Treasure Mapping

Facility: Albion Hills Field Centre
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Program Levels:
ESL, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Course Types:
Day Visit, Overnight

Students are introduced to the basics of map reading and making.

Learners are equipped with all of the necessary supplies to create a map and hide a treasure. Paces and bearings are used to develop a route and clues are left to the location of the treasure.

Maps and clues are traded and each group is challenged to search for another’s treasure.

Preparation:
Suitable clothing and footwear

Availability:
All Year

Curriculum Connections:

  • Geography: Themes of Geographic Inquiry; Patterns in Physical Geography; Patterns in Human Geography
  • Health and Physical Education: Active Participation