ORIENTEERING

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A family of sports that requires skills to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unknown terrain

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A Competitive sport that combines running with navigation

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A Cross country race where you have to navigate to a series of points (controls) shown on a specialized topo map, choosing routes that will help you to find all the controls and get to the finish.

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Began in Scandinavia around 1900 › Exercises in land navigation for the

Scandinavian military

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Gradually spread throughout the world

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Now practiced on six continents › World championships held every year › Olympic sport, candidate for inclusion in

Summer and Winter Olympic games › Millions of competitors each year

THE MAP (basic)  A COMPASS (not necessary)  A CLUE-SHEET (that shows the controls)  THE PUNCH CARD (score cards)  PHYSICAL AND MIND SKILLS 

DIRECTION NORTH START

LEGEND

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MOTORWAAY PAVED ROAD: MED, SMALL MAYOR PATH PATH, MINOR PATH BUILDING, RUIN FENCE, RUINED FENCE POWER LINE CLIFF UNCROSSABLE CLIFF CROSSABLE MARCH POND, WATER SOURCE MARSH: CROSSABLE HU BOULDER SMALL, LARGE BOULDER GROUP, FIELD FORM LINE, KNOLL DEPRESSION CONTOUR, INDEX CONTOUR TREES

OPEN TREES ROUGH OPEN OPEN FOREST, SLOW VEGETATION DIFFICULT VEGETATION

Orange and white “Control”  Clue-sheet (words or symbols) tells you exactly where the control is and the control number  Number on the control confirms you are at the right one  Use the punch on the punch card to prove you visited the control 

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Start is at the center of the triangle Controls are located at the center of the circle Complete controls in order Finish is at the center of the double circle

Tells you exactly where the control is inside ď‚ž Two versions with the same information: ď‚ž

PUNCHES

RED plastic clippers for making score cards at control stations

1)Choose two points on the map ď‚ž 2)Put the long side of the compass on the map between the starting point and destination with the directional arrow pointing in the direction we want. ď‚ž

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3) Turn the housing until its orienting lines are parallel with the N-S meridians of the map and the orienting arrow of the housing towards the north of the map.

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4) Keep the compass horizontal in your hand. Turn until the red needle point towards the orienting arrow of the housing. The directional arrow will point the direction you must go.

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DIRECTIONAL ARROW: Flecha de dirección ORIENTING ARROW: Flecha norte ORIENTING LINES: líneas de N-S NEEDLE: aguja HOUSING: limbo FLAG BANNER OR FLAG: baliza CLUE-SHEET COMPASS PUNCH CARD

Which equipment item is optional (not required) in orienteering?  How are the controls marked?  What skills are required for orienteering?  Where and when did the sport begin?  How do you prove which controls you have visited? 

ORIENTEERING FOR BEGINNERS 4º ESO: ANSWER the following questions after watching it.  What electronic device records your time?  What four equipment items are used?  What symbol marks the start?  How do you know you are at the correct control?  What symbol represents the finish?

IES VILLAJUNCO