What is geocaching? - 51 views

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  #1 Alison Hall on 18 Jun 08

   

  Hi everyone,
  
  I have heard of geocaching, but haven't heard of it being used in schools very widely. What do you think are the uses and benefits of geocaching with students?

   

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  #2 Kathy Blades on 22 Jun 08

   

  Hi Alison,
  
  Deborah Goodman, the owner of this group, is a friend and a Diigo friend. She has done lots of GPS and geocaching workshops around North Carolina. She has so much experience with geocaching in the classroom.
  
  She was on the team which created a two day workshop for elementary teachers.
  
  Two day workshop: Animals and Plants in North Carolina
  http://tep.ecsu.edu/gps_nature_quest1.htm
  
  Deborah also has wonderful ideas about integrating geocaching across the curriculum. You may want to send her a message.
  
  Ideas:
  
  Solve math problems to find the coordinates
  
  Cache contains -- A writing activity, a math activity, a data collection activity, etc.
  
  At each cache, teams of students collect data to add to a spreadsheet or database
  
  Catawba County Schools (NC) has a great set of lesson plans:
  http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/pages/teacher_resources/gps_activities/displayall_grade_level.asp
  
  
  
  Alison Hall wrote:
  > Hi everyone,
  >
  > I have heard of geocaching, but haven't heard of it being used in schools very widely. What do you think are the uses and benefits of geocaching with students?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hi Alison, <br /> <br /> Deborah Goodman, the owner of this group, is a friend and a Diigo friend. She has done lots of GPS and geocaching workshops around North Carolina. She has so much experience with geocaching in the classroom. <br /> <br /> She was on the team which created a two day workshop for elementary teachers. <br /> <br /> Two day workshop: Animals and Plants in North Carolina <br /> <a href="http://tep.ecsu.edu/gps_nature_quest1.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tep.ecsu.edu/gps_nature_quest1.htm</a> <br /> <br /> Deborah also has wonderful ideas about integrating geocaching across the curriculum. You may want to send her a message. <br /> <br /> Ideas: <br /> <br /> Solve math problems to find the coordinates <br /> <br /> Cache contains -- A writing activity, a math activity, a data collection activity, etc. <br /> <br /> At each cache, teams of students collect data to add to a spreadsheet or database <br /> <br /> Catawba County Schools (NC) has a great set of lesson plans: <br /> <a href="http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/pages/teacher_resources/gps_activities/displayall_grade_level.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/pages/teacher_resources/gps_activities/displayall_grade_level.asp</a> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Alison Hall wrote: <br /> > Hi everyone, <br /> > <br /> > I have heard of geocaching, but haven't heard of it being used in schools very widely. What do you think are the uses and benefits of geocaching with students?</div>

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  #3 Kevin Stein on 13 Jul 11

   

  Hello Allison,
  I teach high school math and I have had students wotk on figuring out the coordinates for mystery caches. There are all kinds of mystery geocaches to figure out, you can browse them and choose them according to their difficulty and your students' ability level.
  
  Some of the students get excited enough that they go and try to find the geocache on their own time. I have had students try to talk me into starting a geocaching club at school.
  
  The math involved in the triangluation of the sattelite signals is very interesting also and another way to incorporate geocaching into the curriculum.
  
  Kevin

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hello Allison, <br /> I teach high school math and I have had students wotk on figuring out the coordinates for mystery caches. There are all kinds of mystery geocaches to figure out, you can browse them and choose them according to their difficulty and your students' ability level. <br /> <br /> Some of the students get excited enough that they go and try to find the geocache on their own time. I have had students try to talk me into starting a geocaching club at school. <br /> <br /> The math involved in the triangluation of the sattelite signals is very interesting also and another way to incorporate geocaching into the curriculum. <br /> <br /> Kevin</div>

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