2. What is orienteering?
It’s an outdoor activity where the participants navigate
from one point to another point to find the features (the
sites) indicated on the map
It’s a competitive sport that originated as a military exercise in Scandinavia in the early 1900’s.
It’s a motivating recreational activity which
promotes environmental awareness,
develops critical thinking skills
increases physical fitness
4. (Secondary School – Ripa Teatina)
Orienteering is a good way to teach students map skills
and can be integrated with units on geography, maths and science.
5. use a compass,
goniometers, rulers and
squares
follow a map to a
specific location
follow written
directions to a specific
location
“read” a map and
interpretate its simbols
and function
6. The MAP is a very detailed
representation of a section of a
town/park/woods (it depends on
where the competition is taking
place). Students must read map
symbols (fountains, walls, parks,
streams, trails, hills, depressions,
rocks, etc. ).
Each element is mapped in great
detail and very accurately located.
7. At the START
each group of
students is
given a map
and assigned a
start time.
They can’t
look at the
map until their
time is called.
When their
time is
announced
they do the
following
steps:
Turn the map over
Look for the start triangle
Orient the map to their direction of
travel using a compass
Figure out how they're going to get
from the start triangle to control #1
then…
8. But, the real fun and
challenge of orienteering
is in
the route choice.
“Do I take the long way
around on a main street or do I
cut straight through the park
directly to the control?
Do I go up and over that huge
hill or go around it?...”
The choices are endless!
The aim is to navigate in sequence between control
points, marked out on the orienteering map, in the
quickest possible time.
Students can plan to walk around the course but many
choose to jog or run.
9. Anyway… the goal of
orienteering is to complete a
course in point-to-point order.
15. Project: HEALTHY LIFE FOR A HEALTHY WORLD
Section: HEALTHY BODY
Schools: SECONDARY SCHOOL (classes IIA and IIB)
– Ripa Teatina – Italy
SECONDARY SCHOOL (class IIA)
– Torrevecchia Teatina– Italy
Teachers involved: Giancaterino A. Marrone S. Cotumaccio M.A.
Environmental experts: IL GRANDE FAGGIO – Pretoro – Italy
Thanks to our environmental experts Fabrizio and Luca for helping us
to choose the best possible way!
