Cub Scout Pack 30
St. Peters, MO 

Boone Trails District
Greater St. Louis Area Council

 

Outdoor Classroom
Rejuvenation Project

updated: 05/05/08
Station Adoption List
Outdoor Classroom Map
Outdoor Classroom Page

The Fairmount Outdoor Classroom was originally built by our sister Boy Scout Troop (Troop 30), but it is maintained by our Cub Scout Pack (Pack 30).  This is our continuing Service Project to Fairmount and the PTO (our Chartered Organization).

We are undertaking a "rejuvenation project" to return the Outdoor Classroom to a state that we (and the school) can be proud of.  The following outlines the basic plan:

2005-2006  "Clear It Out" 
A lot of work was done in 2005-2006 to clear out overgrown areas and clean up the Outdoor Classroom, and get it ready for a "re-building".
2006-2007 will be our "fix it up" year.
  
2006-2008  "Fix It Up"
Clean up / Repair / Update stations (see Station Adoption List)
General approach -- make the outdoor classroom as maintenance free as possible
Additional cleaning up & clearing to be done:
Distribute the three piles of mulch [two complete]
Trim trees & clean up storm damage [complete]
Rack leaves & clean up trash as needed
Finish clearing out the underbrush and "open up" all of the areas
Cut down dead tree(s)
Use the tree trunk to make a new station
New Station Sign
Update flower beds & butterfly garden as needed
Label the plant areas: types of plants, what insects they attract, etc.
Replant bulb area as needed
Repair fence
Check fence for holes and repair as needed [complete]
Use rebar (or similar) to stop anyone from coming in under the fence [complete]
Fill in washed out areas as needed [complete]
Put back up station signs that can be reused [complete - none reused]
Using two posts vs. one post
Using bolts vs. screws or nails
Replace station signs as needed, using two posts and bolts
Repaint the main Outdoor Classroom sign.
Replace the "Outdoor Classroom, Maintained by Cub Scout Pack 30" sign
Add rock to the existing pathways, and add back the pathways around the left side of the classroom
Need a truck-load of rock [complete]
Need a grass barrier to prevent grass from growing on the pathways
Create user-friendly Outdoor Classroom "Teaching Kits" for the Teachers to use
Put up an outdoor sign (protected from the weather) that contains information about the outdoor classroom:
Map
General Information
Answer Keys
Update Stations:
Weather Station
Replace or add instruments (rain gauge, thermometer, barometer, etc.) [complete]
Repair & repaint the cabinet as needed [complete]
New Station Sign [complete]
Add binder inside the cabinet with information about each of the instruments. [complete]
Butterfly Garden
New Station Sign [complete]
Clean out & re-plant as needed
Wildflower Area
Till up the area [complete]
Plant wildflower seeds
New Station Sign
Geology Field
Answer Key
New Station Sign [complete]
Prairie
New Station Sign [complete]
Mini Exhibits (Geology, Sun Dial, Tree Ring)
New Station Signs (one for each) [Geology complete]
Answer Key for Geology Station
Explanation Sign for Sun Dial (describe how it works, and describe the time capsule that is buried under it)
Add new tree ring and rebuild the support
 Explanation Sign for the tree ring
Wildlife Habitats
Clean up / repair / replace wildlife habitats as needed, according to the original map
Animal Track Pad
New Station Sign
Answer Key
Marsh & Small Pond
Clean out the pond and the area [complete]
New Station Sign [complete]
Dress up the area with some new landscaping
Bridge
Repair as needed
Stain
Wildlife Food Plot
New Station Sign
Re-plant the food plot according to original map and information
Compost / Brush Pile
Have two designated compost / brush piles
Clean up around both of them & make the areas look neater
New Station Signs
Tree Nursery
New Station Signs
Plant (or transplant) trees as needed
Perennial Bed
New Station Sign
Sign describing the types of plants, what insects do they attract, etc.
Re-plant as needed
Repair / replace landscape timbers as needed
Garden Area
New Station Sign
Till up and prepare it for planting [complete]
Develop a written plan that dens can use to complete the World Conservation Award
Bird Houses
Repair & replace as needed (according to the original map)
Lecture Area
Replace bench seats as needed
New Station Sign
Stain lecture stand and benches
Plant Succession Area (add back this area)
Mark off the plots
Till up the first area
Ponds
Re-build the ponds
New Station Signs
Forrest Areas
Naturalize the areas under the trees where the sun can't shine (fix them so they don't have to mowed)
New Station Signs
Benches & Work Stations
Repair work stations as needed
Stain work stations
Add new benches
As needed, update the Outdoor Classroom "Map" (using auto-cad, Visio, ect.)
Publicize the rejuvenation project with the Teaches and PTO