Discover, Explore, Dream: Geocaching in Education

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Discover, Explore, DreamGeocaching in Education

• By Sonny Portacio

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Do you like to hike?
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Do you like to solve mysteries?
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Would you hunt for hidden treasure?
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Try Geocaching!
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Goals

• DISCOVER
• Introduce you to the concept of Geocaching
• Resources for Education

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Goals

• EXPLORE
• Get OUTSIDE and EXPERIENCE hands-on cache hunting!

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Goals

• DREAM
• Create and Share Geocaching related lesson plans
  and ideas!

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Housekeeping

• Fill out forms
• GPS Loan Form
• Liability Waiver

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Housekeeping

• Introductions
• Name
• Subject and Grade you teach
• Geocaching Experience
• HAIR KALB GAFT VEGA

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Housekeeping

• Groups and Group Names

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Discover

• What is Geocaching?

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Some Terms

• Geocaching
• GPS (receiver)
• Cache

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How Does the GPS Work?

• Satellites

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A Brief History

• Selective Availability (SA) is removed on May 2,
  2000
• May 3 the first cache is hidden

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Related Activities

• Orienteering
• T Hunts
• Letterboxing (http//www.letterboxing.org/)

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What do you need?
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Create a screen-name

• Rocketman, Olvegrn, GeoBoltz, Tinfoil-Hat Head,
  iTrax, FoxTail, Cornerstone4, Parsa, Dan-Oh, Team
  Taskmaster, Pupuhead, Ruscal, BikeDog, Team
  Gecko, Flutterbyes, Mamaloo, Wheeler Dealers,
  Grnzm, JJG10101, AZYoda, CYBret, Barbara Manatee,
  Yeshuas Girls, PowderPig, Trailgators, Dr.
  Boggis, Rockbobster, Boxochalk

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What else do you need?
http//tinyurl.com/lr7f3
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Summary

• Choose your location online
• Put the coordinates in a GPS receiver
• Hunt down the cache container (be discreet in
  urban areas)
• Sign the log book

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Summary

• Trade items (optional)
• Replace the cache
• Leave no trace
• Log your find online

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What do caches look like in the wild?
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SWAG

• Stuff We All Get
• Souvenirs, Wearables And Gifts
• Stuff We Acquire, Gratis!

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Where to get SWAG

• Happy Meals
• Dollar Stores
• Teacher Stores
• http//www.orientaltrading.com
• Conferences

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Hiding a Cache

• Containers
• Waterproof
• Durable
• Where?

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Variants

• Micros

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Variants

• Specialized
• Cammo

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Variants

• Multi Caches
• Virtual Caches
• Puzzle Caches
• Some Examples

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Other games

• Travel Bugs or hitchhikers

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Travel Bugs
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Travel Bugs
24,000 Miles!
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Travel Bugs
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More Terms

• Muggle
• Noob or Newbie
• Swag
• FTF, DNF, TNLNSL, TFTC, MIA
• Travel Bugs
• Waypoints
• Park and grabs
• Micros

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Muggle Deceptions Techniques
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Online Logs

• Woohoo FTF! (not bad for a noob huh?) After
  several DNF logs I was afraid that the cache was
  muggled. It wasnt MIA, just well cammod. Nice
  swag! TNLNSL. TFTC!

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Education

• Engaging
• Adventurous
• Promotes Creativity
• Encourages Critical thinking
• Exercises Problem Solving Skills

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Education

• Encourages Exercise
• Promotes Social / Group Interaction

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Education

• History Navigation and GPS system began
• Science Satellites and Mapping
• Math Geometry (need 3 satellites)
• Ethics Trade equitably or UP
• English Spelling and Grammar
• PE Geodashing?

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Social and Fun!
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Caching Events!
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More to learn?

• How to find and how to hide tricks
• What makes good containers
• Tools of the trade
• Current Geocaching News
• Hazards to be aware of
• Paperless caching

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Some websites about Geocaching

• Numerous Forums and Blogs
• http//www.geocacher-u.com/
• http//www.icenrye.com
• http//www.podcacher.com

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Links for today

• http//sonnyportacio.com/gie.html
• http//edcaching.wikispaces.com/

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Explore

• The Concrete Adventure

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Your Assignment
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Camouflage
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What is Cammo?

• Concealment and camouflage
• Forum link http//tinyurl.com/engab
• Some Examples

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Time To Share!
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Now what?

• Sign up for an account and find a real cache?

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Contact Me!

• sonnyportacio.com
• sonnyportacio_at_gmail.com