livingprairie

Thanks Michigan for the reply (and everyone else) Teenagers should be able to use them, but it would be irresponsible to design the game without the assumption that they will have difficulties. And that doesn't mean talking down to them. I just want to remove as many of the possible variable that can go wrong from the equation. Plus to make matters more difficult, I only get the kids for maybe 2 hours. Its sometimes diffcult for people who haven't made programs for teens to understand about making them foolproof. I will contact my local club, thanks for the link. I went today and looked at GPS units. The Garmin Venture CX seems to be the most likely one to purchase. Does anyone have any experience with it. Kyle

Thanks BB and Train man, You both are right, students will have to enter the coordinates then the unit will lead them. As I said in the first post, I'm not familliar with the units. Thanks for your advice, that is something I had overlooked! I will look at those two units. The cheat sheet is an excellent idea, as well. If i wanted to load a map of our park into the unit is that possible? The parks that the students will be using the units in is only 32 acres. Is it possible to have a 32 acre map or is that to small?

The cases could be do-able, but the modifying the circuitry is way over my head. My fear is that students will press the wrong buttons and no longer be able to see the coordinates, thus not be able to complete the scavenger hunt. Since much of the scavenger hunt will be done without supervision, no one will be able to 'reset' the unit. Are entry-level GPS units User firendly (idiot proof)?

Hi, First, I'll apologize for cross posting this message in education forum first. I noticed that this one gets a lot more traffic. Second, I am not personally familliar with GPS units. I understand the technology but have never used one myself. So, bare with me... I am applying for funding to create a GPS scavenger hunt course in the Natural Area (forest/prairie) I work at. The goal is for youth to explore the area and learn a bit at the same time. The program will be designed for high school science or physical education classes. The scavenger hunt will be fun and educational at the same time. The students will be in groups and each group will have a GPS unit. They will explore the property looking for caches that will give them the location to the next cache. I am looking for a GPS unit that displays only the coordinates. A unit that curious kids can't muck up pressing buttons and no longer see the GPS coordinates (which will make it impossible to complete the scavenger hunt). Does a model like this exist? Or is that can have certain features that I don't want kids having access to locked? Thanks in advance!