Chapter 13: Outdoor Adventures

Abstract: Wormeli highly praises outdoor adventures as valuable learning experiences for all students. Students are able to create lasting bonds with peers that they might not have otherwise been able to socialize with. Additionally, it is interesting that students tend to gain a greater sense of autonomy through these experiences, as they are forced to clean up after themselves and to prepare themselves for each day of the various adventures. One interesting aspect is that Wormeli discusses a moment where he propels through the air during an adventure and somehow manages to inspire a leadership moment through his own dangerous action.

Synthesis: I want the opportunity to take my students on outdoor adventures, but I feel that it would be necessary to do this during advisory periods as opposed to just during the school year. I hope that I work at a lenient school where outdoor activities are possible, but even if they are not I would be interested in at least bringing students outside during classes. My middle school science teacher led a science camp a few years after I had him as a teacher, thus he enabled students to learn with him outside of the classroom if they were interested.