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    Help needed!

    in Teaching K-7

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    Well...we went out yesterday in a light rain with 12 students and a couple of teachers...all of them novices...and everyone had an awesome time...

     

    I set up 4 separate course on a looping trail (A ,B, C, and D) with 5 waypoints for each group. Each group had a GPS (preloaded with their waypoints) and a sheet with waypoint hints and space to color in a box for each container they visited. The containers all had different colored crayons, so that groups could prove that they had found them. 2 groups started at one end of the loop, and 2 groups started at the other end. The caches were staggered enough that while we occasionally saw other groups, we weren't in site of them the whole time, and so that any given kid can come and participate in this activity 4 times without ever looking for the same container.

     

    Besides the 5 waypoints for containers that each group had programmed into their GPS, everyone had our meeting location and 3 bonus caches near our pickup point...this was great as a safety device, and as a motivator to get them back to the pick-up area in time for our bus-ride home. 2 of the bonus caches were simple containers with crayons (like the other containers) to prove that it had been found...the 3rd cache was an actual geocache, filled with trade-items and a logbook for students to sign...so that they could get a feel for what a real geocache was like...

     

    Out of 23 caches, our groups found 22...not bad for a bunch of 11 year-olds...

     

    Now that I have the system worked out, and the documents all generated and tested, I'm excited to reproduce and share this activity!!!

     

    Jamie - NFA

     

    I would be interested in seeing your documents and teaching your program.

    :)

    Help needed!

    in Teaching K-7

    Posted

    Well...we went out yesterday in a light rain with 12 students and a couple of teachers...all of them novices...and everyone had an awesome time...

     

    I set up 4 separate course on a looping trail (A ,B, C, and D) with 5 waypoints for each group. Each group had a GPS (preloaded with their waypoints) and a sheet with waypoint hints and space to color in a box for each container they visited. The containers all had different colored crayons, so that groups could prove that they had found them. 2 groups started at one end of the loop, and 2 groups started at the other end. The caches were staggered enough that while we occasionally saw other groups, we weren't in site of them the whole time, and so that any given kid can come and participate in this activity 4 times without ever looking for the same container.

     

    Besides the 5 waypoints for containers that each group had programmed into their GPS, everyone had our meeting location and 3 bonus caches near our pickup point...this was great as a safety device, and as a motivator to get them back to the pick-up area in time for our bus-ride home. 2 of the bonus caches were simple containers with crayons (like the other containers) to prove that it had been found...the 3rd cache was an actual geocache, filled with trade-items and a logbook for students to sign...so that they could get a feel for what a real geocache was like...

     

    Out of 23 caches, our groups found 22...not bad for a bunch of 11 year-olds...

     

    Now that I have the system worked out, and the documents all generated and tested, I'm excited to reproduce and share this activity!!!

     

    Jamie - NFA

    :)

    lots of GPS's for sale

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by clcplayhard

    I Have too many GPS's I need to get rid of a few. I have a Garmin Etrex Vista and an Etrex Legend. I also have a Garmin 60cs. I also have a Mio c230 and a Mio C320 for sale.

     

    Etrex Vista 110.00 + shipping

    Etrex Legend 75.00 + shipping

    Garmin GPS 60Cs 175.00 + shipping

    Mio C230 100.00 + shipping

    Mio C320 125.00 + shipping

    I am interested in the legend and vista, please send me more info, clcplayhard

    Coins and bugs

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    Thanks!

    So, with collecting Geocoins...I guess some are sent out there for people to collect, and some have goals to travel? It just seems weird to collect geocoins instead of moving them along. I guess it would depend on their goals, huh?

     

    :) I do not know how to log when I have passed along a geocoin into another cache. It has remained in my account inventory eventho I have moved it.

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