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PEHealthy lives and outdoor challenge22 min★★ difficulty

Outdoor and adventurous activities

Outdoor and adventurous activities test more than fitness — they test judgement, communication and trust in the people around you.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Outdoor and adventurous activity: Take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges, working in a team and building trust

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges, working in a team and building trust

Key learning points

  • • Intellectual and physical challenge
  • • Working in a team
  • • Building trust

This lesson at a glance

  • 22 minutes
  • 14 parts to scroll through
  • 3 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

outdooradventurousactivitiespresentintellectual

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Outdoor and adventurous activities

An English teaching video on this topic from The Activity Channel. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges, working in a team and building trust

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Intellectual and physical challenge

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Intellectual and physical challenge

Activities like orienteering, climbing or raft-building combine physical effort with problem-solving: reading a map under time pressure, planning a safe route, or working out how to distribute weight safely.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Working in a team

Outdoor challenges often can't be completed alone — someone navigates, someone times, someone checks safety. Clear roles and communication prevent mistakes that pure individual effort cannot fix.

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Quick check

Part 5 of 14

Quick check

Which best describes orienteering?

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Reset break

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Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
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Quick check

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Quick check

Why are clear roles important in outdoor team challenges?

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Building trust

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

Part 9 of 14

Learn

Building trust

Activities such as belaying a climbing partner or guiding a blindfolded teammate rely on trust built through clear communication and small successes, which is why they are often used to develop team relationships.

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Quick check

Part 10 of 14

Quick check

What helps build trust in activities like climbing belays?

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Challenge round

Part 11 of 14

Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

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Challenge round

Part 12 of 14

Game · Fill the gaps

Finish the sentences

Choose the word that belongs in each gap.

____ like orienteering, climbing or raft-building combine physical effort with problem-solving: reading a map under time pressure, planning a safe route, or working out how to distribute weight safely.

____ challenges often can't be completed alone — someone navigates, someone times, someone checks safety.

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Outdoor and adventurous activities

3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. Which best describes orienteering?

  2. 2. Why are clear roles important in outdoor team challenges?

  3. 3. What helps build trust in activities like climbing belays?

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Lesson round-up

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Lesson round-up

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Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Article

What a warm-up is actually for

A warm-up raises the heart rate, sends more blood to the working muscles and raises muscle temperature by a couple of degrees. Warm muscle stretches further before it tears, and messages between brain and muscle travel faster, so movement is more accurate.

A good warm-up has three parts: a few minutes of easy movement, mobility that takes joints through the range the sport needs, and short bursts at close to game speed.

Long, still stretching before explosive sport can slow the muscle down. Save that kind of stretching for the cool-down.

Written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. Explain in your own words two things a warm-up does to the body.
  2. Design a ten-minute warm-up for one sport, with times for each part.
  3. Keep a training log for three sessions: what you did, how long, and how you felt after.

  • Training log

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    Write what you did, for how long, and how your body felt afterwards.

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