Star orienteering
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can work in a pair and race to complete a star orienteering course.
Key learning points
- Move: altering your pace of running, will allow you to complete a route as a team.
- Think: thumbing the map and noticing key features along the route allows you to track your progress.
- Feel: being able to orientate and navigate using a map requires confidence.
- Connect: retracing your steps when you get it wrong requires resilience .
Keywords
Thumbing a map - the technique of keeping your thumb on the map to track your progress as you move through a course
Reflect - carefully considering how something went to include the result and what lessons can be taken from it
Resilience - staying strong and positive and not giving up when faced with challenges
Common misconception
Requirement to keep checking location to ensure on track. Regular stopping and time wasting as a result of re-orientating the map.
Thumbing the map means tracing your route as you move along the map to represent where you are on the map at any given time.
Teacher tip
In learning cycle 2, you can either use your own school orienteering set up or you can use the AdMat to create your own star route.
Equipment
worksheet printed per pair, worksheet answers printed ready, pencil per pair, 16 cones numbered underneath with 4 x 1's, 4 x 2's, 4 x 3's and 4 x 4's, football pitch, school map or AdMat per pair.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - outdoor learning
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is important about our running speed to enable us to keep going over long distances?
Q2.To ensure we stay on course, what must magnetic north on our compass line up with on our map?
Q3.What must we do to resolve disagreements with team mates?
Q4.What trait do we need to keep trying when we are finding it hard to navigate to a control point?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.How would someone with good resilience behave?
Q2.What is the technique called when we trace our route on the map to ensure we always know where we are?
Q3.What important personal skill develops the more we practice navigating using a map and compass?
Q4.What must we do to ensure we can continually improve our performance in orienteering?
To help you plan your 8 physical education lesson on: Star orienteering, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 8 physical education lesson on: Star orienteering, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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