Virtual+Adventure

Identify risks and their causes and describe safe practices to manage these. |||| Students will be able to identify the risks associated with a specific outdoor activity, describe ways of reducing theses risks and what to do if something goes wrong. ||
 * Risk Management**
 * ** Health and Physical Education ** |||| ** Personal Health and Physical Development ** || ** Safety Management ** ||
 * ** Level 3 to 5 ** ||
 * ** Achievement Objectives ** |||| ** Learning Outcomes ** ||
 * Students can:

Read the background pages ‘Preparing for an Expedition to Aoraki/Mount Cook’, ‘Safety in the Outdoors’, ‘Planning and Preparing for an Expedition’ and ‘How to Manage and Minimise Risks’ and then complete the following activities:

1. Define hazard; // Is something dangerous, like rocks that could fall or you could trip on //

2. Define risk; // Whether or not the hazard might hurt somebody //

3. What is the difference between a hazard and a risk? // The hazard is what could happen and the risk is if it will happen //

4. What is one of the most common hazards in New Zealand outdoor activities? //The weather is one of the most common hazards in the New Zealand outdoors.//

5. Draw a diagram to show the process of identifying and dealing with risks



6. Put these risks in order from the most risky through to the least risky for an overnight sub-alpine tramping trip in the Southern Alps, (on a formed trail with no river crossings, during summer); Hypothermia, blisters, frostbite, dehydration, drowning, getting lost, snow blindness, sun burn, injury from falling, injury from rock fall, bee stings, being buried by an avalanche...

1. dehyrdration 2. sun burn 3. blisters 4. injury from falling 5. injury from rock fall 6. bee stings 7. snow blindness 8. getting lost 9. hypothermia 10. frostbite 11. being buried by an avalanche 12. drowning

7. What makes it difficult to put these risks in order and what would make this activity easier?

// It is hard because we don’t we know who is going, we haven’t seen the place for the expedition. It would be easier if we had the weather conditions then we would know how much snow there is still on the mountain. //

8. You are about to take part in the LEARNZ Aoraki/Mount Cook expedition to climb Mount Ollivier. Complete the Safety Action Plan below, listing all relevant possibilities.


 * What could go wrong? || What could cause it to go wrong? || How will I try to stop it from going wrong? || What will I do if it does go wrong? ||
 * Fall on the rocks and get hurt

The weather could change

Getting lost

Getting tired || Not paying attention, not being fit, you haven’t been walking on rocky ground, you are tired, rushing

It is the weather it is always changing

Not staying with everyone else, going off the path,

Not eating or drinking enough || Getting fit before you go, wearing the right shoes, take a break, take your time

Look at the weather before you go, check the weather while you are walking, don’t go if you are not sure, have the right clothes and enough food and water, have another plan

Stick to the path, take a map, tell people where you are going and when you will be back, take a way to communicate with others

Take lots of breaks to rest and to eat snacks, do lots of walking before you go || Treat the injury, get someone to go for help if it is bad

Find or make a shelter, get dry and stay warm, call for help if you can

Don’t panic, call for help if you can, stay where you are until someone comes to help

Stop and rest until they are ok, give them something to drink and eat ||

9. What skills would help you to reduce risks on a trip such as climbing Mount Ollivier? //Being fit, camping and survival skills, first aid skills, knowing the weather//

10. How could you develop the skills that you have listed? //Spend a couple of months doing walks and exercises, practice carrying the heavy pack, do a course on survival, do a first aid course, learn about the weather, talk to an expert in mountain climbing//


 * ‘Let’s Go Figure!’ || **Curriculum Area:** **Mathematics and Statistics,** ** Level 3/4 ** || **Strands:** Number and Algebra Statistics || **Background Pages:** All ||
 * **Achievement Objectives:** |||||| Use a range of additive and simple multiplicative strategies with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages. ||
 * **Learning Intention:** |||||| Students will be able to solve problems relevant to //Expedition Challenge// ||


 * “Hi there! Try solving the following problems about expeditions. Use the space after each question to show your working.” ||


 * 1) How many kilometres could you travel in 8 hours if you walked 4.5 kilometres every hour and took an hour’s break for lunch?

8-1=7

4.5 x 7 = 31.5 kms you could travel

2. If you were climbing 150 metres an hour about how long would it take to climb 1000 metres?

1000 / 150 = 6.6 hours to climb 1000 metres

3. If you eat 125 grams of muesli each morning during a five day tramp how much muesli would you need to carry?

125 x 5 = 625 grams of museli you would need to carry

4. If you need to eat food containing 3,000kJ of energy at lunch time on a tramping trip what are two different combinations of food from the following list that you could eat? Five slices of salami = 1200kJ, five crackers = 1000kJ, cup of soup = 1500kJ, chocolate bar = 1500kJ, muesli bar = 800kJ, sandwich = 1800kJ, apple = 400 kJ, scroggin 30 grams = 600kJ.

Soup 1500 + chocolate 1500 = 3000kj

Sandwich 1800 + salami 1200 = 3000kj

5. If a hut costs $15 a night how much would it cost to stay there for 7 nights?

15 x 7 =105

6. If you hire boots for $12 per day, a pack for $10 a day, an emergency locator beacon for $15 a day and climbing gear for $20 a day; how much would it cost if you went away for four days?

12 + 10 + 15 + 20 = 57

57 x 4 = 228

7. If you can carry a pack which is no heavier than a third of your body weight, how heavy could your pack be?

80 / 3 = 26.6kg

8. If you were abseiling down from a climb of 1000 metres and you had two 50 metre ropes (allowing you to abseil 50 metres at a time) how many abseils would you need to do to reach the bottom?

1000 / 50 = 20 times you would need to abseil

9. If you had two 60 metre ropes how many abseils would you need to make?

1000 / 60 = 16.666667 times to get to the bottom

10. If 28,000 people visit Aoraki Mount Cook National Park each month how many is that each year? How many is it each week?

28000 x 12 (because there are 12 months in a year) = 33600 people every year

28000 / 4 (because there are 4 weeks in a month) = 7000 people every week


 * Alpine Weather**

Investigate the water cycle and its effect on climate, landforms, and life. || Students will be able to describe orographic weather patterns and then describe the characteristics of weather in the Southern Alps. ||
 * ** Science ** || ** Planet Earth and Beyond ** || ** Weather in New Zealand’s mountains ** ||
 * ** Level 3 to 4 ** ||
 * ** Achievement Objective ** || ** Learning Outcomes ** ||
 * Students can

Read the background page ‘Safety in the Outdoors’ and the section on weather to help you complete the following activities:

1. Draw a diagram to show the orographic effect. Label this diagram to show the movement of the water as vapour, clouds and rain or snow.



2. Complete these sentences:

When moist air reaches the // mountains // it has to rise. When it rises it cools. When air is cooled down it forms clouds. These clouds become heavy with moisture and it // rains // or snows.

3. Draw a series of 3 sketches of Aoraki. Use different cloud formations on each image to show the formation of a storm. Include lenticular cloud. Describe the weather in each sketch. Lenticular cloud. The moist air is flowing over the mountain and cooling down. The day can be nice and even sunny.

Cumulus cloud. More air is flowing up the mountain and cooling making more clouds. The day can still be nice and have some sun. The clouds are getting heavy with rain.

Cumulonimbus cloud. The rain is falling and the storm has set in, the day may still be nice and even sunny, the storm may be only around the mountain.

Yesterday I did the interactive tests. I got 100% for all of them but two. One of them I only ticked one thing and then clicked next without thinking and the other one was because I did'nt know when the hut was built so I got the timeline wrong. I really enjoyed the activities and the reading.