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Activity: Orbit Orienteering

Two teams play against each other. Each team identifies a series of orienteering markers that their opponents must visit in a relay. Teams start from a central point. The first team to have visited each of their markers and collected the specified information, wins the game.

Summary

  1. Children play in small teams. Two teams play against each other.
  2. Each team identifies a series of orienteering markers that their opponents must visit in a relay.
  3. The first team to have visited each of the markers in the series and collected the specified information from each marker, wins the game.

    Key Facts

  • OAA
  • Key Stage 2
  • Key Stage 3
  • Competitive Team Game
  • Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
  • Orienteering
  • Orienteering Control Markers Required
  • Orienteering Map Required
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