tom jones katherine jones aka : tomkat87. fox news…video
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High tech form of hide & seek
Grown out of the use of personal GPSr’s(receivers)
And public access to satellite usage (22 active)
www.geocaching.com Catalogs over 740,000 caches
worldwide by almost 65,000 active cachers
5124 active caches in Missouri 5789 in Oklahoma 6985 in Arkansas 6313 in Kansas
Four simple rules to Geocaching
1. Take something (if you like)2. Leave something, if you take
something3. Log your visit in the logbook
(inside the cache)4. Log your visit online at
geocaching.com
Register for a free membership. Click "Hide & Seek a Cache." Enter your postal code and click "search." Choose any geocache from the list and click on its
name. Enter the coordinates of the geocache into your
GPS Device. Use your GPS device to assist you in finding the
hidden geocache. Sign the logbook and return the geocache to its
original location. Share your geocaching stories and photos online.
Greyed out links are only available to Premium Members.
N 37° 05.092 W 094° 28.874 [Other Conversions]UTM: 15S E 368348 N 4105313 SW*11.5 mi from your home coordinates In Missouri, United States [View Map]
Size: (Micro)
Difficulty:
Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
A walk in the park A cache by SpiritGuide Hidden:2/4/2009
GC1MCQV
Sample Cache
Additional Hints ( Encrypt ) “NOT... I said I wanted it to be more
difficult than usual.” Inventory Logged Visits and spoilers Map Visit the gallery (images)
Traditional Multi-stage Puzzle cache Letterbox (hybrid) Whereigo Geocaching event or MEGA event Cache in trash out (CITO)
(these are types of caches out there still to seek, but not available to place new ones)
Earthcache
Virtual cache
Webcam cache
At least 500’ from existing cache Get permission See rules for placing caches at
geocaching.com Get creative Caches cannot be placed at schools For school you probably won’t use the web
site Place/create caches on campus locally for
your students only
Integrate fun and intrigue of caching as a hook to teach a concept
Localize your caches instead of using the website
There are a number of established caches that can be used to teach
Use what you know and add caching/gpsr to the mix
Ideas: Coordinates can be at different types of
trees on campus. Groups use the gpsr to locate and identify the tree at each location
Coordinates can be used in math N 37* 05.0B1 W 094* 28.A7C (solve ABC) (A
= 874-871) (A=3) etc… Practice adding and subtracting 3 digit
numbers to come up with GPS coordinates to travel from one cache or location to another.
Buy a travel bug, class sets the goal and track it using email and geocaching.com (It could be months before activity is recorded after initial trek)
The following web site has tons of ideas for using your gpsr in the classroom:
http://edublog.sedck12.org/media/blogs/GPS/Geocaching_Classroom_Ideas.pdf
data collection, discovery learning, self-guided tours, travel bugs, earth caches, area/perimeter calculation
historical tours, story creation, calculate slope, team building, puzzle solving, map creation...
Create a multi-cache, and require students to do different math functions or problems to come up with the correct numbers for the next location.
• Weather. "In our fifth grade caches, we will have a log book, thermometer/ hygrometer, cloud chart, and directions. We will ask people to log the date and time, as well as a general description of the weather conditions, a comment on clouds overhead (if any), and the temperature and humidity.**" The cache finders will log this information and collect the data for you!
• Send your students to a coordinateand have students write a descriptionof the object they find there or adescription of what they see therefacing a certain direction.
Adventure Quests Pocket Decoders Coins and other products Thanks to Jim Berk for prizes
Thecachingplace.com
Any questions?
Tom Jones [email protected]
I hope you get excited about geocaching and use gps receivers in your classroom