Camping

Camping

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  CAMPING Physical Education
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  INTRODUCTION: CHARACTERISTICS OF THENATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN SPAIN.  Spain is a country with a wide variety of natural regions that have more than 8000 different vegetal species. This is because we have a heterogeneous relief with big plateaus and big mountain chains. We have as well different types of climate, mainly, Oceanic, Continental and Mediterranean climate. In general, where there is a warm and wet climate, there are deciduous trees (chestnuts, beeches, birches…) If the changes in temperature are important from winter to summer, we find ever-green trees (pines, holm oaks, cork oaks…) In drier zones with high temperatures, vegetation adapts to the lack of water ( bushes, rockroses…)
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  RESPECT FOR NATURE We must protect nature (forests, animals, rivers..). Nowadays different laws exist.  But to protect nature is not only a government business, every one of us must avoid any damage to the environment.
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  ACTIVITIES IN THENATURAL ENVIRONMENT  There are lots of activities: some have existed for a long time ago (hiking, camping, popular games, riding a horse…) and some others have appeared recently (rafting, hang gliding, paragliding..)  Know the characteristics of the natural environment.  Learn how to respect and conserve nature.  Discover the pleasure of being in contact with nature.  Improve your physical condition.  Learn how to behave in a safer way.  Learn how to work in group with your classmates.
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  CAMPING  Camping isan activity carried out next to trees in the open air. The activity involves spending one or more nights in a tent to enjoy nature.
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  CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIDEAL PLACE TO PUT THE TENT UP  It must be a place with lots of trees.  There must be drinking water.  It must be dry and a bit high.  It mustn’t be crowded.  There must be a village nearby in case we need to buy something.
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  YOU MUSTN’T CAMPIN:  Meadows, fields...  Paths.  Watercourses.  Places where there are bird nests.  Places where we can disturb people’s lives.  Private farms  Places where camping is forbidden.
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  HOW TO PUTA TENT UP.  Clean the place: remove stones, thistles…or any object that can break the tent.  Spread the tent out, hammering the 4 corners into the ground.  Hammer the rest of the stakes.  The door must be against the wind. In this way, the tent doesn’t blow up.  Enter the tent and put the poles.  Join the horizontal pole with the upright ones.  When the tent is without creases, put the rainfly creating an air layer to insulate us from the outer temperature. This space can be used to keep some material.
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  GENERAL ADVICE WHENGOING CAMPING:  Keep clean the place where you’ve camped.  Never bury rubbish. Animals can smell it.  Don’t throw glass bottles, they can cause accidents and even a fire.  Don’t do any drain system around the tent.  Don’t make a fire without respecting law.  Don’t pollute rivers throwing rubbish or using washing powder.  ALWAYS respect wildlife and plants.
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  ENJOYTHENATURE Physical Education