Orienteering in High School PE
Barbara Bryant and Liz McNerney
Navigation Games
Don Fish
Quantico Orienteering Club
https://tinyurl.com/orienteer-va
This workshop
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Navigation Games
School Curricula
High School
Our materials are available at https://tinyurl.com/orienteer-va
K-5 PE Units
Our materials are available at https://tinyurl.com/orienteer-va
Take-Home Message
You can teach orienteering:
Orienteering is a navigation sport.
Participants use a detailed map to locate checkpoints.
What is Orienteering?
Orienteering maps
O maps have a lot of detail on them - trails & roads, lakes, fields, and even individual boulders!
The Sport of Orienteering
Regular point-to-point orienteering
Score orienteering
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5
Start
Finish
Orienteering can be COMPETITIVE for those who love to
RUN FAST
Cambridge high school orienteering team
Orienteering is a fun game
Or a gentle hike with friends!
Why is orienteering great for kids?
Agility
Awareness
Speed
Endurance
Connection to Nature
Wellness
Teamwork
Goal-setting
Critical thinking
Map navigation
Route planning and execution
From: Ed Hicks
Recovering when you lose contact with the map
Navigation Games
Mission: Bring orienteering to all children and families
A 501(c)3 non-profit
Teaching orienteering skills through games
NAVIGATION GAMES @ Lincoln Sudbury
Practice course!
Orienteering course with electronic timing
Inclusion
2017 - with a peer leader on an outdoor course
2018 - by himself with TA guidance at controls
In each lesson:
High School Orienteering Teams
Orienteering Coach's Handbook (Cascade Orienteering Club)
Cambridge high school orienteering team - davidlandrigan@gmail.com
NJROTC Orienteering Training Manual (NJROTC Area Six Leadership Academy)
QOC Library (Quantico Orienteering Club - available for QOC members to check out for up to 3 months)
Orienteering Training (Orienteering USA)
Don Fish
President
Quantico Orienteering Club
https://www.qocweb.org/
QOC Initiatives with Schools
LYCEE ROCHAMBEAU (FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL)
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTEERING CLUB
Washington Latin Public Charter School
QOC staged a 2-day orienteering orientation/ice-breaking session for 5th and 6th graders from the school.
Public Events
www.qocweb.org/events
High school JROTC units regularly attend our events
Don Fish
President
Quantico Orienteering Club
https://www.qocweb.org/
Resources
https://tinyurl.com/orienteer-va
Orienteering USA Map Making Program
Connect with a map-maker
Grants
https://orienteeringusa.org/resources/ymp/
OUSA school maps in VA
https://tinyurl.com/orienteer-va
Orienteering USA Workshops
1) Basic Orienteering is a self-paced course for adult learners. Bonus: PE teachers can use it to find short videos that are appropriate for their classes which could be posted on a learning management system (Google Classroom) as a short homework assignment. Access is included with an OUSA membership.
2) Level 1 Coach takes Basic Orienteering to the next level - some additional self-paced training about orienteering as a lifetime sport, and then a series of workshops discussing coaching individuals or teams of orienteers. Feedback on assignments from coaching staff. Earn an Olympic Level 1 certification, and potentially PD hours (depending on your district's requirements for certification). Cost is $100 for OUSA members / $150 for non-members
Full menu is here: https://education.orienteeringusa.org/
Orienteering USA
Come Try Orienteering!
Quantico Orienteering Club
qocweb.org
Resources
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Navigation Games has benefited from an enormous amount of support and advice over the years, which influenced the design of these lessons. Cambridge Public School teachers Linda Fobes and Julia Bishop advised Navigation Games on lesson plan development and welcomed us into their classrooms. We are grateful to all the Navigation Games staff who contributed to our approach to teaching orienteering over the years. We also thank coaches and members of Orienteering USA, the New England Orienteering Club, and Cambridge Sports Union.
Navigation Games staff, including Barb Bryant and Ethan Childs wrote these lessons. They build on previous Navigation Games created for Cambridge Community Schools JK-5 after-school classes, JK-5 Physical Education classes in Cambridge Public Schools, and other clients. Cambridge Public School teachers Katelyn Greene and Thomas Materazzo provided the SHAPE America standards and feedback on the third grade lesson plans. Cambridge Public School teachers Linda Fobes and Julia Bishop advised Navigation Games on lesson plan development and welcomed us into their classrooms. Navigation Games teachers and staff who contributed to the lessons and approach include Melanie Sergiev, Adam Miller, Cristina Luis, Evalin Brautigam, Tanairi Sorrentini, Marie Berzinova, Tomáš Kamaryt, Keegan Harkavy, David Landrigan, Priya Landrigan, Brenda Hammerstrom, Juan de Oliveira, Pavla Zdrahalova de Oliveira, Juan Manuel Merida Sanchis, Violeta Feliciano, Eugenio Trevisio, Geoff Pingree, Anaka Landrigan, Jason Tong, Sarah Gregorio, Mike Porter, Anna Swan, and Anna Lenihan. In the summers, interns and high school students (most from the Cambridge, MA, Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program) taught Navigation Games classes at summer camps. Kristin Hall and Julia Bishop helped those students develop lesson plans for the summer programs. Our summer staff included Ethan Childs, Isak Prellner, Evalin Brautigam, Adam Miller, Melanie Sergiev, Maiken Sandberg, and Marina Carlson. Interns and students included Aidan O'Keefe, Chanpera Toeumhernandez, Colin Harmer, Connor Bresnahan, Ellen Jacobson, Emie Gerard, Ethan Hall, Ethan Rothenberg, Gabriel Nielsen-Nunez, Hersh Kanner, Jackson Codd, Jeffrey Chen, Julia Armand, Keegan Harkavy, Lincoln Craven-Brightman, Lucas Oliveira-Chace, Maggie Bayly, Nathaniel Saintfort, Peter Cannistaro, Peter Phan, Phineas DeSola, Sarah Hughes, Sam Peck, Shanti Söderström, Shayne Thorpe, Sophia Price, Theo Boehm, Vincent Chen, Walter Ditrani, Yasser Elfathy, Zoe McNerney, Jiaming Wang, Fadi Abu-Rubieh, Tatiyana Burns, Kidus Desalegn, James Smyth, and Tayla Kenney.
Erin Schirm (Orienteering USA coach) developed and shared with us orienteering lesson plans for middle school. The boundary run and game, as well as the gathering in response to a signal, were based on his first lesson plan. Erin’s approach of using games and emphasizing communication has been an inspiration. Andrea Schneider of Orienteering USA and David Yee of Navigation Games observed and reported to us the use of Animal Orienteering at a European orienteering event.
Acknowledgements
Navigation Games has benefited from an enormous amount of support and advice over the years, which influenced the design of these lessons. Cambridge Public School teachers Linda Fobes and Julia Bishop advised Navigation Games on lesson plan development and welcomed us into their classrooms. We are grateful to all the Navigation Games staff who contributed to our approach to teaching orienteering over the years. We also thank coaches and members of Orienteering USA, the New England Orienteering Club, and Cambridge Sports Union.
Navigation Games staff, including Barb Bryant and Ethan Childs wrote these lessons. They build on previous Navigation Games created for Cambridge Community Schools JK-5 after-school classes, JK-5 Physical Education classes in Cambridge Public Schools, and other clients. Cambridge Public School teachers Katelyn Greene and Thomas Materazzo provided the SHAPE America standards and feedback on the third grade lesson plans. Cambridge Public School teachers Linda Fobes and Julia Bishop advised Navigation Games on lesson plan development and welcomed us into their classrooms. Navigation Games teachers and staff who contributed to the lessons and approach include Melanie Sergiev, Adam Miller, Cristina Luis, Evalin Brautigam, Tanairi Sorrentini, Marie Berzinova, Tomáš Kamaryt, Keegan Harkavy, David Landrigan, Priya Landrigan, Brenda Hammerstrom, Juan de Oliveira, Pavla Zdrahalova de Oliveira, Juan Manuel Merida Sanchis, Violeta Feliciano, Eugenio Trevisio, Geoff Pingree, Anaka Landrigan, Jason Tong, Sarah Gregorio, Mike Porter, Anna Swan, and Anna Lenihan. In the summers, interns and high school students (most from the Cambridge, MA, Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program) taught Navigation Games classes at summer camps. Kristin Hall and Julia Bishop helped those students develop lesson plans for the summer programs. Our summer staff included Ethan Childs, Isak Prellner, Evalin Brautigam, Adam Miller, Melanie Sergiev, Maiken Sandberg, and Marina Carlson. Interns and students included Aidan O'Keefe, Chanpera Toeumhernandez, Colin Harmer, Connor Bresnahan, Ellen Jacobson, Emie Gerard, Ethan Hall, Ethan Rothenberg, Gabriel Nielsen-Nunez, Hersh Kanner, Jackson Codd, Jeffrey Chen, Julia Armand, Keegan Harkavy, Lincoln Craven-Brightman, Lucas Oliveira-Chace, Maggie Bayly, Nathaniel Saintfort, Peter Cannistaro, Peter Phan, Phineas DeSola, Sarah Hughes, Sam Peck, Shanti Söderström, Shayne Thorpe, Sophia Price, Theo Boehm, Vincent Chen, Walter Ditrani, Yasser Elfathy, Zoe McNerney, Jiaming Wang, Fadi Abu-Rubieh, Tatiyana Burns, Kidus Desalegn, James Smyth, and Tayla Kenney.
Erin Schirm (Orienteering USA coach) developed and shared with us orienteering lesson plans for middle school. The boundary run and game, as well as the gathering in response to a signal, were based on his first lesson plan. Erin’s approach of using games and emphasizing communication has been an inspiration. Andrea Schneider of Orienteering USA and David Yee of Navigation Games observed and reported to us the use of Animal Orienteering at a European orienteering event.
Amanda Klein - PE & Wellness Teacher, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Ethan Childs, Program Director, Navigation Games
Let’s Try It!
Demonstration Activities
Classic orienteering
Poison Score-O
Dog Ate
My Map
Thank you!
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