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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 24: Assessment Year 6

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 24: Assessment Year 6

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Chapter 24: Assessment Year 6  ASSESSMENT of the student’s knowledge is always a hard nut to crack for most of teachers. It’s ”knowledge of map” that should be assessed mainly, not how fast the studen...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 23: Exercise: ONE MAN RELAY

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 23: Exercise: ONE MAN RELAY

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Chapter 23: Exercise - ONE MAN RELAY  One man relay RELAY WITH YOURSELF! The students carry out this exercise on their own or in pairs. Have a mass start or wave start every half-minute on all four co...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 22: EXERCISES Poker-O & FOX

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 22: EXERCISES Poker-O & FOX

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Chapter 22: EXERCISES: POKER-O & FOX  EXERCISE: POKER-OTHE EXERCISE IS BASED on a predefined period of time in which the student obtains the best poker hand as possible. The students start with five c...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 21: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Star-O outdoor, three controls

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 21: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Star-O outdoor, three controls

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Chapter 21: EXERCISES ”ORIENTATE THE MAP” - Star-O, three controls  Orientate the map (Star-O, Courses A-E) THIS IS A VERY GOOD activity both to develop the technique of orientating the map and to dev...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 20: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Photo orienteering

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 20: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Photo orienteering

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Chapter 20: EXERCISES ”ORIENTATE THE MAP” - PHOTO Orienteering THE TEACHER TRIES to find both visible as less visible objects in the school yard. A lone tree or a detail of a tree, part of a house, a ...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 19: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Star-O Outdoor, one control

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 19: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Star-O Outdoor, one control

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Chapter 19: EXERCISES ”ORIENTATE THE MAP”  Orientate the map (Star-O, control 1-6) THIS IS A PERFECT activity both for developing the technique to orientate the map and to develop the students’ fitnes...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 18: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Line-O Outdoor

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 18: EXERCISES “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Line-O Outdoor

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Chapter 18: EXERCISES ”ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Line-O Outdoor  Orientate the map (Line-O, outdoor 1) THE TEACHER FOLLOWS the dashed line and makes a stop at distinct objects/places. Students have a blank ...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 16: EXERCISES ”ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Indoor multi-gym

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 16: EXERCISES ”ORIENTATE THE MAP”, Indoor multi-gym

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Chapter 16: EXERCISES ”ORIENTATE THE MAP” Orientate the map in the multi-gymBY DRAWING a map of the multi-gym you can train in map understanding and ”map orientation” in both an effective and a fun wa...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 15: ORIENTATE THE MAP!

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 15: ORIENTATE THE MAP!

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Chapter 15: ORIENTATE THE MAP  THE BASIS of all orienteering is that the map is orientated to reality. The boulder to the right in the terrain should also be to the right on the map. Therefore, the ”r...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 14: RED TO RED!

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 14: RED TO RED!

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Chapter 14: RED to RED!  “RED TO RED”, “ORIENTATE THE MAP”, “thumb your map” are some terms that occur repeatedly for beginners and elite orienteers alike. Applying these principles is vital for inter...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 13: STEPS OF DEVELOPMENT

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 13: STEPS OF DEVELOPMENT

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Chapter 13: STEPS OF DEVELOPMENT  ORIENTEERING’S steps of development are adapted to the school’s goals according to Lgr11* and Gy11*, and the curriculum in physical education. It gives concrete examp...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 12: LEARNING ORIENTEERING

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 12: LEARNING ORIENTEERING

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Chapter 12: LEARNING ORIENTEERING  ”STEPS OF DEVELOPMENT” is a pedagogical description of how to learn orienteering in a clear sequential way. The basic elements come first followed by increasing diff...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 10: THE MAP’S COLOURS and SYMBOLS

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 10: THE MAP’S COLOURS and SYMBOLS

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Chapter 10: THE MAP’S COLOURS and SYMBOLS  THE LANGUAGE OF THE MAP is international. In the global orienteering world it is important to understand how a map is drawn. The International Orienteering F...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 9: We are approaching the Earth!

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 9: We are approaching the Earth!

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Chapter 9: We are approaching the earth!  THE SPACECRAFT is approaching the Earth and from above, we can see the ”small ball” getting bigger and bigger. We can identify Europe, Greenland, North Africa...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 8: WHAT IS A MAP?

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 8: WHAT IS A MAP?

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Chapter 8: WHAT IS A MAP?  GOOGLE EARTH has opened up a whole new world of amazing experiences of how the Earth’s different parts look like. Google Earth is a graphical 3D application whose purpose is...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 7: The project ”Skol-sprinten”

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 7: The project ”Skol-sprinten”

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Chapter 7: THE PROJECT "SKOL-SPRINTEN"  Intro We begin, depending on the weather, either in the gym or outdoors to explain the map colours, the map’s symbols and how to orientate the map using the com...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 6: COOL, AWESOME AND EDUCATIONAL!

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 6: COOL, AWESOME AND EDUCATIONAL!

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Chapter 6: COOL, AWESOME and EDUCATIONAL! FULL SPEED to the first check point. The flash from the tag confirms the punch. Orientating the map using red to red - compass red needle points at the  red e...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 5: ORIENTEERING IS EASY!

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 5: ORIENTEERING IS EASY!

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Chapter 5: ORIENTEERING IS EASY!  ORIENTEERING AT SCHOOL is easy to implement if you are well prepared. Our experience is that the knowledge of how to teach orienteering at school is very diverse and ...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 4: GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12, Chapter 4: GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

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Chapter 4: Guinness World Record  Guinness World Record, May 11th 2016THE COLLABORATION between schools and orienteering clubs and with WOC 2016 as the ”engine”, Skol-Sprinten may become the most impo...
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Orienteering at school for ages 6-12: CONTENTS

Orienteering at school for ages 6-12: CONTENTS

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COOL, AWESOME and EDUCATIONAL ! Part1 (by Göran Andersson )  CONTENTS Chapter 4: Guinness World Record Chapter 5: Orienteering is easy! Chapter 6: Cool, awesome and educational! Chapter 7: The project...
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