Teacher's Guide

Cross-curricular projects / tasks

Within friluftsliv there are several interesting topics that can also be worked on in other subjects. Some tasks can be combined with a trip and activity outdoors, while other topics can…

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Within friluftsliv there are several interesting topics that can also be worked on in other subjects. Some tasks can be combined with a trip and activity outdoors, while other topics may be natural to work on in parallel across different subjects. Below we mention both examples of questions/topics that can be worked on across several subjects, examples of cross-curricular tasks, and more subject-specific tasks.

Larger cross-curricular projects

Projects within the topics of sustainable development, democracy and citizenship, and public health and life skills

The battle over the wind turbines

Sustainable change

Is it possible to travel sustainably?

Is friluftsliv a sustainable activity?

Subject-specific tasks

Practical and theoretical tasks linked to competence aims in physical education, activity studies, and friluftsliv.

Maths

Avalanches – calculate safe travel

Maps and working drawings

Average, difference, and percentage with Skogsgym

Orienteering and maths with Skogsgym

Calculate distance, speed, and time (calculate distance, speed, time)

Training studies

  1. Look at how the body makes use of energy. Describe the difference in energy needs between friluftsliv and, for example, football.
  2. Create a training programme for a person who has never walked with a rucksack and who is going on a week-long tent trip. What is important to keep in mind?

Sport and society

  1. Sport and friluftsliv, the sustainability paradox
    • Can friluftsliv and sport be carried out in a sustainable way?

The pursuit of victory in sport and “unique” experiences in friluftsliv is incompatible with sustainability

Natural science

  1. A diet programme that works well across subjects together with natural science, training studies, and friluftsliv

    Bærekraftig kosthold

  2. A teaching programme on sustainable biodiversity (made for Years 5–7, but can readily be used in upper secondary)

    Bærekraftig naturmangfold

  3. A day’s programme on campfire burning – fire and energy

    Bålet - Forbrenning og energikilde

Geoscience

  1. Mapping unconsolidated deposits works well to do on a trip on or near a glacier:

    Utforsking 3: Å kartlegge løsmasser og landformer dannet av is i geotopen

  2. Mapping bedrock works well on all trips where you have access to rock and mountain. Preferably also by the sea.

    Utforsking 2: Å kartlegge berggrunn i geotopen

Training management

  1. Carry out an outdoor event for the class.
    1. It is also possible to carry out an event for the year group
    2. Examples of events:
      1. Ski day with ski games
      2. Outdoor day with a focus on cooking outdoors
      3. Trip day with various trips and difficulty levels
      4. Nature trail
  2. Plan a trip, and be trip leader for the class.

Norwegian

  1. Texts about nature.

    To tekster som lokker deg ut i naturen - Tverrfaglige temaer - NDLA

Religion

  1. Appreciating nature.

    Å sette pris på naturen - Tverrfaglige temaer - NDLA

Cross-curricular questions

Public health and life skills

  1. What promotes good health?
  2. Does friluftsliv influence a positive self-image?
  3. How do we become better equipped to master our own lives
  4. Value choices and the meaning of life – how is this affected by relationships

Sustainable development

  1. What is sustainable development?

    Hva er bærekraftig utvikling? | Loop Miljøskole

    Bærekraftig utvikling

  2. Discuss dilemmas and developments in society and how these can be handled

    Web series – Mission Impact

    Tverrfaglige temaer - Plasten - populær og problematisk - NDLA

  3. Look at technological development in friluftsliv and how it can create and solve challenges

  4. What value does nature have? Is it sustainable to protect nature? Can you put a price tag on untouched nature?

    My low-emission municipality

  5. How can we travel through and use nature, and society more broadly, in a more sustainable way?

    Hva er sirkulær økonomi? | Loop Miljøskole

  6. Reflect on various forms of outlying-land use and how it affects society and local friluftsliv

  7. How does our way of living affect nature and the climate?

    1. Loop miljøskole has several good teaching programmes within this topic

    Plastens påvirkning | Loop Miljøskole

    Pant for naturen | Loop Miljøskole

    Marin forsøpling - Et hav av plast | Loop Miljøskole

    Klimaforandringer og havet | Loop Miljøskole

Democracy and citizenship

  1. Stronger together or alone? Why are we so concerned with cooperation in school?

  2. Why is democracy so important? Does democracy affect our practice of friluftsliv?

    Menneskerettigheter og demokrati

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Gina Wigestrand, Snuitide (2021)