PEP 421 Secondary Methods in Physical Activity Pedagogy

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School:

Amy Kaucic

Moscow High School

Day/Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Unit: Outdoor Adventures

Lesson #: 5 out of 8

Grade Level: 9-12

# of Students:

31

Lesson Length:

unknown

Facilities: Old Arboretum (weather permitting) or Gymnasium 201

Equipment (include amount):

Leave No Trace posters, 7 cone set up in the field near the pavilion, whisperlite stoves (outdoor

program), ziplock baggies with freeze-dried food (mashed potatoes or like-wise item that is quick cooking), hot pads, disposable
cups for eating ($1 store), small pots (3 from outdoor program), disposable silverware, napkins, paper towels, water, 1 st aid kit

Unit Goal(s)

Learn to safely operate a Whisperlite stove and learn about the 7 principles of Leave No Trace for the
outdoors

Lesson
Summary /
Set
Induction

Students will be allowed to cook on a Whisperlite backpacking stove after completing a safety check.
Students may camp with their families and friends, and they need to know how to safely operate a camping
stove. Idahoans spend time in the outdoors so it is important to be prepared. They will complete the
safety check, proceed to cook food after washing their hands, and then be allowed to eat the food they
prepared.

Lesson Big
Idea

Camping is a lifetime enjoyable activity that includes cooking and taking care of the environment.
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National Standards and Grade Level Outcomes:

Standard 1: Skilled Movement
GlO: S1.H1.L2: refines activity-specific movement skills in one or more lifetime activities (outdoor pursuits,
individual-performance activities, aquatics, net/wall games or target games).
Standard 3: The physically literate individual demonstrates the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a
health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.
GLO: S3.H4.L1- Evaluates according to their benefits, social support network, and participation requirements
activities that can be pursued in the local environment.
Standard 4: The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self
and others.
GLO: S4.H2.L1- Exhibits proper etiquette, respect for others, and teamwork while engaging in physical activity
and/or dance.
Standard 5: The physically literate individual recognizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment,
challenge, self-expression and/or social interaction.
GLO: S5.H2.L2- Chooses an appropriate level of challenge to experience success and desire to participate in a selfselected physical activity.
Idaho Standards:
9-12.PE.1.1.1: Demonstrate competency in basic and advanced skills and tactics in at least five leisure and
lifetime physical activities (e.g. individual/dual/team-related sports, outdoor pursuits, rhythm, fitness, aquatics).
9-12.PE.3.1.1: participate in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for at least 50% of the lesson time (e.g. time
assessment, pedometer = 3200 steps in a 40 minute lesson or 80 steps per minute block or traditional schedule,
etc.).
9-12.PE.5.1.1: Demonstrate the ability to initiate responsible personal and social behavior, function
independently, and positively influence the behavior of others in physical activity setting (e.g. develop code of
ethics, sportsmanship recognition, volunteer, assist in elementary class, etc.).

Lesson Objectives/Learning Outcomes: The students will be able to:

Domain:

National
Standar
ds:

Idaho
Standar
ds:
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1) Learn the 7 principles of Leave No Trace for camping/cooking, and be able to
answer 5 of the 7 principles correctly while reflecting at the closure.
2) Demonstrate stove safety by completing a blank stove diagram labeling 9 out of
10 correctly.
3) Cook a freeze-dried item using a WhisperLite backpacking stove without burning
the food in 3 minutes.

5.1.1

1.1.1

1.1.1

Teacher Objectives: The teacher will be able to:

1) Give specific and appropriate comments on student performance during teaching stove safety, cooking, Leave No
Trace activities.
2) Organize students appropriately for the safety lesson.
3) Keep positive during transporting students to Lena Whitmore or University of Idaho (weather dependent).

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Developmental Analysis of Content (highlight the section of the DAC this lesson will focus on)
Extension
Starting Point:
Wait in a group for stove safety
demonstration with instructions.

Refinement
Demonstrate WhisperLite stove parts
and stove safety within your group.

Application
Label the WhisperLite stove parts on a
diagram.

Stove is set safely on a flat surface.

Groups safely place stove on a flat

surface (i.e. picnic table) for stability.

Did your group check to see if the stove

is stable on a flat surface?

Stoves may be lit by the group.

Safely light the stove after pumping the

fuel properly.

Stove was lit and safety was followed.

Students may cook the instant/freezedried food after washing hands.

Wash hands before handling food.

Hands were washed before cooking.

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Approx.
Time

Student Learning Experiences

(Anticipated Progression of Tasks)

Performan
ce Cues

For each task add at least one idea for intratask variation or
teaching by invitation

1 min.
= 7 min.

Instant
n/a
Activity
Set Induction: Students will learn how to
safely operate a Whisperlite backpacking
stove to cook a freeze-dried food on the
stove in groups. Students will practice the
Leave No Trace (LNT) principles as it
educates them to be ethically aware when
camping outdoors.
Body of Lesson:
Explain why Leave No Trace principles
Leave No Trace teaches you to be aware of
your surroundings when camping or
recreating in the outdoors. There are
seven outdoor skills that you can practice.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1 min.
= 8 min

Plan ahead and Prepare

Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
Dispose of Waste Properly
Leave What you Find
Minimize Campfire Impacts
Respect Wildlife
Be Considerate of Other Visitors

Backpacki
ng travel
light with a
back pack
and be
prepared
for the
outdoors

Goal Orientation
of Task:

Organizational
Arrangement:

Informing,
Extension,
Refinement,
Application/Assessm
ent

(Grouping & Task

Presentation
method; SAFETY)

Informing
students

Groups sit using

the sheltered
picnic tables.

Objective
Alignment

Standard
Alignmen
t

5.1.1

1.1.1

1st Aid Kit

positioned near
stone fireplace
under the
shelter.

Students are divided into groups (5 to 6

students) and sit at the picnic tables by
groups.
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4 groups for stove cooking and principle
#5 - Amy
2 groups for Leave No Trace principles
Principles 1, 2, 3 Tayler (Plan ahead &
Prepare, Travel on Durable Surfaces,
Dispose of Waste Properly)
10 min.
= 18
min

Principles 4, 6, 7 Michaela (Leave What

You Find, Respect Wildlife, Be Considerate
of Other Visitors)
When I say go group 1, 2, 3, 4 stay with
stoves under the pavilion, and group 5
goes with Ms. Tayler in the grass, and
group 6 goes with Ms. Michaela in the
grass.

Cooking
easy one
pot meals
with
freezedried food.
Never light
your stove
inside your
tent or
under a
tarp.

Stoves get hot.

Be careful of
body parts, and
hair.
Serious burns
can occur which
means to be
extra cautious.

Taylers group and Michaelas groups

switch. Stoves stay with Amy
You will handle the equipment for stoves
when I say go.
Please stay with your group.
Whisperlite stoves are light and easy to
operate when you are backpacking or
camping with your family.
In order to be safe, you will need to learn
how to safely light a Whisperlite stove.
The stove parts operated in order are:

1. Screw fuel pump into Canister.

2. Connect fuel line from stove to pump.
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3. Make sure all connections are tight and secure and
that includes ensuring that the pump is properly screwed
on to the fuel canister. You dont know how important
this step is until you try to light the stove with an
improperly screwed on pump. All it takes is a lack of
attention and big problems arise. Its happened to me.
4. Pump the stove a good 15 times. The less fuel in your
can the more you need to pump.
5. Open valve so fuel flows in to cup of stove.
6. Light the fuel preferably using a lighter with a long
handle so your hand doesnt get to close to the flame.
7. Once you see fuel in fuel cup, turn the valve off!!!!
This is critical. If you dont do this you will get a flame
shooting up several feet. It happens.

Safety reminder
for camping:
No lighting
stoves under a
tarp or inside a
tent.
1

8. Once the flame has died off, turn the valve back on
and light the fuel.

1.1

9. Once this is done you should have a nice steady blue

flame with the sweet whisperlite roar!
10 Keep in mind that you cannot simmer with the MSR
Whisperlite though you can with the Dragonfly. Get
around this by holding your pan or pot higher above
flame.
11 Remember, Never light your stove inside your tent or
under a tarp.

Carefully pour
hot water into
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12 MSR fuel cans come in 11 oz, 22 oz and 33 oz sizes.
Avoid the 33 oz can unless you are cooking for a group
and will be cooking for hours. If you are hiking solo or
with one person you dont need the 33 oz can. Solo
hikers out for only a few days should do fine with the
11 oz size.

I find the 22 oz can is the best all around size. It holds

enough fuel to last for a week long trip. In the Northeast
US you are never more than a weeks worth of hiking
from the next fuel resupply. For 95+ percent of us,
cooking on the trail involves little more than boiling
water.

the cups for the

food. Always
use a hot mitt
that is provided.
Keep your
space.
If there is a
burn, tell adult
immediately.
First aid kits
available.

http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/stoves/fast-and-lightstoves/whisperlite/product
Tayler: monitors one station with three Leave No Trace
posters, and Michaela monitors one station with three
Leave No Trace Posters. Amy teaches Leave No Trace
and Principle #5: Minimize Campfire Impacts
Stove Station, all items required, are set up on the table.
Leave No Trace stations (Tayler and Michaela) are set
up on cones.

When I say go, check for the following: one Whisperlite

stove, hot pad, pan for water, water for cooking, cup &
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a spoon for each person. Carefully light the stove
following the safety information in the discussion. A
task card is provided in case you need the steps.
Your group will open the ziplock bag. Pour the freezedried food into a cup 4 teaspoons for each person.

1 min

Closure: BLOW THE WHISTLE TO BRING IT

IN.
Clean up stove, cooking area, return
posters and cones

1 min

Each student fills out stove assessment

1 min

Ask 3 students to name a Leave No Trace

principle.

1 min

Reflection:
Question
What went well with both
your teaching and student
learning (connect to
objectives)? Why?

Benefits of
using easy
to cook
food-does
not weigh
much easy
to use
Tastes
pretty
good when
you are
camping
Get to
have fun
while
camping

Reflection

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What did not go well with
both your teaching and
student learning (connect to
objectives)? Why?
What will be done to
improve the success of the
next lesson as it relates to
your teaching and student
learning?
Modifications for next time this lesson is taught:

Assessments / Handouts / Worksheets used throughout the lesson:

stove parts diagram for assessment

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The components of the Whisperlite Universal. Not shown is the stuff sack. Top row: Instructions, windscreen, gas adapter, heat
reflector. Middle row: fuel bottle (sold separately), burner assembly, liquid fuel adapter, and Ziploc type bag containing jets for
alternate fuels, spare parts, lubricants, and stove tool. Bottom row: Duraseal standard pump and canister stand which will hold
the canister in the inverted position for cold weather use. Note: The canister stand shown in the above photo was not available
during testing and is therefore not discussed in this review. Photo courtesy of MSR.
thumbs up peer assessment
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Leave No Trace poster set attached
DAC CHART******

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