European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Students receive some lessons in ecology at the youth outdoor Challenge Camp in Baum older  environment by Anita Gosch staff writer a a. And Arnell Harris teamed some important. Lessons this week ,. M. The 12 year of from Derheim Ger Mariy. Found that learning new things outdoors Isnit always Quot like being in school Quot a and. Though he May not have realized it at the time to discovered that teamwork not Only works but can to fun As Well. A a a a. A. Darnell was one of about 75 students Ages 10 to 13 who took part in the wee Kiong youth outdoor. Challenge Camp that ended yesterday at the rolling Hills Campground in Baum older. Germany. A the Camp offered through outdoor recreation a a centers at six military communities in v corps along a a with Ramstein and Heidelberg focused on teaching children about the environment and developing.  students also had the Chance to enjoy the environment by learning canoeing Rock a climbing and rapper log. A a a a. A i done to see anything happening in the school system much on strictly environmental education programs. It s time we Start doing something about it Quot. A said Dennis Nichols outdoor recreation director at Baum older and director of the Camp Quot at their Young age they re the ones that Are going to make a difference ii they learn to respect the world now it will to a better world in the future Quot a. Nichols who has a masters degree in outdoor recreation and adventure education from Brigham Young University in Provo Utah used the Woods and lie ids of tire Baum older Campground As the setting Lor games and activities designed to teach children about the complexities of tire ecological system. In the game Quot Munch to Monitor Quot Lor instance the children Learned about nature s food Chain and what happens when it is interrupted such As through the Oil spill  persian Gulf. Beginning with the Sun As. Prime source of All Energy the students were asked to collect plants insects that feed upon the plants a remnants of animals a such As feathers and Bones a that feed upon the insects and so on up the. Chain. A Quot they Learned that there Are  of Sun munchers fewer Plant munchers and even lower animal to munchers Quot said Nichols. A in another game called Quot the great speck tackle Quot children Learned about the cycling pro Cess in nature or what happens to specks of soil water and air in the j a course of a million years.  Quot 7 a by following o Man Trail they found that a speck of a Quot soil for instance might be absorbed by a Plant which then would be eaten by a cow which would be eaten by a human being,.who, upon death would be. A. Absorbed into the Earth. Children then were asked to. Write what could happen to the speck of soil after that. One youngster used his knowledge outer rent events to come up with a possibility. A Quot. Quot i think that it will go to the Center of the Earth then be exploded out of a Volcano then kill thousands of. People then go into a Plant Quot wrote 13-year-old Erich.  Wiesbaden Germany he later added  was Quot just being  Erich s brother 11-year-old Brian took the gained More seriously. A i m going to to More careful about the environment Quot to said. A. A but Tor Darnell the educational games wore a Little a too educational. A a a a. A Quot Quot ils like being in school Quot he said i thought we were  have  a Darnell soon changed his mind during the Camp. Program s initiative games Quot activities designed to a teach children to Trust each ofic and 1o work As a. Team to find solutions to various situations in Quot rebirth Quot for instance the children had to hoist each other up to a tee securely mounted in a tree then comb Thounh the t1c and out the Eloc Side. The game d flt Cuk Tot most of the he Kab on was especially hard ii  att i a u. Edt it attempt lie was ready too be up but w in tre a  Jeanmarie Crawford left and Kimberley Pecher read instructions for the ecological game a the great  and support of tire rest of the group he mawr climb through. On his second try Darnell speechless could Only beam inc a Quot tire  s claps and cheers he was mom a ready to hot out on the next  Jean Mano Cra Doro a 13-Yoar-old a rom g Page 14 the stars and stripes