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Welcome to the Inside Out Conference Navigation Games page! The workshop was presented by Barb Bryant (Navigation Games and Orienteering USA).
From here you will find resources to get you started on incorporating orienteering into your programs.
First, feel free to use the menu to look around this site for useful information. We also refer you to the Navigation Games website, and that of Orienteering USA and the International Orienteering Federation.
Key links:
Pre-order our new kit! (Teaching supplies for a progression of games to develop map navigation skills)
Send email to admin@navigationgames.org to arrange a meeting with us to talk about what you can do at your program
Our activities for today (including the map!)
Slide deck describing Navigation Games work in schools, with resources for you
Also:
The Sunita Williams orienteering map (example of site-specific map)
Printed and laminated materials (non-site-specific materials: animal clue sheets, geometric maps, etc.). Note: this is being updated - ask about our new animals (the set with the octopus).
The family fun night - bringing the family into orienteering!
A workshop for the entire school staff - an introductory video for all 100 staff members (not just teachers!) at the school who participated in a team-building orienteering workshop. Our goal was to raise awareness about orienteering and set the teachers with ideas for how to use the map of the school grounds in creative ways.
The Needham PE teacher applied for a grant from his town's educational foundation, for equipment, materials preparation, lesson planning and support from Navigation Games. Take a look at our application and feel free to emulate it to obtain grants for your orienteering unit. Having said that - orienteering can be super cheap! You can use materials that you already have; the most important thing for grades 3 and up is making a map.
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