Gyroscope and Climbing

How was todays activity for you? Where you and your group able to accomplish the task? How does this activity connect to us and climbing?

Peer Evaluation

Let us know what your thoughts are on the peer evaluation we did on Wednesday? Your overall thoughts and the insights you got on the responses you got from your peers.
Remember Monday is a Fitness day bring your PE Clothes no excuses! Have a great weekenend.

If you really knew me reaction

Give us your reaction to the things you heard while doing this activity. Please give me your honest opinion about; is it worth our time to read these out load during class? Why or why not?

MOUSE TRAP! OUCH!

Give us your view of the activity today. Let us know how trust had anything to do with this activity today? How did your perception change about the activity, your group and yourself, from the beggining of the period until the end? Finally what does this have do with climbing and working with others?

Channels and Climbing Connections

I would like you to see the connection between the activity we did today (Channels) to your climbing group and climbing in general.

Clim On!

After getting a chance to climb and belay, as well as back up belay, what are your concerns and or questions as we move forward with this activity?

Up Chuck!!

During the activity today let us know what was going on with your thoughts in regards to the way things where going, the way our classmates where listening to each other, your frustration level, and any other thoughts that will help us to learn about each other individually and as a group.

New semester! Yahoooooo!!!

Give us your goals and expectations for this semseter, from breaking through your comfort zone to giving your best effort during fitness days and team building days.

End of semester

How did the semester go for you? Was Adventure Ed what you expected? What was your favorite moment of the semester? What was your least favorite moment of the semester other than the dreadful fitness days? What are your goals for next semester? What could I have done differently to make your experience better in this class?

Rappelling Goals

Let us know what your goals for this final week of rappelling are? How many times you will rappel, how many times you will belay, as a group how many rappels a day are you going to try to do? Different styles of rappelling what will you do, upside down and recover, go all the way down upside down, jumping off the wall under control, going face forward? Last 3 days, have fun.

exercise plan!

What is your commitment to your fitness over the Holiday break? My commitment is to walk/jog mon,wed, fri, for 30 minutes both weeks. I will also do strength exercises 4 times during break and yoga for 30 minutes at least twice during break. Don't be like the average american, challenge yourself over the next two weeks. If you make the commitment you will do it. Have a great Holiday Season. Check in to the Blog to see everyones fitness commitments.

How is rappelling going?

After 3 days of rappelling, how is the experience as a rappeller, belayer, onlooker? Remember during this unit the expectation is for you to rappel at least 8 times. 2 to 3 times the regular way showing me you understand the technique, 1 or 2 times going upside down and recovering, 2 or 3 times jumping off the wall army style, and 1 or 2 times going down face forward.

Rappel on!

Tell us what your concerns are with rappelling, I want you to consider the groups, the set up, the safety measures, the accountability sheet, and what ever else that concerns you with this activity that we will be doing the next few weeks.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

No response is needed. Have a great weekend please take a moment this weekend to really appreciate all the things that you are grateful for. We tend to focus on the things we want or don't have and take for granted how great things are right now. Happy Thanksgiving and remember PE clothes on Monday we have to work off all the turkey we ate.

Check out the video this is what we are working towards.

Trust Fall!!

Tell us about your experience with the trust fall this week. Both as a catcher and a faller. Are we ready to move on to rappelling?

Trust lean, pendulum, levitation etc...

Considering our values that we developed earlier in the year, how did these activities promote what we wanted our class to be about and what are some of the things that we still need to work on? The catagories where Trust, Respect, and Open Mind. To get the words that we used for each of the catagories refer to the blog on september 18th.

The wall!

During this activity what did you learn about yourself and your peers? How did this activity help us as a class if it did help us?

First quarter over already!

Happy Halloween! We have been in class for 4o days. Think back to the start of the year and let us know where you are at with the class? What role did you play this quarter? How did the class meet your expectations?

What happens now?

I apologize for how class ended on Thursday, I could not let it continue in the direction that it was going. From your point of view, how can we use this situation to help us create the enviroment we want in Outdoor Adventure?

Stepping Stones

Give us your reaction to our activity on Thursday (Stepping Stones), keep in mind the 3 principles we are working on (Respect, Responsibility, and Trust). Be as specific as you can in your insights.