OUTDOOR EDUCATION 10 PROGRAM
OUTDOOR ED. 10
OUTDOOR EDUCATION 10 PROGRAM
OUTDOOR EDUCATION 10 PROGRAM
*Students interested in the grade 10 Outdoor Education Program must fill in an application. When selecting courses, please select Foundations of Math and Precalculus 10, Science 10, Physical and Health Education 10, and Outdoor Education 11. Successful applicants for the Outdoor Education Program will be scheduled appropriately by their counsellor and the lowest priority elective will become Outdoor Education 11.
Riverside’s outdoor education program aims to help students foster leadership skills, environmental responsibility, knowledge of local recreational areas, and build community while strengthening outdoor skills and providing challenge. Learning will take place in the classroom and outdoors through weekly field trips and some overnight trips. Students study in a cohort of 24 students and will receive credit for Science 10, Math Foundations and Pre-Calculus 10, Physical and Health Education 10, Outdoor Education 11 (see individual course descriptions for more details). Outdoor activities can include but are not limited to hiking, backpacking, skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing and sailing. The cost includes equipment rentals, third party instruction, and camping fees.
Contact Ms. McArthur at emcarthur@sd43.bc.ca and/or Ms. Brandsma at abrandsma@sd43.bc.ca
RELATED COURSES
OUTDOOR EDUCATION 11
OUTDOOR EDUCATION 11
COURSE CODE: MODED11
This course explores how developing competence in outdoor activities can increase confidence and encourage lifelong participation. Students collaborate with others in a variety of outdoor activities, use applicable communication skills when interacting with others. Students will learn and demonstrate appropriate responses to potential emergency situations during outdoor activities, including canoeing, hiking and winter travel. Students will demonstrate responsibility for personal safety and the safety of others and learn to assess and manage risks during different types of outdoor activities. With these skills students will have opportunities to develop and demonstrate leadership skills.
SCIENCE 10
SCIENCE 10
COURSE CODE: MSC – – 10
PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 10
PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 10
COURSE CODE: MPHED10
This course is a continuation of the PHE 9 course, but more advanced skills and game strategies will be taught. In addition to the PHE 10 curriculum there may also be the opportunity for instruction in rugby, field hockey, tennis, golf, archery and First Aid. During the health component, students will learn about potential short- and long-term consequences of health decisions, including those involving nutrition, protection from sexually transmitted infections, eating habits, exercise patterns and sleep routines.
FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS AND PRE-CALCULUS 10
FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS AND PRE-CALCULUS 10
COURSE CODE: MFMP-10
FOUNDATION COURSE: MATHEMATICS 9
This option is designed to provide students with the Mathematical understanding and critical-thinking skills identified for post-secondary academic studies at colleges and universities. Topics include prime factorizations and applications, powers involving integral exponents, exponent laws, right triangle trigonometry, polynomials, and coordinate geometry with linear relations and functions, function notation, systems of linear equations, arithmetic sequences, and financial literacy. Option to purchase math workbook is available if students choose to write in it.
At the end of this course, students are prepared for either Foundations of Mathematics 11 OR Pre-Calculus 11.