Introduction to Sailing

    This page has been designed to give instructors an unit plan they can use for their physical education class.  Sailing is a great lifetime activity that will strike the interest of all your students.  This unit plan was not developed to make your students expert boaters but to introduce them to a sport they has my rewards.  Sailing is a great ending to an outdoor unit or class because of the unique opportunities that are offered to the students.  The students will learn about the safety that needs to take place while boating and the environmental concerns also.  Students will also learn how to tie different knots that are eccential when boating and the things they need to bring while going on a trip.  The students will then understand the basics of sailing.  This unit will include a variety of diffent subjects such as, geography, health and environmental concerns. They will be excited to learn about boating and most of all the end of the unit hands on boat trip.