Wilderness Survival Skills 101 - FLEX Class

**This class has NO LIVE MEETINGS! For the LIVE Wilderness Survival Skills class, click here: 
https://tinyurl.com/wildernessOutschool 

**Please note: This class presentation is NOT a video that students will sit and watch. Students will download the class presentation each week and read thru it at their own pace. The class presentation does include video links that will enhance their learning on the class topic.

Survival skills are essential, even if you will never be stuck in the wilderness! Learning how to cope in an emergency is essential; this class will teach you the basics of how to become a wilderness SURVIVOR! Students will learn these basic tools of survival, and more:

1. Survival Kit and Gear
2. First Aid Kit and Basic First Aid Techniques
3. Positive Mental Attitude
4. S.T.O.P! Stop, Think, Observe, Plan!
5. Finding and Building a Shelter
6. How to Build a Fire
7. Signaling for Help
8. Finding and Treating Water
9. Foraging for Food
10. Navigation 

At the end of the course, students will be directed to a free, online first-aid course, where students have the opportunity to become First Aid Certified.  Access to a free CPR course will also be included. 

Course logistics:
This course will follow a “flexible schedule” and has NO LIVE MEETINGS. This format works well since students live across many different time zones. This flexible schedule allows students to work at any time for the duration of the four week course. The teacher can always be reached via email and through the Outschool classroom. 

Every Monday, the class presentation will be uploaded to the classroom in .pdf format.  This class presentation is NOT a video that students will sit and watch. Students will download the class presentation each week and read thru it at their own pace. The class presentation does include video links that will enhance their learning on the class topic. Every Thursday, an assignment will be uploaded to coincide with that week's class presentation. Although students are not required to turn these in, they may share their assignments at the end of every week by uploading them using the Teacher tab. Feedback will be provided on all assignments that are turned in. There are three separate class assignments - - students will have one extra week to finish up their assignments and submit them, if they need extra time.

During the course, students will work to further develop their reading comprehension, vocabulary, and written expression skills.  This course also offers a weekly online discussion in our Outschool online classroom, which allows learners to interact with one another and the instructor. (The amount of interaction varies from class to class, depending on enrollment.) The forum is moderated by the instructor, and can be accessed by learners at any point throughout the course, allowing students from various time zones an opportunity to interact together. Students will be encouraged to participate and interact with the teacher and other students in the class - because of the flexible nature of the class, some Chat Discussions may last for several days, giving all time zones the opportunity to participate.