2010 BRAT website is up and going finally. All the destinations are not decided yet but it will begin and end at Harrison Bay. http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/BRAT/
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I think you could call it an educational outdoor week long workshop and it would fly. Z would learn more in one week about ecology and people then he would learn in six weeks in the class room.
Go for it.