Orienteering Curriculum for Schools
  • Teaching Orienteering
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      • 1 - Explore
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      • 5 - Map Symbols
      • 6 - Orienteering Courses
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    • Animal Orienteering
    • Animal Relay
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    • Gathering on a Signal
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    • Find the Cone
    • Group Memory
    • Pattern Orienteering
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4 - Picture the Space

Using a drawing to find your way

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"Today we will orienteer using a picture map."

Activities

Lesson

  • Use an isometric (picture) map to navigate a course.

  • Pairs self-check the code (animal) at each checkpoint.

  • Complete the activity without teacher prompting. (S3.E2.3)

  • Cooperate and learn with others. (S4.E4, S4.E3)

  • Work independently & safely. (S4.E6)

  • Describe positive social interactions from PE activities. (S5.E4)

  1. Explore within the boundary to find checkpoints or Animal-O

  2. Learn about the picture map from the teacher. Tell the teacher how to orient it. Describe, and run to and from, landmarks the teacher points out on the map. Explore to find an animal checkpoint and show where it is on the map.

  3. Pair up; take a picture map and a matching animal clue sheet.

  4. Follow the course shown on the map. Your partner checks you are at the right checkpoints, using the animal clue sheet.

  5. Take on a harder challenge: do the course faster, from memory, in reverse order, and/or by yourself.

  6. Do a different course by yourself.

  7. Help another student who is having trouble.

  • What is unusual about a picture map? How was it helpful in locating checkpoints? How might a different kind of map have been more helpful?

  • What landmarks did you use?

  • How did you work with your partner?

  • How did using the picture map help you make a mental map of the space?

  • (See challenges in the delivery section.)

  • Pair students and have each instruct the other to find the checkpoint nearest a particular landmark.

  • Ask students to name the checkpoint near specific landmarks from memory.

Time and Space

30-60 minutes

Gym, schoolyard or local park

Materials and Set-Up

Checkpoints, large scale map, clue sheets, course and master maps

Place checkpoints according to the master map

Vocabulary

Picture map, orient the map, course

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Boundary Run

Run the boundary; discuss inside/outside

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Explore and Find

In pairs, explore within the boundary to find checkpoints

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Picture Map

Learn about the map.

Do courses on the map.