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- Planning for safe participation in outdoor experiences, which explore a range of responses to nature. || - Describe the different ways in which the terms nature and natural environments are used. - Analyses motivations for seeking outdoor experiences || //__- Questioning students on expectations __////. // Example questions for teacher: What would you like to gain from this subject What experiences of Outdoor Education have you had before? What do you expect from me as a teacher? What do you think I expect from you as a class and individuals?
 * Lesson 1 **
 * ** TOPIC ** || ** KEY KNOWLEDGE ** || ** KEY SKILLS ** || ** ACTIVITIES ** || ** RESOURCES / HOME WORK ** ||
 * Expectations for unit and what is nature. || - Use and meanings of terms nature and natural environments.

//__-Brainstorm __// Break students in to small groups to brainstorm the question: What is nature? Then ask students to brainstorm what are natural environments?

//__- Discussion__// About what students came up with and whether they think nature and natural environments are the same or different.

//__- What do students already know__// Expectations for unit: behavior, safety, etc. (teacher and students expectations) || __ -//Home Work// __ Get students to collect newspaper articles and or magazine images that reflect the outdoors and outdoor activities ||

-Motivations for seeking outdoor experiences || -Use media images of nature and outdoor experiences to illustrate personal responses to nature and varying motives for participating in natural environments -Analyse motivations for seeking outdoor experiences || ** - ** With students cut outs that they brought in (cut outs from last week’s homework) get them to outline the activity that had been portrayed. -Once the students have outlined the activity, get them to describe what may have been the motivations behind undertaking the activity. -Next step is to get the students to analyse weather or not the activity was completed to gain an outdoor experience in the natural environments or was it a recreational activity/ experience taken in the outdoors. || -Bring spare cut outs for the students who forget theirs. -Have an example to show students of what is being asked of students ||
 * Lesson 2 **
 * ** TOPIC ** || ** KEY KNOWLEDGE ** || ** KEY SKILLS ** || ** ACTIVITY ** || ** RESOURCE / **
 * HOME WORK ** ||
 * Media Portrayals of Outdoor education in today’s society || -Media portrayals of nature and outdoor experiences

**Lesson 3** (Motivations) ||  -Motivations for seeking outdoor experiences. -Human responses to nature such as fear, appreciation, awe or contemplation. || -Analyse motivations for seeking outdoor experiences. -Work cooperatively in groups during outdoor and classroom experiences. -Use media images of nature and outdoor experiences to illustrate personal response to risk, nature and varying motives for participating in natural elements. || - Brainstorm: What is an outdoor experience? -Activity: students construct a collage of nature and experiences within the outdoors. -Group activity : After making collage students discuss motives for experiences and the different responses to these experiences. || Magazines A3 paper Glue Leave students to consider the question: How do our motivations and responses to outdoor experiences shape the way we treat environments? || -Planning for safe participation in outdoor experiences which explore a range of response to nature || -Use appropriate practical skills for minimal impact travel, living and investigation of natural impact -Evaluate and report on personal responses to risk in outdoor experiences || -Discuss the positives and negatives of human impacts -What are examples of minimal impact camping -When in the field next week reflect on the different effects that humans/ the group are having on the natural environment (reflections in journal) -Example questions; - What minimal impacts practices did you practice today? - What would be the consequences if you/ the group didn’t perform this? ||  || **Lesson 5**
 * **TOPIC** || **KEY KNOWLEDGE** || **KEY SKILLS** || **ACTIVITY** || **RESOURCES/HOMEWORK** ||
 * Why do we go outside?
 * Lesson 4 (see detailed lesson plan) **
 * ** TOPIC ** || ** KEY KNOWLEDGE ** || ** KEY SKILLS ** || ** ACTIVITY ** || ** RESOURCE / **
 * HOME WORK ** ||
 * Minimal Impact || -Understanding related to minimal impact outdoor travel and living

-Understanding related to minimal impact outdoor travel and living || -Plan, participate in and reflect upon outdoor experiences. -Work cooperatively in groups during outdoor and classroom experiences. || -Discuss the aims and objectives of the lesson -Students to work out tent groups and cooking groups. -Discuss appropriate food choices for the trip. -In food groups the students are to plan their meals -Teacher to demonstrate a meal for the students to cook, allowing them to try the food. -Teacher to show students gear list (which will be sent home) and what the school can provide. -Teacher to show students what to bring and how to pack it all into a pack. -Students to get in to groups and work out what group gear they can share between them. || -Food (for the meal demonstrations) stove and fuel.
 * **TOPIC ** || **KEY KNOWLEDGE** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">**KEY SKILLS** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">** ACTIVITY ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">RESOURCE / **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HOME WORK ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trip Planning || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Planning for safe participation in outdoor experiences which explore a range of responses to nature.

-Copy of gear list.

-One pack packed with all equipment needed for the trip || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> Trip this week April 19th -21st

**Lesson 6**

-Human responses to nature such as fear, appreciation, awe or contemplation. -Personal responses to risk in outdoor experiences. -Media portrayals of nature and outdoor experiences. -Understanding related to minimal impact outdoor travel and living. || -Analyse motivations for seeking outdoor experiences. -Analyse information collected during outdoor experiences. -Evaluate and report on personal responses to risk in outdoor experiences. -Reflect upon outdoor experiences || -Explain to students how they will complete the SAC and what it consists of -Ask students what they would like to revise and run revision discussion based on this -Allow students that need it time to add some last minute reflections to their journals -Provide students with the Reflective Questions to take home and consider || -Students Journals
 * **TOPIC** || **KEY KNOWLEDGE** || **KEY SKILLS** || **ACTIVITY** || **TEACHING RESOURCES/HOMEWORK** ||
 * SAC Preparation and Revision || -Motivations for seeking outdoor experiences.

-Reflective Question Sheet to take home ||

**Lesson 7 & 8** -Human responses to nature such as fear, appreciation, awe or contemplation. -Personal responses to risk in outdoor experiences. -Media portrayals of nature and outdoor experiences. -Understanding related to minimal impact outdoor travel and living. || -Analyse motivations for seeking outdoor experiences. -Analyse information collected during outdoor experiences. -Evaluate and report on personal responses to risk in outdoor experiences. -Reflect upon outdoor experiences || SAC: Students will be given their test and reflective questions to complete, by the end of the double lesson. They will be allowed to bring in writing materials and their journals only. Question sheets and answer paper will be provided. || Student’s journals
 * TOPIC || KEY KNOWLEDGE || KEY SKILLS || ACTIVITY || TEACHING RESOURCES/HOMEWORK ||
 * SAC || -Motivations for seeking outdoor experiences.

Questions sheets

Tests

Blank paper for answers ||

-Personal responses to risk in outdoor experiences. || -Analyse information collected during outdoor experiences. -Evaluate and report on personal responses to risk in outdoor experiences. -Use media images of nature and outdoor experiences to illustrate personal response to risk, nature and varying motives for participating in natural elements. || -Activity: students choose one image from their collage, that they think best represents their response to fear from the trip or another outdoor experience. Students then write one page on their personal response to risk, with reference their image and their journals. -Finish with story of a person’s response to risk. || Collages from lesson 3 Story ||
 * Lesson 9 **
 * Topic || Key Knowledge || Key Skills || Activity || Teaching resources/Homework ||
 * Responses to Nature || -Human responses to nature such as fear, appreciation, awe or contemplation.

**Lesson 10** -Teacher will share general feedback from SAC. With prior permission gained from students, teacher could anonymously share 2 or 3 good responses to reflective questions. -Teacher will hand back students SAC results Trip reflection: -show power point presentation of photos from trip. - lead discussion what has been good about trip and classes so far || SACS to hand back
 * TOPIC || KEY KNOWLEDGE || KEY SKILLS || ACTIVITY || TEACHING RESOURCES/HOMEWORK ||
 * Reflections from trip and SAC feedback || -Human responses to nature such as fear, appreciation, awe or contemplation. || -Reflect upon outdoor experiences || SAC Feedback:

Good SAC answers to share

Trip photos power point ||