA School Journal

Woolen Company Woolen ♦

♦ Outdoorsman CASTLE TOUR

Date: ______Instructor: ______

Orion Twentieth Century Twentieth

♦ The original owner of the Frost Valley YMCA property was named

______Pigeon Lodge

The Castle was built in: ______Slide Mountain Mountain Slide

♦ ♦

Some of the other original buildings of the Forstmann Estate include Reflection Pond

______

______Root Cellar Root

♦ ______

Root Cellar

This is a picture of my favorite room in the castle Reflection Pond Pond Reflection

♦ ♦

Slide Mountain Pigeon Lodge Pigeon

Twentieth Orion

Century

Outdoorsman ♦

♦ Woolen Company

JuliusForstmann

♦ Adolphine ♦ Biscuit Lodge ♦ Camp Wawayanda ♦ Castle ♦ Deer Park ♦ Dumbwaiter ♦ Ice House ♦ Margetts ♦

♦ Adolphine ♦ Biscuit Lodge ♦ Camp Wawayanda ♦ Castle ♦ Deer Park ♦ Dumbwaiter ♦ Ice House ♦ Margetts ♦

Forstmann Julius Some of Mr. Forstmann’s hobbies include

______

______

______

Woolen Company Woolen ♦

Outdoorsman

If I owned the Castle I would use it to

______

______

______Orion Twentieth Century Twentieth

Life today is similar to life in the early 1900s because Pigeon Lodge

______

______

______Slide Mountain Mountain Slide

♦ ♦

______Reflection Pond

Life today is different from life in the early 1900s because Root Cellar Root

♦ ______

______♦

Root Cellar ______

______

Reflection Pond Pond Reflection

♦ ♦

My favorite part of the Castle tour was Slide Mountain

______

______Pigeon Lodge Pigeon

______♦

______Twentieth Orion

Century

Outdoorsman ♦

♦ Woolen Company

JuliusForstmann

♦ Adolphine ♦ Biscuit Lodge ♦ Camp Wawayanda ♦ Castle ♦ Deer Park ♦ Dumbwaiter ♦ Ice House ♦ Margetts ♦

♦ Apple Cider ♦ Botany ♦ Budding ♦ Cider Press ♦ Dispersal ♦ Hopper ♦ Johnny Appleseed ♦ Orchard ♦ Pollination ♦

Pomology

Pulp FROST VALLEY YMCA ♦

School Journal Pulp

Orchard Orchard

♦ ♦

APPLE CIDERING Root Cellar

Date: ______Instructor: ______Seed JohnnyAppleseed

My favorite yummy treats that can be made from apples are Apple Cider

______Hopper

♦ ______

Seeds are dispersed in nature because Botany Dispersal Dispersal

♦ ______

______Budding

Cider Press Press Cider

Some of the ways that seeds are dispersed include ♦ ♦

______Cider Press

______Budding

Apple cider is different from apple juice because Dispersal Botany

______♦

______

Hopper

Apple Cider Apple

Johnny Appleseed Johnny

Seed

This is a picture of my

friends and me picking apples in the orchard Root Cellar Root

♦ ♦

Orchard Pulp

Pulp Pomology

♦ Apple Cider ♦ Botany ♦ Budding ♦ Cider Press ♦ Dispersal ♦ Hopper ♦ Johnny Appleseed ♦ Orchard ♦ Pollination ♦

♦ Apple Cider ♦ Botany ♦ Budding ♦ Cider Press ♦ Dispersal ♦ Hopper ♦ Johnny Appleseed ♦ Orchard ♦ Pollination ♦

Pomology

Pulp

♦ This is a picture of me using the apple press

Pulp

Orchard Orchard

♦ ♦

Root Cellar

Seed

JohnnyAppleseed

Apple Cider

Hopper

Botany Dispersal Dispersal

Budding

Cider Press Press Cider The most interesting part of Apple Cidering was

♦ ♦

______Cider Press

______Budding ______♦

______♦

Dispersal Botany

Hopper Apple Cider Apple

Johnny Appleseed Johnny Seed

Root Cellar Root

♦ ♦

Orchard Pulp

Pulp Pomology

♦ Apple Cider ♦ Botany ♦ Budding ♦ Cider Press ♦ Dispersal ♦ Hopper ♦ Johnny Appleseed ♦ Orchard ♦ Pollination ♦