Adventure education can be defined in many ways. I believe Adventure Education is a direct, active, engaging learning experience that involves the whole person and has real consequences. What I get from this definition is that students are active, always engaged, as they learn from new experiences that can have real consequences like getting hurt. Another way to define it is promoting learning through adventure-focused experiences, such as outdoor sports, challenge courses and competitions. When teaching adventure education there are many skills and concepts that are applied throughout the lesson, but more importantly, you need to have a basic understanding of where adventure education comes from. Adventure sports and adventure education have grown in physical education classrooms across the nation. . It all began in the 1940s, when the natural environment was used for youth development programs. An example of this would be the Boy Scouts. They used orienteering, like using a map and compass, to get from point A to point B. A huge step forward in the history of wilderness sports and adventure education was Project Adventure. This program moved Adventure Education away from orienteering, reshaped it, and introduced ropes courses and challenge courses. It kept the environment involved but made it a little more physically demanding for the students. Project Adventure's mission is to expand adventure-based experiential programming, with the goal of developing responsible individuals, productive organizations, and sustainable communities. There are many skills and concepts consistent with adventure education. They range from improving students' fitness through unique outdoor sports to creating... middle of paper... district can't afford to have its own rock wall or ropes course, look for companies that bring your equipment. Also take a look around the surrounding towns and see if you can take a trip to the local ropes course. Bibliography 1) Prouty, Dick, Jane Panicucci and Rufus Collinson. Adventure education: Theory and application. Adventure Project, 2007. 3-225. Print.2) Indiana University School of Public Health, . “Bradford Woods.” Adventure education program and activities. 1-23. Press. .3) "Who we are". Adventure Project. Adventure and Web Project. October 2, 2013. .4) "Outdoor and Adventure Education Programs (OAEP)." Association for Experimental Education. Association for Experimental Education, nd Web. 2 October 2013. .