Teaching Outdoor Skills (PEP 3507)

General Course Information

• Syllabus

• Self/Peer Assessment

Winter

• Cold Injuries: Hypothermia, Frostbite, Dehydration

• Causes of Heat Loss

• Winter Camping Article

• No Word for Luck

• Camping in the Snow

• Snow Shelters

• Winter Tips

• Winter Cooking and Nutrition

• Guide to Winter Tents

Humans in the Cold Environment

• Netsilik Eskimos/Innuit Video Documentaries in the UMD Library

Winter Camping Trip

• Winter Camping Equipment List

• Winter Camping Trip to Boulder Lake Objectives

• Boulder Lake Map

• Directions to Boulder Lake/Buzz Ryan Road

• Boulder Lake Management Area

Skiing

• Back Country Skiing

• "Hone Poling Power" - Double poling for nordic skiing

Student Rubrics

• Leave No Trace
• Campsite Selection & Shelter
• Travel
• Sleeping Warm & Dry & Stoves
• Warm & Dry Daytime
• Hygiene
• Fire
• Food Prep/Cooking

Teaching

• How Adults Learn

Knots

• The Roper's Page - an outstanding resource for knots and how to tie them

Spring Backpacking Trip

• Spring Backpacking Trip to Rainbow Lakes Objectives
• Equipment List

Risk Assessment Form

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