Natural Environments 2

In this unit students will consolidate their foundational knowledge and outdoor living and travel skills through an extended field teaching journey in a natural environment. This field teaching will provide students with an opportunity to inquire into the local environment and gain a greater appreciation and understanding of how moving through the natural environment can be observed differently by different people. Students will critically reflect on leadership, facilitation, personal and community development, and interpretation of, and relationships with, the natural environment.

Off campus field teaching in this unit may require a levy for incidental fees for accommodation, transport and camping.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Exhibit understanding of the importance of a Pre-Trip checklist with consideration to equipment, environment and people;
2. Exemplify understanding of human nature relationships through artistic expression and reflective practice;
3. Reflect and analyse the use of extended journeys in outdoor environmental education/recreation and with consideration of flora and fauna in the environment of travel; and
4. Rationalise appropriate strategies to maintain the physical and psychological well-being of people on extended journeys in natural environments.