OUTDOOR EDUCATION

We offer the resources, spaces, and knowledge to transform an ordinary field trip or classroom experience into something extraordinary! Please reach out to us for pricing and booking your experience.

 

outdoor education being taught at Eagle Village's Campus

MICHIGAN 1763 Living History Presentations

Eagle Village Location or at School

Michigan Living History presentation; like a field trip in your own classroom. Meet a Coureur de Bois (French-Canadian Independent fur trader) who will interact with your students and help them understand what life was like in Michigan 250 years ago. Understand the impact Native American cultures (Potawatomi, Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Huron) and European Colonial cultures (French, British) had on each other in 1763 during Michigan’s colonial period. Also, learn about the tools and skills needed to survive in the North Woods over 250 years ago. Presenter will be in historically correct dress and have tools of the trade for living in the wilderness including tomahawks, knives, and musket with black powder.

A retreat group works together during an outdoor experiential challenge

Team Building Initiatives

Eagle Village Location or at School

Let us help your students develop interpersonal skills, resiliency, and problem-solving tools as they participate in age-appropriate initiatives facilitated by our experienced staff. We can select from our wide selection of activities that can help students develop skills that cultivate success and a healthy school culture. Activities may include: River crossing, spider web, marble transport, noonles, tarp flip, centipede trollies, all aboard, and more.

(Team building initiatives can be themed to pair with our Michigan 1763 Living History presentations, when presented at same site, same day)

A retreat group works together during an outdoor experiential challenge

Michigan Wildlife

Eagle Village Location Only

Help your students discover the amazing variety and characteristics of Michigan’s fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Presenter will use live animals and specimens (furs, skulls, feathers) from our Wildthings Nature Center to give students a memorable, up-close encounter with Michigan’s wildlife.

outdoor education being taught at Eagle Village's Campus

Northern Forest Ecology

Eagle Village Location Only

With over 600 acers of forest, Eagle Village is an excellent place for students to experience and understand the Great North Woods.

A retreat group works together during an outdoor experiential challenge

Recreational Options

Eagle Village Location Only

Swim (summer), 3D archery, hiking, field games, gym activities, archery tag, soccer. Tubing Hill & Snowshoes (winter)