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Grade 11 Outdoor Activities

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Course Code: PAD3O

General Information

This is a grade 11 course. This course is is a Health/Physical Education course. More information can be found at guidance. Prerequisites: None.

Course Description

This co-ed, group-oriented course takes place primarily within 'the outdoor classroom' (on/around the school grounds, local Outdoor Education centres, and extended field trips) as well as within the conventional classroom and challenges students to learn by doing. Guided by Outdoor Education's '3 Rs' (Respect, Relatedness, and Responsibility) students will be expected to explore and demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes within three interconnected themes: doing. Guided by Outdoor Education's '3 Rs' (Respect, Relatedness, and Responseability) students will be expected to explore and demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes within three interconnected themes: ? the Outdoor Skills necessary for safe, comfortable outdoor experiences in all seasons ? the Personal and Group Development ("Team Building") skills of Adventure Education which stress understanding, respect, and appreciation for self and others ? the Environmental Understandings which acknowledge the importance of all living things and an understanding of the basic ecological processes which are necessary to sustain all life on this planet.

The specific learning expectations of the Outdoor Activities courses outline the knowledge and skills that students are expected to demonstrate from the Healthy Active Living courses at the same grade level but with a focus on Outdoor Activities. Please note that students may take more than one Healthy Active Living Education course for credit at all grade levels.

This course is an open course, having one set of expectations and being appropriate for all students in a given grade. This course prepares students for more advanced classes in later years, or for a university, college or workplace setting. This course may not reflect a student's post-secondary goals, but are still relevant to everyone regardless of their post-secondary plans.

More Information

For more detailed information on this course, or any other course, please contact student services. You may be able to find more information online at the Departments page. This information provided on this page may be out of date or inaccurate, as course information may change rapidly as the year progresses.

You can view the full curriculum, including information for this course, at the Ministry of Education's website.

Course choices may vary from year to year due to staffing and student interest. Simply because a course is listed here or has been previously run doesn't necessarily mean that it will run in the future.

Related Courses

  • PAD2O - Grade 10 Outdoor Activities

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