Outdoor Adventure Learning Activities for Students
Engage students in interactive outdoor activities to enhance learning, teamwork, and navigation skills. Activities involve creating routes, using waymarkers, following instructions, and map-drawing. Emphasize safety rules and encourage discussion on the effectiveness of different materials for waymarking. Foster communication and problem-solving skills through hands-on experiences.
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For this outdoor activity, you will need : string, scissors, chalk, twigs
You are going on an outdoor adventure but before you leave the classroom, remember that when you are outdoors you must follow the school s safety rules. Discuss the rules with your teacher.
Work in pairs One of you is A and your partner is B A is going to choose a destination and help B to find a way to reach it by giving verbal instructions e.g. walk straight ahead for 10 paces, then turn left - walk X number of paces .. Swap over and practice with B giving the instructions and A looking for the destination You are using verbal waymarkers
Work in pairs one of you closes your eyes or leaves the playground while the other marks a route using the resources provided e.g. twigs, string, chalk . Once the route has been marked out, the partner who has not been looking, tries to find the destination following the clues provided Now swap over and try again !
Go back to your classroom and discuss the activity with your teacher. How easy was it to find the route that your partner planned? Could you have done anything differently? What could go wrong? Imagine if it was raining would chalk work? What materials do you think would make good waymarkers?
Imagine you were leaving a secret map for the highwayman Now draw a map of your route around the playground to show him the way