Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSM) Day

Browse through a variety of workshops and activities below. Each workshop has an activity to complete in order to earn a certificate.

Essential Knots for Outdoor Professionals

Learn about the importance of knots and which knots are commonly used by outdoor professionals. Through this activity Jarod will teach you how to tie six different knots.

To gain the certificate for this activity, send a photo of which knot you thought was most challenging and explain which knot you think would be most useful.

Discovering Food Cultures

Research foods specific to different cultures and then created the National Dish or a Dish from the Country of your choosing.

Discovering Food Cultures Activity

To gain the certificate from this exercise, pick one Countries and research/discover the listed items, and list them in a Power Point Presentation.

Fish Identification

Learn about different species of fish and how to identify them.

To gain the certificate for this activity, students must choose a minimum of 3/6 videos to complete the activity.  Combined, the assignment is to be 250 words total reflecting on your biggest takeaways from at least three of the videos.

Mammal Identification

Learn about different species of mammals and how to identify them.

To gain the certificate for this activity, students must choose a minimum of 3/6 videos to complete the activity.  Combined, the assignment is to be 250 words total reflecting on your biggest takeaways from at least three of the videos.

Birds By Sounds

Learn about different species of birds based on the sounds they make.

To gain the certificate for this activity, students must choose a minimum of 3/6 videos to complete the activity.  Combined, the assignment is to be 250 words total reflecting on your biggest takeaways from at least three of the videos.

Birds of Prey

Learn about birds of prey and how to identify them.

To gain the certificate for this activity, students must choose a minimum of 3/6 videos to complete the activity.  Combined, the assignment is to be 250 words total reflecting on your biggest takeaways from at least three of the videos.

Owl Identification

Learn about different species of owls and how to identify them.

To gain the certificate for this activity, students must choose a minimum of 3/6 videos to complete the activity.  Combined, the assignment is to be 250 words total reflecting on your biggest takeaways from at least three of the videos.

Waterfowl Identification

Learn about different species of ducks, geese, or other large aquatic birds, and how to identify them.

To gain the certificate for this activity, students must choose a minimum of 3/6 videos to complete the activity.  Combined, the assignment is to be 250 words total reflecting on your biggest takeaways from at least three of the videos.

Improv – Live Activity

Click here to join the session taking place on Tuesday April 27th from 1 pm – 2:30pm. Password to join is: SHSM2021

Click here to join the session taking place on Tuesday April 27th from 6:30 pm – 8 pm. Password to join is: SHSM2021

Join Mike as he leads an interactive improv session.

To gain the certificate for this activity participation is necessary.