Instructor: Nate Krause
Central Washington University, Ellensburg
Email: krausen@cwu.edu
 

Class Introduction and Overview:
This class is designed to introduce boating to students. These activities will involve learning safety, knot tieing, team strategies and teamwork. The students will learn the basic skills needed for boating and will build on those skills.  We will be covering boating over a one and half week course.  Boating is a fun experience for the instructor and the students.
 

Equipment:
-life jackets
-rope
-maps
-cleats

Methods of Presentation:
-Lecture -Demonstration
-Peer evaluations
-Hands on experience

Student Learning Objectives:
-Students will have the basic knowledge of boating safety.
-Students will be ableto perforn at least two diffferent knots.
-Students will have a basic understanding of how a boat works.
-Students will be able to create their own course through the waters of the puget sound.

Attendance:
-Attendance is vital for this unit in order to learn about boating.

Assessment:
The grading in this unit will be determined by:
-Active Participation (50%)
-Test and Quizzes over skills and rules (15%)
-Attendance (15%)
-Project (20%)

Grading:
100%-90%= A
89%-80%= B
79%-70%= C
69%-60%= D
59%-0% = E