| Objective |
This is a long distance event which at
least four of the team members must finish. Teams using five members
earn five bonus points. |
| Purpose |
To develop map reading and navigation
skills. |
| Participants |
Teams of up to five.. |
| Materials |
Each team will provide its own compass. |
| Rules |
Each team will be given a set of instructions and a compass.
Follow the instructions to complete the course as quickly as possible.
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| Judging |
- Fastest team (time of the last members is recorded) earns
100 points. Other teams are penalized one point for each minute
less than the winning time.
- Variation: at each checkpoint there can be a scientific task
to carry out. OR
- After the course is completed each team should answer a series
of questions designed to test their powers of observation on
the course.
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| Source |
Youth Science Foundation Science Olympics
Manual. |
