Teaching Cross-Country Skiing by Bridget Duoos

Author:Bridget Duoos
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736097017
Publisher: Human Kinetics

Interdisciplinary lesson ideas related to science.

Beginner

LESSON 10

I CAN SKI SCAVENGER HUNT

For this lesson, the students will be using the skills they have learned over the past weeks to move over a variety of terrain in search of items on their scavenger hunt list. During this fun and engaging activity, skiers will use most of the skills they have learned. You will be pleased at how adept your students are with their newly learned skills!

NASPE Content Standards

Standards 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Equipment

Cardstock, items to stash for the scavenger hunt, beanbags

ASSESSMENTS AND REPRODUCIBLES

• Beginner Basic Skills Checklist, pages 152-153

• Beginner Basic Skills Rubric, pages 154-160

Preparation

On cardstock, print a list of items that are found in the area where you are skiing. These items may include acorns, an oak leaf, a maple leaf, a piece of tree bark, a bird’s feather, and a tall weed. If you are having a difficult time compiling a list from things found in nature, you may want to stash things around your ski area for the students to find. Items that can fit into a pocket—such as a beanbag, tennis ball, or foam ball—will be easy to see and carry.

Fitness Development

Students will improve their aerobic fitness.

Goal

To ski around a large area using a variety of skills

Set Induction

Hello, skiers! Today we are going to have a fun time doing a scavenger hunt. While on the hunt, you will be using all of your ski skills. But first, we’ll start by warming up with everyone in a large circle, facing inward. You should have your skis on, but we won’t use poles. I will lead you through several warm-ups. Let’s get started!

Activity Warm-Ups

• Jumping jacks—Yes, you can do jumping jacks on skis (see figure 4.13 on page 62).

• Skier stride—Keeping one ski in place, skiers slowly slide their other ski forward into an exaggerated stride, or lunge. They keep the forward knee over the toe of the boot that they slide forward.

• Jungle!—Position the skiers in a large circle, facing inward (with skis on but no poles). Take your class on an imaginary trip through a jungle. Start the trip by marching into the jungle (use an exaggerated arm motion, making sure that the action is contralateral to the legs as they are lifted off the ground). Sidestep over the river, turn using a star turn, and ski several strides off the circle when you see a leopard coming at you. Fall down when you trip over a huge vine, roll to your back to perform a dead bug, and then drop your parallel skis to the side and stand. Sidestep quickly to get away from a monkey that is chasing you. Let the students contribute what they see in the jungle before you return safely back to school.

• Circle Tag—Number off by twos around the circle, and have the twos move back three strides, still keeping the circle shape. The teacher stays in the inner circle and points to either the right or left. Skiers quickly sidestep in the direction indicated and try to tag the skier to their side.

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