Map Skills Sub Plan (No Prep): Compass Bearings Orienteering, Grades 5-8

Today your students run an orienteering course in a made-up park. Each leg gives a bearing in degrees and a distance in meters. Students find the bearing on a 16-point compass rose, measure the distance with the bar scale, and land on a control flag. Eight flags later, their letters spell a word.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a suggested 30-point grading guide
• 6 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no atlas, no scissors. A ruler is needed (or a scrap of paper).

Answer key included

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