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Monday Apr 30, 2007 #
Bicycling 24:00 [1]
school to dentist to work to school
Sunday Apr 29, 2007 #
Orienteering race 3:48:00 [3] 14.3 km (15:57 / km)
green and blue courses at Long Pond East (West Point meet).
Note
Isabel was really sick Saturday, and had kept nothing down for a couple of days by the time she went out on the white course Sunday. So she was pretty weak and had to sit down a couple of times, but she made it through the course OK.
I was proud of David for hanging in there on his first competitive yellow course - at West Point, no less. It was, needless to say, harder than your typical yellow. He had to do some serious relocating a few times. He got all but one control Saturday and all on Sunday. I told him before going out Sunday to slow down whenever he saw someone else, to "monkey bar" between features, and to orient his map at controls... He's easily cowed by how well the other kids do, so I hope he doesn't completely give up hope.
I was proud of David for hanging in there on his first competitive yellow course - at West Point, no less. It was, needless to say, harder than your typical yellow. He had to do some serious relocating a few times. He got all but one control Saturday and all on Sunday. I told him before going out Sunday to slow down whenever he saw someone else, to "monkey bar" between features, and to orient his map at controls... He's easily cowed by how well the other kids do, so I hope he doesn't completely give up hope.
Thursday Apr 26, 2007 #
Note
Won't make it to saturday at West Point. Kid stuff. Isabel needs her mommy. Will drive down on Saturday evening.
Wednesday Apr 25, 2007 #
Note
Tomorrow (Thursday) I'll be directing two orienteering field trips, one for 1st and 2nd graders, and the other for 4th graders. I accidentally scheduled them for the exact same time, so Isabel is going to run one of them for me. Isabel, and my detailed written instructions. It's like programming...
In both cases, this is one part of a series of lessons and adventures. The 1st and 2nd graders are working up to an O outing to George's Island. We're hoping to include the Jessica Rykken invertebrate biodiversity survey again this year.
The 4th graders' experience will culminate in a field trip to a forest with a real O map. Ahead of time, they'll learn about contour lines and predict where there will be streams and standing water. Their current science unit is weathering and erosion, so at each control location they'll pause and observe/record something related to this.
Tomorrow, the 4th graders will do a Street-O and a Park-O. The Street-O portion will involve decoding a secret message, which I will share with you, as a little gift, without you having to decode it or anything, in honor of Bad Poetry in General and Anapestic Tetrameter in Particular:
One day you will go as a class to the Wild.
Compared to that challenge, this game was quite mild:
Instead of just streets you’ll use tons of map features
And study the rocks, and the plants, and the creatures.
You’ve taken Step One in your trip preparation
By passing the test of good map navigation.
Step Two will be done when you all understand
How a flat map can show you the shape of the land.
But that will be next week; for now I’ll just say
What a good job you’ve done orienteering today!
Letters carved in wooden pole:
(J) E82 YFF 9# 3-21 (R) W87 SPP 8# 2-40 (N) T17 SNE 4# 1-83
Number on utility pole:
(H) 34 (E) 97 (H) 10 (O) 3
Color of fence at end of road:
(N) green (D) red (Y) white (E) blue
What color are the chairs next to the play structure?
(A) green (N) red (S) yellow (E) white
What number can you call to rent a portable toilet?
(T) 866-686-4538 (A) 617-349-6577 (E) 800-292-4200
What is the number on the pole?
(T) 40 (N) 20 (B) 46
What is the number on the fire alarm station?
(H) 65 (T) 99 (A) 23 (V) 42
What is near the corner?
(E) bicycle rack (F) mailbox (G) fire hydrant (H) lemonade stand
Etc...
12 14 7 16 28 22 22 12 5 8 2 6 30 4 12
18 1 18 15 6 32 1 23 21 12 29 17 7 8 2 6 16
15 12 3 13 32 9 27 16 35 12 29 36 28 35 15 17 18 6 6 27 33 4 7
21 36 2 1 4 18 3 31 8 18 1 5 2 21 27 3 2 6 16
Etc...
In both cases, this is one part of a series of lessons and adventures. The 1st and 2nd graders are working up to an O outing to George's Island. We're hoping to include the Jessica Rykken invertebrate biodiversity survey again this year.
The 4th graders' experience will culminate in a field trip to a forest with a real O map. Ahead of time, they'll learn about contour lines and predict where there will be streams and standing water. Their current science unit is weathering and erosion, so at each control location they'll pause and observe/record something related to this.
Tomorrow, the 4th graders will do a Street-O and a Park-O. The Street-O portion will involve decoding a secret message, which I will share with you, as a little gift, without you having to decode it or anything, in honor of Bad Poetry in General and Anapestic Tetrameter in Particular:
One day you will go as a class to the Wild.
Compared to that challenge, this game was quite mild:
Instead of just streets you’ll use tons of map features
And study the rocks, and the plants, and the creatures.
You’ve taken Step One in your trip preparation
By passing the test of good map navigation.
Step Two will be done when you all understand
How a flat map can show you the shape of the land.
But that will be next week; for now I’ll just say
What a good job you’ve done orienteering today!
Letters carved in wooden pole:
(J) E82 YFF 9# 3-21 (R) W87 SPP 8# 2-40 (N) T17 SNE 4# 1-83
Number on utility pole:
(H) 34 (E) 97 (H) 10 (O) 3
Color of fence at end of road:
(N) green (D) red (Y) white (E) blue
What color are the chairs next to the play structure?
(A) green (N) red (S) yellow (E) white
What number can you call to rent a portable toilet?
(T) 866-686-4538 (A) 617-349-6577 (E) 800-292-4200
What is the number on the pole?
(T) 40 (N) 20 (B) 46
What is the number on the fire alarm station?
(H) 65 (T) 99 (A) 23 (V) 42
What is near the corner?
(E) bicycle rack (F) mailbox (G) fire hydrant (H) lemonade stand
Etc...
12 14 7 16 28 22 22 12 5 8 2 6 30 4 12
18 1 18 15 6 32 1 23 21 12 29 17 7 8 2 6 16
15 12 3 13 32 9 27 16 35 12 29 36 28 35 15 17 18 6 6 27 33 4 7
21 36 2 1 4 18 3 31 8 18 1 5 2 21 27 3 2 6 16
Etc...
Tuesday Apr 24, 2007 #
Note
Giovanni invited me to wear his GPS recorder on Saturday's blue course. He warped the resulting track onto the map [click on the image for the "high-res" version]:
Giovanni's route is labeled "G". The other, thinner, reddish route I think belongs to the winner (from OK-Linne). I drew mine in using a blue pen, and the dashed lines are the GPS. I think it was a little off around 13, but otherwise pretty instructive as to how lame my memory is in drawing my route in. Roughly right; some issues with the details. Or perhaps the GPS was inaccurate everywhere. Yeah, that's it. heh heh.
I wonder if Giovanni can color code the GPS track to indicate my "speed" of travel.
Giovanni's route is labeled "G". The other, thinner, reddish route I think belongs to the winner (from OK-Linne). I drew mine in using a blue pen, and the dashed lines are the GPS. I think it was a little off around 13, but otherwise pretty instructive as to how lame my memory is in drawing my route in. Roughly right; some issues with the details. Or perhaps the GPS was inaccurate everywhere. Yeah, that's it. heh heh.
I wonder if Giovanni can color code the GPS track to indicate my "speed" of travel.