Where are you going? Pathfinder programs are designed to accelerate progress toward your community's goals. Choose courses that fit your goals, then step back and watch as participants grow, explore and learn through shared experience. This is an adventure that will be remembered for a lifetime! Choose from the following outcomes or design your own.
Given our mission and the goals of our programs, we emphasize that Pathfinder is primarily an educational program, rather than a purely recreational one.
Community, Communication, & Cultural Competency The core of a strong community, especially among youth, is collaboration and shared experience. Whether a broad overview or a thorough exploration of these topics, you decide "Where are YOU going?"
Program Goals:
Develop the bonds of community through shared fun, adventure, and challenge
Learn tools for communicaiton, critical thinking, and consensus-building
Apply intentional leadership techniques to lead with compassion and justice
Deepen awareness of your cultural identity - and the cultures of others
Learn to celebrate similarities and differences
Learn to safely stand up for what is right
Class Choices:
The Beast
Cast Away!
Challenge Course
Drums as a Language
Feud's Folly
Florida Country
Freedom Trail
Tribal Council
High Ropes*
Hootenanny
Incredible Journey
Kaleidoscope
Memory Campfire
Native American Life
The Odyssey
Project Planet Earth
Round Auction
Glow in the Dark Scavenger Hunt
Underground Railroad
Venture Out
Walk a Mile (In My Shoes)
What Did You Say?
Outdoor Challenge and Science Enrichment Outdoor challenges are the ideal context for developing personal, social, and environmental responsibility. Our interactive science classes provide hands-on, real life application of your classroom studies. Classes in and about the natural world can develop any of your goals.
Program Goals:
Better understand the amazing ecosystems of Florida
Develop your capacity to enjoy the natural beauty of Florida, safely and with minimal impact
Stretch your teamwork and leadership abilities through shared adventure
Better understand the interdependence of all life
Understand our impact on the environment, and it’s impact on us
Class Choices:
Adventrue Orienteering
Avian Adventure
Campfire & S'mores
Canoeing
Cast Away!
Enchanted Forest
Estuary Explorer
Firequest
High Ropes*
Manatee CSI
Mission Survivor I, II
Night Hike
Orienteering I, II, III
Outdoor Living Skills
Outdoor Survival Skills
Pirate's Plunder
Project Planet Earth
Pulp to Poetry: Recycled Papermaking
Solo Experience & Walk
Tree Climbing
Water World
Florida History History comes alive with the power of experience! Facilitated discussions and historical simulations illustrate important concepts, reinforce classroom learning, and deepen empathy for others. Pathfinder adds group problem-solving challenges with historical themes to develop decision-making skills and build stronger communities.
Choices Include:
Incredible Journey
Native American Life
Hootenanny
Pirates Plunder
Pioneer Life
Venture Out
Florida Country
Underground Railroad
Outdoor Gourment
Tree Climbing*
Environmental Studies Pathfinder’s inquiry-based approach taps into students’ natural curiosity and wonder. Facilitated experiences in Florida’s ecosystems illustrate important concepts and reinforce classroom learning. Pathfinder pairs group problem-solving challenges with ecological themes to develop decision-making skills that enhance community and environmental stewardship. Choices Include:
Avian Adventure
Incredible Journey
Enchanted Forest
Tree Climbing*
Night Hike
Campfire with S'mores
Project Planet Earth
Estuary Explorer
Manatee CSI
Odyssey
Solo Walk
Canoe Experience
Water World
Water and the Florida Environment How does water - its cycles, its availability, its cleanliness – impact Florida’s ecology and people? Explore these important questions in Pathfinder’s Water and the Florida Environment package. Facilitated experiences illustrate important concepts and reinforce classroom learning. Each Pathfinder site offers different water-based habitats to explore, including estuaries, spring-fed lakes and rivers, and a reclaimed quarry. Pathfinder adds group-problem solving challenges with an ecological theme to develop decision-making skills which support a strong community and environmental stewardship.
Choices Include:
Any classes from Ecosystems and Inquiry
Shoreline Explorer
Water World
Avian Adventure
Pulp to Poetry: Recycled Papermaking
Celebration and Group Bonding
Build community through the power of fun and shared challenge! Our facilitators focus on
fun in this program, with less direct instruction and debriefing. A great end-of-year or end-of-season program sequence for schools, sports teams, youth groups, support groups or multi-generational groups.
Choices Include:
Incredible Journey
Canoeing
Odyssey
Hootenanny
Night Hike
Solo Walk
Challenge Course
High Ropes*
Round Auction
Tree Climbing*
Drums as a Language
Leadership, Community, and Character
Build community and leadership skills through the power of shared experience and
challenge. This package alternates workshops that build leadership & character with adventure challenges that
give students opportunities to apply what they have learned in real time.
Choices Include:
Incredible Journey
Drums as a Language
Canoeing
Orienteering
The Beast
Odyssey
Freedom Trail
Walk a Mile
Florida Country
High Ropes*
What Did You Say?
Kaleidoscope
Challenge Course
Solo Experience
Cast Away
Underground Railroad
Solo Walk
Tree Climbing*
Teambuilding through Outdoor Adventure
Build community and teamwork skills through the power of shared adventure! Experienced
facilitators offer instruction in "technical" and interpersonal skills, then challenge youth to work together to
accomplish a group goal.
Choices Include:
Incredible Journey
Outdoor Living Skills
Odyssey
Canoeing
Mission Survivor
Outdoor Survival Skills
High Ropes*
Solo Experience
