Movement Skills  : Gone Fishing  
Approach: Station
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Resources: None
  % responses
y4
y8

Questions / instructions:
1. Imagine that you are going fishing in this boat for a day with some friends. Write a list of the things you would pack into the boat - things that would help make it a safe boating trip.

boat
life jackets
87
94
clothing / blankets
35
44
sun protection
5
9
motor / oars / etc.
32
32
first aid kit
10
32
cellphone or radio
11
31
emergency equipment (whistle, flares, bailer, rope)
32
55
suitable drinks
30
44
food
61
76
2. Draw a ring around one thing that you think is the most important.
life jackets
74
77

3. Why do you think that is the most important thing?

 

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Commentary:
It is worrying that about 25 percent of the students did not make lifejackets their highest prority, and that very few thought about sun protection.

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