8th Grade

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Camp RIO 8th Grade Curriculum Description General activity descriptions Canoeing: Student will develop an understanding of masterful paddling techniques. They will navigate the natural oxbow lake on our property while on long canoe boats. The curriculum will feature topics of safety, technique, communication and problemsolving. Lessons will also include elements of physics and natural history. Marksmanship: Student will acquire skills in dexterity and aim with low-tech throwing devices. The curriculum will focus on safety, technique and the required attitude traits of excellent marksmen. Lessons will also include elements of physics and history. Team-Building: Students will be given a series of problem-solving tasks which will require the implementation of teamwork, planning, communication, leadership skills, and critical thinking. The overall objective is to develop crucial life skills though play in a group setting. Science Craft: Students will engage in a team effort to design, build, test, evaluate and redesign various apparatuses using the scientific method and critical thinking skills. 8th-grade-specific activity descriptions ➢ Instruction for Canoeing and Marksmanship will both include discussion of physical phenomena founded on the following concepts and guiding questions as they pertain to each of these activities: • Newton’s Laws of Motion o What are Newton’s Laws of Motion? o What causes motion? • Work, Power & Energy o What are three key components of work? o What is power and how do we measure it? o What forms of energy can we identify throughout the archery range? ➢ During team-building, staff will facilitate in-depth, group discussions following fun activities with some of the following guiding questions: • What is success? • How do we present, receive and implement ideas? • What character traits do leaders encompass? • How do the actions of individuals affect the group as a whole? ➢ The science craft activity will challenge students to build working models of vehicles that could be useful in modern space exploration efforts. In addition to the practice of general engineering design methods, the following concepts will guide the activity: • Energy in motion • Distance-angle relationships of an object in flight • Flight trajectory • Measurement