Regular outdoor education teachers can use worksheets as:
Campsite operators & adventure providers can:
Emergency teachers can use footprints as a "get out of jail" teaching resource.
Teachers of other subjects (e.g. Health, Science, English) can use worksheets from footprints during their class time, also ahead of the camp/excursion, in order to better integrate the curriculum. (For example, "To build a fire" could be studied in English before a trip to the snow.) The table below shows the subject areas that particular worksheets may inform.
| subject area |
worksheets |
|---|---|
| art |
78, 90 |
| careers |
85 |
| english |
11, 12, 20, 21, 25, 30, 39, 60, 61, 62, 68, 69, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 86 |
| environmental science |
20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 78, 90 |
| first aid |
2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 |
| food |
46, 47, 48, 49 |
| geography |
20, 26, 42, 43, 44, 59, 69, 89 |
| health |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, |
| history |
20, 21, 22 |
| mathematics |
45, 87 |
| physical education |
4, 9 |
| psychology |
11, 30, 31 |
| science |
10, 11, 12, 20, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 59, 78, 87, 80 |
footprints is designed to be used to prepare students to participate in specific outdoor adventure activities. Major skills areas addressed are shown in the following table.
| skill area |
worksheets |
|---|---|
| surfing |
2, 7, 10-19, 37-41 |
| bushwalking |
2-5, 10-19, 42-61 |
| cross-country skiing |
2-5, 10-19, 62-68 |
| canoeing |
2, 6, 10-19, 8, 9, 69-73 |
| climbing |
2, 11, 74-77, 89 |
| snorkelling |
2, 6-10, 78, 79 |
| cycling |
2, 10-19, 80, 81 |
| outback travel |
2, 10-19, 82, 83 |
| caving |
2, 10-19, 84 |