OUTDOOR EDUCATION EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY Jennifer Wysocki Technology and Assessment

PROBLEM  Children are living lifestyles that are sedentary and predominately contained indoors.  Children are not use to the outdoors and are unfamiliar with the natural environment

SOLUTION  Physical Education teachers can implement an “Outdoor Education” unit and use geocaching devices.  Students will learn how to navigate, be accustomed to the outdoors, and survival skills.  Students will be exercising without even knowing !

GETTING STARTED WITH NAVIGATING  Kits include 24 Brunton® Classic Compasses with instruction manuals for students, instructor study guide, reproducible student workbook, Brunton® Overhead Instructor Compass (6" x 9"), 35-minute DVD, poster, and soft-sided carry case.  Purchase at: ts/item_detail.cfm?item_id=649&tree _id= ts/item_detail.cfm?item_id=649&tree _id=1893  Price:$339.00

GEOMATE.JR HANDHELD GPS  Just switch on the Geomate.jr, then follow the distance and arrow to the closest Geocache. See, we told you it was easy!  The Geomate.jr will display the 20 closest geocaches to your location.  The Geomate.jr has a GPS compass.  Can also display latitude, longitude and height  Purchase at: gps-units/gps-devices/geomate- jr.html gps-units/gps-devices/geomate- jr.html  Price: $69.99

SOFTWARE- EDUCACHING ON CD  Educaching is ideal for teachers that are looking to explore with geospatial technology in the lesson plan. This GPS based curriculum comes complete with; comprehensive teacher training section  20 lessons that vary in degree of difficulty;  Purchase at: starter-kits/geocaching- guides/educahing-cd.html starter-kits/geocaching- guides/educahing-cd.html  Price: $29.99

EQUIPMENT TO USE WHILE GEOCACHING  ClassPlus™ Mongoose® Bicycle Packs  10 ea Mongoose® Impasse HD Bikes (41 lb. ea.)  10 ea. Mongoose® Bike Helmets (2 Youth, 8 Adult)  10 ea. MasterLock® Resettable Combo Locks, 6 mm  1 ea. Schwinn® Air Driver 1100 Pump with patented 5-in-1 nozzle  1 ea. Essentials of Smart Cycling Book with DVD (160 pages)  Purchase at: m_detail.cfm?item_id=9084&tree_id= m_detail.cfm?item_id=9084&tree_id=189 3  Price: $3, Great for students to use with their geocaching devices!

GEOCACHING APP FOR SMARTPHONE  Navigate to Geocache Locations  The Geocaching App uses your smartphone's built-in GPS receiver to lead you to geocache coordinates.  Useful for students wanting to geocache with family at home  Purchase at: Apple iTunes  Price: $9.99

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL APP  Application for the iPhone designed to teach wilderness safety and survival.  Offers a variety of terrain options for students to discover how to survive in different biomes.  Allows students to feel more comfortable in the outdoors.  Purchase at: Apple iTunes  Price: $1.99

RATIONAL  Why incorporate outdoor education in the physical education curriculum?  Because students will use compasses and maps to find a predetermined location called a control point (marked with a flag or kite). Students navigate their way through a series of control points to complete the course and learn essential survival skills along the way