Plantilla:LI/Enseñanza Eficaz de Nudos
Amarrar nudos es una parte importante de los Conquistadores con complementos vinculados a Logros para la Investidura y muchas otras especialidades como las diversas especialidades del Arte de Acampar, Escalada en Roca, Pionerismo y otras.
- Los Amigos necesitan saber cómo amarrar 10 nudos y saber sus usos prácticos
- Los Compañeros necesitan saber cómo amarrar 20 nudos y saber sus usos prácticos
- Los Exploradores tienen que ganar la especialidad de Nudos
- Los Guías, bajo la dirección de un miembro adulto del personal, tienen que enseñar la especialidad de Nudos
- Los Guías Mayores tienen que ganar or tener la especialidad de Nudos
Una forma efectiva de enseñar los nudos es tener el personal y los Conquistadores mayores (los que ya tienen la especialidad de Nudos) cada uno enseñar un solo nudo en una estación. Los Conquistadores que están aprendiendo los nudos rotan a través de las estaciones. Después de un tiempo establecido, suene una campanita para indicar que es el momento de rotar y no permite que los Conquistadores roten hasta que suene la campanita (sino todos se acercarán a la misma mesa).
Using this approach, each of the teachers need only learn a single knot well enough to teach it, and the students will have a chance to receive one-on-one instruction for every knot. Allow at least seven or eight minutes per station. You can do this over more than one meeting if necessary, and you can involve the entire club at once rather than only a single unit.
Prior to the meeting, the rope should be cut to the proper length. Cutting rope during a meeting is a waste of valuable teaching time. To prevent the cut rope from unravelling, wrap a small piece of duct tape around it before you make the cut - then cut the tape in half. This will save time, as it binds both ends of the cut in one shot.
The length of each rope should be suited to the knot it will be used for. Note that a figure eight knot does not require as much rope as a timber hitch, and that it is impossible to tie a knot on a rope that it too short to hold it. Conversely, using too much rope for small knots is a waste of good rope (and money!). Remember that the amount of rope wasted on each knot will be multiplied by the number of students.
A good way to determine proper rope length is to tie the desired knot using a long piece of rope, cut it, and then untie it. That's how long it needs to be. Cut as many of that length as you will have students, put them in a plastic baggie, and label the bag. You may have the knot instructors cut their own ropes, or you may have a squad of TLT's do this. Or you could do it yourself (but that would be depriving your TLT's and/or instructors of a valuable experience).
Two knot tying stations can easily share an eight foot table and a hot-melt glue gun - assuming the students will be mounting the knots on a board as they tie them. If you are organized and have the space, you can store their knot boards from year to year and let them add to it each year. By the time they are in the Ranger class, they will appreciate not having to tie 25 knots all at once.
A good knot board can be made from a length of lumber - 24"x12"x3/4" makes a good sized board if you are using quarter-inch diameter rope. A stick can be fastened along the edge of the board to make a convenient place to tie the hitches.
For a professional-looking knot board, prepare labels for the knots using a label maker. Again, this is something that should be done prior to the meeting, as making labels and distributing them is not an effective use of instruction time. You should also make labels with each student's name (or have students label their boards neatly) so that they will be able to find their knot boards in the future and to prevent disputes over knot board ownership.
