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What does
“PEAK”
Stand for?
Promoting
Environmental
Awareness
in Kids
How many principles
are there in the
PEAK program?
Seven
What does “LNT” stand
for?
Leave No Trace
What two
organizations
partnered to create
the PEAK program?
LNT
&
REI
•Increase awareness
of Leave No Trace
•Promote
stewardship of
public lands
•Meet the demands of
diverse youth
populations
•Have fun!
These are the
primary ___________ of
PEAK.
Goals
Which principle is
concerned with
staying on the trails?
Choose the right
path
Which principle is
concerned with
knowing how to
throw things away
properly?
Trash Your
Trash
Which principle is
concerned with
knowing which
flowers should and/or
should not be picked?
Leave What You
Find
Which principle
encourages you to
enjoy animals from
afar?
Respect Wildlife
Which two principles
would you have used if
you knew that you
would need matches for
an overnight trip AND
that you need an adult
present to start a
campfire?
Know Before You Go
&
Be Careful With Fire
Find how long it
really takes for
common
trash/recyclable to
break down in nature
and why it's important
to Trash our Trash.
How Long Does It Last?
There are living
organisms
everything. Explore
your world from an
ant's level and find out
why it's important to
stick to trails.
Watch Your Step
Many Leave No Trace
decisions can be made
along the trail. A
version of a relay race,
participants will
decide whether they
advance on the trail by
answering Leave No
Trace related
questions.
Leave No Trace Draw
Why is it important to
stick to trails? Compete
with your team to answer
questions and learn how
to Choose the Right Path
when outdoors.
Step On It
Test your knowledge of
the Leave No Trace
principles by listening to
clues and deciding What
Principle Am I?
What Principle Am I?
An introduction to the
principles through
demonstration of
preparing for an outdoor
trip; works great as a
skit.
Discovering the
Leave No Trace
Principles
Have your youth become
CSI investigators as
they stumble upon a
campsite leave no trace
"crime scene."
Leave No Trace Crime
Scene
Find out what different
gear items will help you
Leave No Trace when
you are outdoors. Ask
Yes/No questions to
find out what gear you
represent, then find
your match!
Minimum Impact Match
Meet all the PEAK
characters and the
principles they represent
as Trek and Track (a pair
of boots) head out on an
outdoor adventure.
Trecks and Track’s
Great Adventure
Set up a Leave No Trace
obstacle course for your
students, with stops and
activities representing
each Leave No Trace
principle.
Leave No Trace Relay
Choose a presenter….
What is their First and
Last name?
Eddie Hill
Jennifer Miller
Lindsey Brown
Jonathan Wetzel
Name one of the
activities that we did
today.
Discovering the LNT
Principles
OR
How Long Does it Last?
How Many Questions are
on the Assessment?
Thirty-Six
How Many Reverse Coded
Items are on the PEAK
Assessment?
Three
Where was the PEAK pilot
survey administered?
Barry Elementary
School