Get Outside!

Competitive Orienteering

Class Description:

Students will spend about 45 minutes in the classroom. Compass skills will be reviewed/learned. Topographical map reading will be introduced. Then the students will be shown how to use the map and compass together. The class will then travel to the start of a competitive orienteering course. After safety instructions are given, students will apply their newly acquired skills to locate off-trail control points.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the Competitive Orienteering class, students will be able to:

  • Orient a topographical map using a compass or land formations.
  • Take a bearing from a map.
  • Interpret the terrain on a topographical map between two points and determine the best path of travel.
  • Travel to control points and return to the starting point at the end of class.
  • Relate a natural history highlight experienced while off-trail.

Minnesota Graduation Standards

Wolf Ridge has aligned the Center's entire curriculum to Minnesota Department of Education Academic Standards. As the primary student audience at Wolf Ridge is from 4th-12th grade, the matrices address these grade levels. Teachers may request that their students focus upon a specific benchmark while attending Wolf Ridge. The Wolf Ridge Curriculum Standards Matrix addresses benchmarks in

  • Science
  • Math
  • History and Social Science
  • Language Arts
  • Arts

Wolf Ridge Curriculum Concepts

  • Problem solving, decision making and risk assessment are skills which empower us to reach goals.
  • A positive attitude improves situations.
  • We all have potential for physical activity and can improve our skills with patience and practice
  • Outdoor experiences and behaviors help develop an outdoor ethic.
  • See entire Wolf Ridge Curriculum Framework

 

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Time
3 hours total
2 hours outdoors

Audience
4th grade - adult

Activity level
strenuous

Travel
1-1/4 miles

Total uphill travel
320 feet