Teacher's Guide
Canoe trip
Theme for the activity: • navigation on water
Theme for the activity: • navigation on water • safe travel and good decisions on the trip FLL1 competence aims: • explore and carry out activities and trips in the local area at different times of year • use first aid and life-saving skills in connection with friluftsliv • understand the importance of, and use, appropriate clothing in different types of friluftsliv • carry out safe travel and practise a friluftsliv that takes account of nature • cooperate in order to contribute to community, social experiences and mastery FLL2 competence aims: * plan and carry out activities and trips in the local area independently and together with others
- plan, carry out and assess trips with several overnight stays in different natural environments and at different times of year
- understand the importance of an appropriate diet on trips and explore the opportunities nature gives us as a food source
- understand common weather signs and warnings that nature gives, and take account of these
- use equipment and tools in a sustainable way,
- apply first aid and life-saving skills in connection with the friluftsliv the pupil practises
- practise and reflect on sustainable travel in nature
- plan, carry out and assess activities and trips as a guide for a group
- carry out and assess friluftsliv trips where a sense of mastery, experiences of nature and community are central
- assess possible health benefits of friluftsliv Relevance to the subject / specifics: • Gain experience of paddling a canoe • Learn paddling techniques • Read maps on lakes and watercourses • Safe travel on water • try companion rescue • practise and understand the purpose of the “kameratkano” • practise cooking on a windproof trekking stove (stormkjøkken) • work at keeping equipment in order, both your own and shared • practise leave-no-trace travel in camp, on the trip and on departure Type of trip: Day trip, Overnight trip, Sea, Lake/watercourse Season: Autumn, Summer, Spring
Good teaching plans for paddling a canoe:
- Basic canoe skills
- Games and skills, canoe
- Canoe skills test
- Risk assessment for travel on water
- Companion rescue, canoe