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Activity: Score Orienteering

Teams try to score as many points as possible in a given time by selecting and visiting control points, each of which has been allocated a score.

Summary

  • Control points are allocated different scores according to their distance from the starting point.
  • Each time a team member visits a control point and records specified information from the control marker, they gain the points score allocated to that control point for their team.
  • The team that has scored most points at the end of the game are the winners.

    Key Facts

  • OAA
  • Key Stage 2
  • Key Stage 3
  • Key Stage 4
  • Orienteering
  • Activity Sheet Download Required
  • Orienteering Control Markers Required
  • Orienteering Map Required
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