Lesson Ideas for Orienteering
Below are a list of ideas and lesson plans for orienteering. They are presented in a suggested order of progression, but this can be changed depending on the age, stage and ability of your learners.
Basic skills – A list of the most important skills to be practiced in orienteering
Table Top Maps – A starter lesson introducing maps and map reading to pupils. The could then be extended to objects in a court outside or a larger space outside.
Treasure Island – An activity to start thinking about maps on a bigger scale
Map games and Map Symbols Resource
Cone Grids and Cones Grids Resource
Some additional useful resourcses:
