Regular outdoor education teachers can use worksheets as:
- a ready lesson activity, for both regular classes & extras
- homework
- work left for replacement teachers
- work left for students who are unable to go on excursion (e.g. due to injury)
- inclusions in camp handbooks
- the basis of a theory activity during camp (e.g. at night, instead of, or in addition to journal writing or a guest speaker)
- a cue for safety briefings (e.g. "Safety around rockfaces")
- the basis of quizzes in class or during camp (with great prizes!!)
Campsite operators & adventure providers can:
- send clients relevant worksheets along with other information, to use at their discretion, ahead of the camp/excursion
- add footprints to their reference libraries
Emergency teachers can use footprints as a "get out of jail" teaching resource.
Teachers of other subjects (e.g. Health, Science, English) can use worksheets from footprints during their class time, also ahead of the camp/excursion, in order to better integrate the curriculum. (For example, "To build a fire" could be studied in English before a trip to the snow.) The table below shows the subject areas that particular worksheets may inform.
footprints across the curriculum
|
subject area |
worksheets |
|---|---|
|
art |
78, 90 |
|
careers |
85 |
|
english |
11, 12, 20, 21, 25, 30, 39, 60, 61, 62, 68, 69, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 86 |
|
environmental science |
20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 78, 90 |
|
first aid |
2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 |
|
food |
46, 47, 48, 49 |
|
geography |
20, 26, 42, 43, 44, 59, 69, 89 |
|
health |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, |
|
history |
20, 21, 22 |
|
mathematics |
45, 87 |
|
physical education |
4, 9 |
|
psychology |
11, 30, 31 |
|
science |
10, 11, 12, 20, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 59, 78, 87, 80 |
footprints is designed to be used to prepare students to participate in specific outdoor adventure activities. Major skills areas addressed are shown in the following table.
outdoor adventure activities in footprints
|
skill area |
worksheets |
|---|---|
|
surfing |
2, 7, 10-19, 37-41 |
|
bushwalking |
2-5, 10-19, 42-61 |
|
cross-country skiing |
2-5, 10-19, 62-68 |
|
canoeing |
2, 6, 10-19, 8, 9, 69-73 |
|
climbing |
2, 11, 74-77, 89 |
|
snorkelling |
2, 6-10, 78, 79 |
|
cycling |
2, 10-19, 80, 81 |
|
outback travel |
2, 10-19, 82, 83 |
|
caving |
2, 10-19, 84 |