Orienteering: the outdoor activity

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• 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
• 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
• A quiz that marks itself as you go
• Your progress kept across every subject you take

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1. Orienteering: the outdoor activity
2. Map symbols
3. Relating symbols to the ground
4. Scale and distance
5. Contours and landform
6. Setting the map and north
7. Handrails and features
8. Planning a route
9. Control points and the course
10. Drawing a school orienteering map
11. Planning and executing within time
12. Life skills, conservation and feedback