Title: Use a compass to orient various locations on a map.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (18003-18) > Section: Understanding Conservation Cartography and Orienteering

Use should include

- summarizing the main uses of a compass
- labeling the parts of the compass
- manipulating a compass to orient oneself through a given map/course.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can knowing the proper use of a compass be helpful?
- Who should always carry a compass?
- What are alternatives to navigating by compass? What are advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives?
- When could having a compass both with and without a map be helpful?
- What is an orienteering course?
- What could disrupt the reading of a compass?