HPE-136 Introduction to Adventure Learning
This course is an Adventure Education based program designed to provide participants an opportunity to acquire and practice essential life skills while building self-esteem through teambuilding, cooperative games, and ropes challenge courses. Students will learn to solve problems, make decisions, set goals, and develop communication skills in an atmosphere that is both physically and mentally challenging. The course includes individual and group teambuilding activities, cooperative games, safety and spotting techniques. The culminating event in the course consists of a weekend experience; the first day at the Low Ropes challenge course located on FLCC’s East Hill campus and the second day at Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures
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Course Outline
Department
Health Science and Human Performance
Course Description
This course is an Adventure Education based program designed to provide participants an opportunity to acquire and practice essential life skills while building self-esteem through teambuilding, cooperative games, and ropes challenge courses. Students will learn to solve problems, make decisions, set goals, and develop communication skills in an atmosphere that is both physically and mentally challenging. The course includes individual and group teambuilding activities, cooperative games, safety and spotting techniques. The culminating event in the course consists of a weekend experience; the first day at the Low Ropes challenge course located on FLCC’s East Hill campus and the second day at Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventures
Credit Hours
1Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered
Fall, Spring
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities
- Develop valuable life skills through individual and team activities (e.g. leadership, communication, problem solving, coaching, collaboration, self-reliance, trust, and risk taking).
- Identify wellness benefits associated with outdoor recreational activities while conserving and protecting the environment.
- Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self, others, and the environment during physical activities.
Topic Outline
- 1. Adventure education foundations
- a. Experiential learning, challenge by choice, and a positive learning environment
- 2. Establishing group norms
- a. Play hard, play fair, nobody hurt
- b. High 5 Hand: Full Value Agreements
- c. Us/Not Us list: evaluating group behavior
- d. Use of symbols: reflective tools
- 3. Goal setting
- a. STAR goals (specific, trackable, achievable, and relevant)
- 4. Activity types
- a. Icebreakers and getting-to-know-you activities
- b. Deinhibitizers to lower the group's inhibitions, followed by energizers to increase the team's potential for learning
- c. Group norm activities
- d. Communication activities
- e. Trust activities
- f. Problem-solving activities
- g. Debrief and reflection activities
- h. Closure activities
- 5. Low challenge ropes course
- a. Readiness of group
- b. Course inspection
- c. Equipment for elements
- d. Proper attire
- e. Weather provisions
- f. Rules and safety precautions
- 6. High ropes aerial adventure
- a. Readiness of group
- b. Course inspection
- c. Equipment for elements
- d. Proper attire
- e. Weather provisions
- f. Rules and safety precautions
- 7. Spotting and safety skills
- a. Position
- b. Catching
- c. Progressive sequence
- d. Communication and commands
- e. Rotating positions and responsibilities
- f. Shared responsibility
- g. Reducing participants' challenge levels
- h. Requirements
- i. More is better
- 8. Challenge course activities (selected from each category below)
- a. Low ropes
- i. Whale watch
- ii. Jump the river
- iii. Trust fall
- iv. Mohawk walk
- v. Triangle traverse
- vi. Wild woozy
- vii. Islands (All Aboard)
- viii. Triangle walk
- ix. Multi-vine
- x. Balance beam (log roll)
- xi. Blind walk
- b. High ropes
- i. Zip lines
- ii. Tightropes
- iii. Rope ladders
- iv. Bridges