orienteering

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orienteering

How to read a tree

clues and patterns from bark to leaves: learn to navigate by branches, locate water with a leaf, and unlock other secrets in trees
2023
"An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees, unveiling clues hidden in branches, roots, leaves, and more"--Provided by publisher.

The natural navigator

the rediscovered art of letting nature be your guide
2020
Offers a guide to the age-old tradition of navigation on both land and sea through the observation of the Sun, Moon, and stars, weather patterns, landscape, growth of plants, and habitats of wildlife.

Finding your way

"Gives essential survival tips for navigation in the wild, including using natural means such as the sun and stars and using technology such as compasses and GPS receivers."--Provided by publisher.
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Orienteering

Your reader's attention will be happily lost and engaged in this accessible guide to the navigational arts of orienteering.
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Navigation from then to now

This book for elementary readers highlights how technology has changed the way people find their way from place to place.
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Basic orienteering

1979
Provides step-by-step instructions for reading and using maps and compasses when hiking, backpacking, cross-country skiing, and fishing.

Kyle finds her way

2016
On her first day in sixth grade Kyle Constantini punches a bully who is bothering Marcy, a deaf classmate--and so begins her tumultuous year at Georgia O'Keeffe Middle School, in a different school than her twin brother, with new friends, new enemies, and the regional NAVS competition to come.

The lost art of reading nature's signs

use outdoor clues to find your way, predict the weather, locate water, track animals--and other forgotten skills
2015
Reveals more than 850 tips for forecasting and tracking to understand nature, and what the land, sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, and clouds can reveal.

Cool maps & geocaching

great things to do in the great outdoors
2016
Cool Maps and Geocaching makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Learn the fun of geocaching. What to put in a secret cache, where to hide it. Create your own compass to find a cache and write in an adventure journal. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Using a map and compass

1995
Guide to safe exploration of the wilderness, with instructions for using a compass, reading maps, planning an outing, navagating in the field, and understanding the weather.

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