maesoph Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Dear All: I would like to take the local scout troop through the Geocaching merit badge. I would like a basic power point presentation that shows the basics. I can make one myself, but suspect there's something out there already pre-canned that I could use or at least start with. If you know of any basic presentations, please let me know. Mike Quote Link to comment
+strontium87 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Geocaching.com has an "Introduction to Geocaching" presentation available for download here: http://www.geocaching.com/tools/intro.aspx Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 you can also google geocaching ppt or geocaching powerpoint and find a number of presentations out there. Some are quite good though you might want to make minor tweaks. Quote Link to comment
+captnkirk17 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I have a very good Powerpoint presentation for teaching geocaching merit badge. It is pretty big, so contact me and I will tell you where you can download it. Quote Link to comment
bajaroz Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I have a very good Powerpoint presentation for teaching geocaching merit badge. It is pretty big, so contact me and I will tell you where you can download it. Quote Link to comment
bajaroz Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I would love to get a copy if it is still available! Quote Link to comment
+SPAR5620 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I have a very good Powerpoint presentation for teaching geocaching merit badge. It is pretty big, so contact me and I will tell you where you can download it. Quote Link to comment
+SPAR5620 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 captnkirk17, Do you think I could get a copy of your ppt for geocaching merit badge? I am teaching the MB at summer camp this summer and looking to not recreate the wheel. Thanks, Pete Quote Link to comment
+Barthonis Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 On 5/7/2013 at 12:09 PM, captnkirk17 said: I have a very good Powerpoint presentation for teaching geocaching merit badge. It is pretty big, so contact me and I will tell you where you can download it. I will also be teaching my boys the Geocaching Merit Badge at camp this summer and would love to get a copy of this as well if you're still offering. Bart Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Barthonis said: I will also be teaching my boys the Geocaching Merit Badge at camp this summer and would love to get a copy of this as well if you're still offering. Bart You replied to a post that is 5 years old, so don't expect a reply from the PP creator. Good luck with the MB class. A word from someone who has 'Been there, Done that, Outgrew the t-shirt', please Do Not encourage the boys to place a cache as a part of their work on the Merit Badge. I also hope that you have a cache near the camp. That was one of the things the boys I taught really enjoyed. Quote Link to comment
+CAVinoGal Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Placing a cache is one option - releasing a trackable is another and unless the family of the scout is actively involved in geocaching, this IMO is a much better option. I am a counselor for the Geocaching merit badge, and I also have a TB in my inventory that is a merit badge release. I will be taking it cross country to an ammo can placed at a Council office in upstate NY and hopefully it will continue from there. The responsibility to watch a TB and it's adventures is far less than placing and maintianing a cache. So, unless the scout or the family is already "into" geocaching, I don't recommend placing a cache, but rather, releasing a TB and watching it for the 3 months. After that, the TB is in the wild, and there's really no maintenance involved - they can keep watching it or not. As far as the PPT presentation, try this (not mine, but it works), or just google for merit badge gecaching presentation. Edited June 14, 2018 by CAVinoGal Quote Link to comment
+Barthonis Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 8 hours ago, CAVinoGal said: Placing a cache is one option - releasing a trackable is another and unless the family of the scout is actively involved in geocaching, this IMO is a much better option. I am a counselor for the Geocaching merit badge, and I also have a TB in my inventory that is a merit badge release. I will be taking it cross country to an ammo can placed at a Council office in upstate NY and hopefully it will continue from there. The responsibility to watch a TB and it's adventures is far less than placing and maintianing a cache. So, unless the scout or the family is already "into" geocaching, I don't recommend placing a cache, but rather, releasing a TB and watching it for the 3 months. After that, the TB is in the wild, and there's really no maintenance involved - they can keep watching it or not. As far as the PPT presentation, try this (not mine, but it works), or just google for merit badge gecaching presentation. I had an idea for a Travel Bug last night to do as part of the class session. Seems great minds think alike on this one. Yes, we have a couple caches near camp and was going to use those as options for the boys to find. Again, great idea. I had started googling for presentations and found a few, but will check this one out as well. Thanks for the assistance. Bart Quote Link to comment
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