Chris Knapp, right, of Koviashuvik Local Living School in Temple, leads Ecology Learning Center students in a fire building lesson in Unity Thursday. Freshman and sophomore students made tea from pine needles during the lesson.

Ecology Learning Center students Zackery Turner, left, and Mason Kenney tend their fire before brewing tea from pine needles during a fire building lesson in Unity Thursday. The boys used branches to build a tripod and used a root to hold their pot over the fire.

Cups are sorted before being filled with tea brewed from pine needles during a fire building lesson for Ecology Learning Center students in Unity Thursday.

Students at Ecology Learning Center, including Nicholas Cobb, center, sample tea they brewed using pine needles during a fire building lesson in Unity Thursday. Freshman and sophomore students participated in the outdoor learning.

Students at Ecology Learning Center Anita Oebel, left, and Kiki Spaulding heat water over a fire they built during a fire-building lesson in Unity Thursday. Freshman and sophomore students made tea from pine needles during the lesson.

Chris Knapp, left, of Koviashuvik Local Liiving School in Temple, speaks to Ecology Learning Center students following a fire building lesson in Unity Thursday. Freshman and sophomore students made tea from pine needles during the lesson.