Class Details
3 Hours
4th Grade to Adult
moderate
Paddle a canoe, explore a northern lake, learn efficient canoeing skills, and gather scientific data.
Students will use Wolf or Raven Lake as a classroom as they learn canoeing history and equipment and practice techniques on the lake. A short discussion at the canoe landing includes orientation to equipment and its proper use. Skills practice and safety orientation is also done on land. Students then spend 2 hours practicing skills on the lake. They will experience the value of canoeing as a physical activity and how it affects their relationship with the environment. A visiting adult in addition to the instructor is required for this class.
Concepts
- Culture and Technology: Humans adapt to their surroundings by experimenting and developing technology.
- Outdoor Recreation and Risk Management: Responsible watersport activities require the proper use of safety equipment.
- Outdoor Recreation: We all have potential for physical activity and can improve our skills with patience, practice, and teamwork.
- Outdoor Recreation: Using physical skills allows us to reach remote natural areas, and gain a sense of place.
Outcomes
- Describe the evolution of the canoe as transportation, as well as recreation.
- Identify and properly use equipment required for safe watersports participation.
- Work cooperatively with a partner to maneuver a canoe to specific destinations on a lake.
- Explore the natural landscape around the lake and interpret its natural history.
- Explain how exploring wild places can change how we perceive the natural world around us.