Orienteering races

Good morning fifth graders here you have an introduction about orienteering races. You can complete the information in the sixth grade post, enjoy it!

Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points.Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering.

What are the basic orienteering skills?

Basic Orienteering Skills

•         Folding the map.
•         Thumbing the map.
•         Orientating the map to north (with ground or compass)
•         Reading features on the map.
•         Taking a compass bearing.
•          Following a compass bearing.
•          Pacing.
•          Judging Distance.

How do you read a compass?

How does a compass work?

Essentially a compass is a light weight magnet, generally a magnetized needle, on a free rotating pivot. This allows the needle to better react to nearby magnetic fields. Since opposites attract the southern pole of the needle is attracted to the Earth's natural magnetic north pole.

What are the 8 compass points?

8-wind compass rose

The four cardinal directions are north (N), east (E), south (S), west (W), at 90° angles on the compass rose. The four intercardinal (or ordinal) directions are formed by bisecting the angle of the cardinal directions: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW) and northwest (NW).

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