1. Orienteering Posters Formatted for Legal size paper (3 sheets per topic) Glued to 22” x 26” poster board

2. Overview of posters - NTOA Style Orienteering Basics After you’re done Before you run What to do at a Control Paperwork Contour Lines Map Reading How to Orient your map Front of Poster #1 Poster #4 or Back of Poster #1 Front of Poster #2 Poster # 3 or Back of Poster #2

3. ORIENTEERING BASICS Map & Compass skills Race against time “The Thinking Sport”

4. Follow a point-to-point course (connect the dots!)

5. STRATEGY Look for the easiest course ( Hint: it’s usually not a straight line ) Follow the “Handrails” –Roads, paths, powerlines, fences, streams Focus on course-following, rather than speed

6. What to do at a Control Controls are identified with an orange and white marker 1. Verify the control number Match with your clue sheet

7. 2. Punch in the proper space on your punch card

8. 3. Move away from the control 4. Check your map to figure your direction to the next control

9. Before you run... Registration Decisions WhiteYellow –Sign up for White or Yellow Courses Only These courses do not require knowledge of international orienteering symbols –Competition vs. Map Hike --- Which one??? Map Hike Un-timed. Take your time and smell the poison ivy Good for families and groups Competition Race against time Eligible for awards, based on age & gender

10. Map Table –Depending on the event, your course will be either: 1) Pre-drawn on your map »Receive it at the start 2) You will draw it on the map

11. –Competitors start at 1 or 2 minute intervals –Start number = Minutes after event begins Example: If your start number is 77 10:00 AM Official starting time for the event + 77 minutes (your start number) = 11:17 AM Your start time Start line Pick up a map & clue sheet (make sure you have the ones for your “color”) “Start” is identified by a triangle on your map

12. After you’re done... Finish Line –Turn in your punch card Even if you don’t finish!!! (We need to know you’re back safely) 3 hour time limit (May be less at some events) Scoring –Officials will check for correct punches Finish line identified with ribbon

13. Results Find your results about 1/2 hour after finishing Awards Given to the top 3 in each age / gender class

14. PAPERWORK PUNCH CARD Receive at Registration Punch the card at each control –Punch first control in box 1,second in box 2,etc. Turn it in at the finish line

15. MAP Receive it at the start (or map table, depending on the event)

16. CLUE SHEET Detailed description of the control locations Receive it at the start (or map table) Clues in English Clues in International Orienteering symbols Control # (may be numeric or alpha)

17. MAP READING North is at the top of map

19. GREEN = Vegetation Slow Walking! Darker green is denser brush BLUE = Water Go Around! StreamsLake/Pond WellMarsh BROWN = Land shape Earth bankContour lines

20. CONTOUR LINES Lines of EQUAL ELEVATION They describe the slope of the land Colored brown on orienteering maps

22. Lines far apart Lines close together Which way is up or down? –Water flows downhill Start at a lake or stream, and work up –Compare the map to your surroundings

23. How to ORIENT YOUR MAP This aligns your map with your surroundings 1. Hold map horizontal, with compass on map

24. 2. Compare: 3. Rotate your map until they line up Compass needle North on the map

25. Reality check: Look at your surroundings –Which way is uphill / downhill? –Which way is the forest / lake? –Where is the sun?