gps and geocaching in your classroom
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The Return of Geocaching 101
John PhillipsBattle Creek Public Schools
@BCGeek
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What is GPS?• GPS is a collection of 24 satellite’s that
are in geosynchronous orbit with the Earth.
• The satellite’s send a signal to the receivers that allow them to triangulate your location.
• GPS is accurate down to approx. 6 feet.
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A typical car GPS
Roughly a $100 investment. Will work for Geocaching.Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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A Typical Trail GPSThis model sells for $99. Very durable, and designed for trail work that is necessary in Geocaching.
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What is Geocaching?• A high tech treasure hunt that allows
people to log on to www.geocaching.com and find caches hidden by other members.
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The official movie…
http://www.geocaching.com
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Wait… What is a cache?
• A cache is a container that is used for geocaching.
Images from shop.groundspeak.com
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How does it work?• Go to www.geocaching.com
• Create a free account.
• Use your zip code to search for caches near your location. (48226 for Cobo)
• There are about 15 caches within a mile of Cobo!
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How does it work? Cont.
• When you get on the site, you can get the latitude and longitude coordinates of a cache.
• You can also download the waypoints to different caches.
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Sample Cache Page
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LingoMuggle
Cach
eTFTC
TFTHDNF
MYSTERY CACHEMulti-Cache
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Garmin Nuvi GPS
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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Garmin Nuvi GPS
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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Garmin Nuvi GPS
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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Garmin Nuvi GPS
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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Garmin Nuvi GPS
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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Garmin Nuvi GPS
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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How to use a Car GPS
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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The Resulting Map
Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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Tips for finding• Use your sense of environment
• Look for abnormal things.
• Trust your instinct.
• They are VERY well hidden.
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Education Application• Travel Bugs
– DEN Geocoin 2010– Completely Trackable– Think “Flat Stanley”
• Bugs can have different jobs.– Only for kids.– Other classrooms only.– Finders have to post a quick entry on a
wiki.– Talk about the temperature and weather
when they found the bug.
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Cross Curricular• Math
– Students have to solve a problem to get a coordinate. • Science
– Students have to identify the plant material found near or on the cache.
– Samples of rock in each cache.• Social Studies
– Geography– Orienteering
• Language Arts– Writing cache clues.– Maintaining a blog about their travel bugs.
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Image courtesy of Garmin.com
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Educaching.com
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Contact Me• I have a blog:
http://denblogs.com/jphillips217
• On Twitter: @bcgeek
• On Skype: jphillipsbc
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