Starting Nov. 9, Wareham Middle School’s seventh graders will take four days to learn in a way of which Walt Whitman would approve.

The 103 students will learn outdoors Nov. 9 through Nov. 12 in Charlton’s Nature’s Classroom, where they will be taught outdoors, with no electronics. Humanities teacher and co-trip leader Janice Barton said the classes will all focus on the environment and nature, using the three core subjects of science, math, and English.

“We cover things like geology and the earth, they go on hikes, we do physics … a little creative writing – it’s all done with a blend of outdoor activities,” Barton said.

The students will also be learning practical skills, Barton said, such as how to build shelters, and how to identify different plants and animals.

“There will also be team-building … and anti-bullying exercises,” Barton said. “The students get to be grouped with different people throughout the week. They will get to have meals family-style, and serve and clean up.”

The students are not allowed to use mobile phones or computers during their time at the camp, though they are allowed to use cameras to document the experience. But Barton said they get over the initial technology withdrawal fairly quickly.

“They find other things to do outside, and it is really fun to watch,” Barton said. “They are all creative, wonderful, fun young people, and play outside a lot.”

Barton says the trip is an opportunity for the students to get “some life experience,” and that “the students are super-excited.”

“Most of them will be away from their families for the first time – that is a huge part of it,” Barton said. “They have a million and one questions about what it’s going to be like. … It just makes a wonderful life memory, and they know that – but, at the same time, they are asking, ‘Are we going to have dessert with dinner?’”