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

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 compass ”red-to-red”. Because the compass sits smoothly on the wrist, it is very easy to orientate the map to reality. Then the instructor runs with the students in groups to all controls. At each control, the instructor repeats ”orientate the map” - ”red to red,” pointing out some objects and starts a dialogue about how the objects are drawn on the map.

Students show the instructor where the object is on the map and take a new direction to the next checkpoint and repeat the steps. Students should work together 2 or 3 in each group. Then, at their own speed, they run the same course, individually or in groups. The target is to find all the controls.

Challenge 1 och 2

Students at middle school and those at primary school with a bit more experience of orienteering can then run a more complex course, ”Challenge 1” or/and ”Challenge 2”.

Equal time

After school, during volunteer time, we put on a ”competition” in orienteering. The difficulty level is equivalent to ”Challenge 1-2” and the participants can walk, jog or run the course. The students perform the course at least twice. The time of the first lap the students have to ”dot” on the next lap. They are free to try as many times as they want. The student who comes closest to her/his first time i.e. ”equal time” is the winner of the competition.

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