Orienteering Curriculum for Schools
  • Teaching Orienteering
    • Acknowledgements
  • Progressions
    • Level 1
      • 1 - Copy of Level 2 Explore
      • 2 - Copy of Level 2 Explore
      • 3 - Copy of Level 2 Explore
      • 4 - Copy of Level 2 Explore
      • 5 - Copy of Level 2 Explore
      • 6 - Copy of Level 2 Explore
    • Level 2
      • 1 - Explore
      • 2 - Clue Sheets
      • 3 - Patterns
      • 4 - Picture the Space
      • 5 - Map Symbols
      • 6 - Orienteering Courses
      • A - Indoor Orienteering
  • Activities
    • Template for use in creating new activity page
    • Animal Orienteering
    • Animal Relay
    • Basketball Court Orienteering
    • Boundary Run
    • Explore and Find
    • Gathering on a Signal
    • Fix the Map
    • Find the Cone
    • Group Memory
    • Pattern Orienteering
  • Materials
  • Resources
    • OUSA Orienteering Development Model
    • SHAPE America Standards
    • STEM Standards
    • Vocabulary
  • School-Specific Materials
    • Brookline Public Schools
      • Tailored Lesson Plans
        • Explore
        • Copy of 2 - Clue Sheets
        • Copy of 3 - Patterns
        • Copy of 4 - Picture the Space
        • Copy of 5 - Map Symbols
        • Copy of 6 - Orienteering Courses
        • Copy of A - Indoor Orienteering
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Use a simple map to do progressively harder courses

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  • Activities
  • Lesson

“We use a map to find things. We orient the map with landmarks”

Time and Space

30-60 minutes

Gym, schoolyard or local park

Materials and Set-Up

Checkpoints, landmark cones, clue sheets, pattern maps, answer keys

Set up checkpoints and landmark cones for Pattern-O

Vocabulary

Map, mental map, orient the map, landmark.

Spatial relationship words: next to, closest, furthest, between, etc.

Activities

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Animal Orienteering

On your own, find the animals in order, using a clue sheet

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Find the Cone

Stand by the circled cone with your map oriented

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Pattern-O

In pairs, progress through increasingly difficult courses

Lesson

  • Demonstrate mastery of orienteering with a clue sheet.

  • Understand spatial relationship vocabulary.

  • Orient a map using landmarks at corners of space.

  • Relate a map checkpoint to actual checkpoint in terrain.

  • Navigate a course shown on a map.

  • Build a mental map of the checkpoints’ layout.

  • Respect others’ personal space. (S2.E1)

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

  1. Warm up individually with Animal-O using the checkpoints in the geometric layout.

  2. Answer: “Which cone is closest to the red landmark?” etc.

  3. Tell the teacher how to orient the demonstration map.

  4. Pair up; receive Level 1 map; stand by the circled checkpoint.

  5. Orienteer until all pairs have had success at Levels 3 and 5. Visit the checkpoints in order starting with the triangle and ending with the double circle.

  6. Navigate full courses (5+ checkpoints).

    1. Repeat for speed.

    2. Repeat from memory.

    3. Help other students who need assistance.

  • What was challenging about matching up the animals?

  • What was easy?

  • What sort of mistakes did you make?

  • How did you solve problems?

  • Discuss the mental map you built.

  • How did you interact with others? (S5.E4)

  • Adjust the number of levels based on students’ abilities.

  • Substitute Group Memory for Animal-O activity.

  • Add the Fix the Map activity.

  • Remove colored cones from the corners.

  • Have students draw their own map of the space.

  • Have students design their own course on a map.