PE 104 - Outdoor Education

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to develop and/or enhance the student’s present skill level in the outdoors, while also developing an appreciation and understanding of a wide variety of outdoor activities. Skills to be include: orienteering, bicycling, rappelling (rock climbing), cross-country skiing, knot tying, hiking, camping trip planning, cooking, story telling, skits, songs, fire building, tent & shelter building, and gear evaluation and selection. This course will also include a mandatory three-day camping experience.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

utilize library and internet resources to plan a wilderness three-day trip for 11 fifteen year olds: to include; transportation, equipment (purchase or rental), menu, shopping list, itinerary, emergency contacts and procedures, and budget;
tie nine (9) knots and explain their proper usage;
paddle a canoe on flat water;
use a compass and map to find their way on an orienteering course; and
identify and demonstrate the safe and proper usage of select equipment and supplies.

F/S (C, N, S)