CAMPING

At the end of the discussion learners will be able to ...

a. discuss the nature and background of camping
b. identify the types of camping and equipment
c. appreciate the health benefits of camping
d. perform different activities during camping.

To get a better understanding of the lesson, you need to know the words you may encounter
during the discussion.

Words Definitions

Camping the activity of spending a vacation living in a camp, tent, or camper.

What is Camping?
Camping is a recreational activity in which one has to spend a day or more living in a tent or camp,
usually away from home. Although some would lodge a tent outside their homes just to experience
and enjoy the feel of camping. Camping is a tourist activity that consist of sleeping in a portable
shelter such as a tent or trailer and traveling with equipment designed for outdoor living.

CAMPING ESSENTIALS
1. Tent
2. Sleeping Bag and Pads
3. Water and Food
4. Fire Starter
5. Firs Aid Kit

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7. Navigation Tools (Compass and Map)
8. Weather-appropriate clothing and Rain Gear
9. Flashlight, Lantern, or Head Lamp
10. Personal Hygiene
11. Cooking Utensils

TYPES OF CAMPING
Glamping Camping
Glamping is also known as glamorous camping and it involves camping with the luxuries of a home
or hotel. You are going to find a wide range of glamping accommodations that are available all over
the world from staying in a yurt on a mountaintop to enjoying panoramic sceneries in an eco-lodge.
Glamping is more than a nice tent as you can find varieties of options that range from cabins, villas,
tipis, lodges, and treehouses.
Tent Camping
This is the most basic and famous type of camping all over the world. This involves heading to a park
where you can pitch your tent where you will sleep for some nights. You can go tent camping on a
campsite, a beach, in the woods, or anywhere you like. Tent camping is a great option to try out for
people that are new to camping and wants to start without having to spend a lot of money. Tent
camping is a perfect option for families with children as it creates the chance to bond and learn how to
work together.
Backpacking Camping
Backpacking Camping mainly involves spending the day just carrying your gear and equipment on
your back while you travel through nature. A backpacking trip can range from night to several
months. Backpacking trip gives you the chance to spend time away from the hustle and bustle of
everyday life while you get closer to nature. If you are planning to go on a backpacking trip, you will
need to plan your trip while you also inform someone about your plans in case of an emergency. They
will help to alert authorities and initiate a search and rescue operation.
Survivalist Camping
In this type of camping, you will need to learn all the skills that you will need to survive in a variety
of outdoor situations. In survivalist camping, you are going to hunt for food in the wild and also
discover emergency medical treatments by yourself. By acquiring these skills, you will be able to
survive in case of emergency or during harsh weather conditions.
Canoe Camping
Canoe camping is quite similar to backpacking and you are going to get more freedom and lots of
advantages of traveling by water. With canoe camping, you will not have to worry much about weight
as you can carry more equipment. You will also be able to travel further and reach places that are not
accessible to hikers on foot or vehicles. Canoe camping is best suited for groups or two or more
tourists in case there is an emergency. You can also go as a solo traveler but you will need to make
more preparation. It is also important to put rainfall into consideration during canoe camping because
the water flow can change easily.
DIFFERENT CAMPING ACTIVITIES
A. Card Games
B. Board Games

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 C. Crafting (knot tying)- knot making is a simple mechanical skill, a skill that you will never
forget, but it takes practice, repetition in other words so the skills become natural.
D. Play glow in the dark bowling- put glow sticks in 2-liter bottles filled with water. Use a ball
to knock them down
E. Movie Marathon- watch movies on portable devices.
THE BENEFITS OF CAMPING

Stress reduction: Leave the overbooked scheduling at home. When you’re camping, there’s no place
to be at a certain time, and there’s nothing interrupting you or competing for your attention. The
natural outcome of this type of setting is stress reduction and relaxation like you can’t find anywhere
else.
Fresh air: You may not realize how scarce fresh air is in your day to day life. When you go camping,
you get the wondrous scents of the outdoors, as well as the smell of dinner cooking over an open fire.
Relationship building: One of the best and most important aspects of camping is how it helps you
build and strengthen relationships. When you go camping with friends or family, you get a chance to
talk and visit without distraction, even late into the night.
Physical fitness: Time spent camping is physical time. You set up a tent, gather firewood, go for a
hike. At home, we often lead sedentary lives that do not promote physical fitness. When you’re
camping, you can’t help but engage in physical activity and get your heart rate up.
Lack of alarm clocks: When was the last time you slept late without an alarm clock to wake you up?
When you’re camping, the only alarm clocks you have are the sun and the chirping of birds. Waking
up with nature rather than an alarm clock is an experience everyone should have regularly.
Unplugging: Camping is a great chance for everyone to unplug and get away from their screens. In
the great outdoors, you don’t find computers, tablets or televisions and there’s so much else to do that
does not require electronics.
Great food: Food just tastes better when prepared in the outdoors. There’s something about cooking
food over a campfire, a campsite grill or in a Deluxe Cabin kitchen that just can’t be replicated when
you’re eating at home. Plus, nothing beats s’mores made over an open fire. Dream big and plan a
great menu before you head out on your next camping trip.
Connection with nature: When you’re camping, you get a chance to get in touch with nature,
encounter wildlife and see the stars away from the bright lights of the big city. There’s nothing quite
like it. Make sure you and your family have the chance to connect with nature when you explore the
many benefits of camping.
Development of new skills: You can’t help but develop new skills while camping. Everyone on the
trip will contribute and it’s a great chance to learn new things. You may learn how to set up tents, tie
knots, start fires, cook a new meal and more. These skills are important to have, and yet we don’t
often get a chance to develop them during the course of our regular busy schedules.

Educational opportunities: For kids, time spent camping is time spent learning, which is one of the
reasons scouting programs are so valuable. They facilitate camping experiences that are built around
kids learning new things, including fishing, cooking, hiking, tying knots, fire-starting, safety, first aid
and much more.

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 Growth of confidence: It’s important for children to gradually become more independent and
confident in their own capabilities. One of the benefits of camping for youth is that it allows them to
learn independence in a safe and controlled environment. Children become more confident as they
learn new things and have first-time experiences.
Family connections: Camping is beneficial for children and their families because it can help
strengthen bonds between family members — brothers and sisters, parents and children and the list
goes on. You will all return home feeling much stronger as a group.

Guide QuestIon

“What can camping teach us?”

Before you move to the next activity, do not forget to write your ideas on the guide
question below. You will be graded based on the rubrics below.

“If you will be going in camping trip, what type of camping you will be choosing
and why it is?”
5 4 3 2 1
Exceptionally clear, Clear, focused, Evident main idea Main idea may be Purpose and main
focused, engaging interesting ideas with some support cloudy because idea may be
with relevant, strong with appropriate which may be supporting details unclear and
Ideas and supporting details. details. Uses four general or limited. is too general or cluttered by
Content Uses five sentences. sentences. Uses three even off-topic. irrelevant details.
sentences. Uses two Uses one sentence.
sentences.

Effectively Strong order and Organization is Attempts at Lock of coherence;

organized in local structures. Inviting appropriate but organization; may confusing. No
.Organization and creative manner. introduction and conventional. be a list of events. identifiable
Creative and satisfying closure. Attempt at Beginning and introduction and
engaging introduction and ending not conclusion
introduction and conclusion. developed.
conclusion.

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Quiz no. 1

Direction: Identify the following essentials in camping according to their usage/function.

_______________________ 1. This is how you care for your body. This practice includes bathing,
washing your hands, brushing your teeth, and more.
_______________________ 2. Tools used for preparing, handling, or serving food.
_______________________ 3. A block of material that burns easily and is used to help start a coal or
wood fire.
_______________________ 4. A movable shelter, usually made of a strong cloth supported by poles
and held in position by ropes fixed to the ground.
_______________________ 5. The use of these instrument is to ascertain the present position and to
determine the speed, direction etc. to arrive at the port or point of destination.
_______________________ 6. The first and immediate assistance given to any person suffering from
either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition
from worsening, or to promote recovery.
_______________________ 7. A warm lined padded bag to sleep in, especially when camping.
_______________________ 8. A folding blade or blades, suitable for carrying in a pocket.
_______________________ 9. A simple device that provides padding and thermal insulation, used in
camping, often in conjunction with a sleeping bag.
_______________________ 10. Used as a light source outdoors, in places without permanently
installed lighting, during power outages or when a portable light source is needed.

Quiz #2

Direction: Read the following statement then choose the correct answer in the box.

Canoe Camping Survivalist Camping

Backpacking Camping Tent Camping
Glamping Camping Stress reduction
Camping Development of new skills Fresh air
Physical fitness

______________ 1. It's close to backpacking, but you'll have more flexibility and experience many of
the benefits of traveling by water.
______________ 2. This style of camping will require you to learn all of the skills necessary to
survive in a variety of outdoor scenarios.

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______________ 3. It involves camping with the luxuries of a home or hotel, also known as
glamorous camping.
______________ 4. This mainly involves spending the day just carrying your gear and equipment on
your back while you travel through nature.
_______________ 5. This is the most common and famous type of camping all over the world.
_______________ 6. When you’re camping, you can’t help but engage in physical activity and get
your heart rate up.
_______________ 7. During camping you get the wondrous scents of the outdoors, as well as the
smell of dinner cooking over an open fire.
_______________ 8. Learning new things while on camping is a great chance for everyone.
_______________ 9. It also leisure activity that requires one to live in a tent or camp for a day or
more, typically away from home.
_______________ 10. Camping will help you to relax and stay away from the overbooked scheduling
at home.

Work Sheet no. 1

Directions: Please read and follow the given instruction below.

Make a knot tying that can be fun activity and useful in camping. Perform on how to
do the different knot tying. Research on youtube for your reference.
1. You must present a minimum of 5 knot tying using video presentation.
2. You must be wearing COMPLETE PE UNIFORM on the video.
3. The deadline will be announced by your subject teacher. You will be graded according to
the rubrics below.

5 4 3 2
Knowledge of Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates
Knot Tying excellent good knowledge knowledge of knot some knowledge
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 knowledge of the of knot tying. Few tying. Some errors of knot tying, but
knot tying errors, however, it (3-5 errors) unsure of some
does not interfere causing brief movements and
and does it well.
with performance. pause in makes several
performance. errors
Completeness Video presentation Video presentation Video presentation Video presentation
is very detailed/ is somewhat is not detailed/ is not detailed/
complex, detailed/ complex, complex, complex, complete
complete. complete complete.
Follow directions The student The student The student The student does
follows the follows the follows the not follow the
directions directions with no direction with directions.
precisely with no deviation. some deviation.
deviation.
Time Management Project was turned Student needed Student needed Student needed
in on time or early. extra time (1 day) excessive time excessive time
to finish project.
(2 days) to finish (3 days) to finish
project. project.