About our Environmental Education Program
The great outdoors can be one of the best classrooms available. The Camp Wesley Woods Environmental Education Program is designed to take advantage of nature's classroom to help students develop an integral understanding of the environment and our role in it.
Since 1984, Camp Wesley Woods has conducted Environmental Education programs for schools throughout the Southeast and beyond. Thousands of children and adults each year participate in this experience.
Our academic program is based on two premises: experience and academic integration. With a heavy emphasis on experiential learning, students interact tangibly with the environment, and integrate their knowledge with the knowledge base gained in the classroom.
Our classes are designed to meet many of the specific educational benchmarks set by the State of Tennessee.
Experienced staff, abundant facilities and natural resources found here all contribute to an ideal learning environment.
How old do my students have to be to attend your day or resident programs?
The environmental education program best serves students from kindergarten to eighth grade, and currently has groups of all ages in both our day and resident programs. Younger students (K-3rd graders) who attend our resident program tend to stay only one or two nights and bring plenty of chaperones.
How long can my school stay?
You decide! The Camp Wesley Woods Environmental Education Program is set up to offer groups of varying needs, a variety of options for length of stay. Day groups typically arrive in the morning and do two, hour and a half classes, eat lunch then depart in time for the regular school day’s end. Others spend an extended day here (3 or 4 hour and a half class periods) and get back to school a little later. Resident groups can stay any number of days and nights up to a whole week, number of classes selected will depend on the length of stay.
What classes do you offer?
Create your own experience by selecting from our wide variety of classes. All classes are made age appropriate and can be tailored to include a specific academic agenda, for example, a Falls Hike with an emphasis on Habitat, an Animals class with an emphasis on adaptations etc.
For a brief explanation of the following classes, please click on the Teacher Information Book and go to the Explanation of Activities and Classes pages.
1.5 Hour classes:
All about Animals
Alternative Energy
Birds, Our Feathered Friends
Boating Safety
Cherokee History & Culture
Compass Quest
Council of all Beings
Discovery Hike
Crafts (various)
Falls Hike
Geology- The Story of the Earth
History (Capshaw Valley)
Insects, Friend or Foe
Wilderness Expressions
Orienteering
One Step – Environmental Service Project
Introduction to Horses
Introduction to Archery
Storytelling
Stream Ecology
Touch the Earth Softly
Trees of the Foothills Forest
Un-Nature Trail
Understanding Creatures that Stink, Growl, Bite & Hiss
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3 Hour Classes:
Blueberry Trail Hike
Climbing Wall & Tower
Discovery on Wheels
High Orienteering
Old Chestnut Trail Hike
Team Challenge Course
Wilderness Expressions with Hike
Wilderness Survival
White Oak Sinks Hike
Cades Cove (Half or Whole day Options)
Little Greenbriar Schoolhouse Hike
Walker Sisters Homestead Hike
Heritage Museum
Night Programs:
Black Bears of the Smokies
The Beast
Reptiles and Amphibians
Magical Earth
Enviro Jeopardy
Campfire Program (Stories & Songs)
Night Hike
The Lorax (Acted Out)
Skit Night
Heritage Planetarium
Nighttime Astronomy
International Folk Dance
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For More Details about the Environmental Education Program
Please contact Anna Gaultney or Megan Gass at
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or call us at (865) 448-2246
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