1. Geocaching in the Classroom Melissa Whitman ~ Shawn-Kimberly Kocher~ Brian Scholl Nazareth Area School District

2. What is Geocaching? Geocache A container hidden that includes, at minimum, a logbook for geocachers to sign. Geocaching Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache. Cache A shortened version of the word geocache. Website- geocaching.com or app geocaching

3. Objectives

4. Geocaching 101

5. Types of Geocaches Traditional A cache or hidden treasure that is located. Multi-Cache A cache that is located and gives coordinates to the next cache Letter or Puzzle Cache A cache that has clues to a larger puzzle or mystery, event or story

6. What does a Geocache look like?

8. What types of GPS to use? Portable GPS Smartphone App Car GPS

10. Geocaching Lingo DNF Did Not Find. An acronym used by geocachers to state that they did not find a cache. This is also a type of online log on Geocaching.com and is useful for alerting cache owners of potential issues. Cache owners who repeatedly receive "Did Not Find" logs should check to see that there cache has not been removed. D/T Geocaches are rated in two categories, each designated on a 5-point scale. Difficulty relates to the mental challenge of finding a cache and terrain describes the physical environment. A 1/1 difficulty/terrain rating would the easiest cache to find, while a 5/5 difficulty/terrain rating would be the most difficult.

11. Geocaching Lingo Ground Zero (GZ) The point where your GPS device shows that you have reached the cache location. At Ground Zero, you are zero feet (or zero meters) away from your destination. Muggle A non-geocacher. Based on "Muggle" from the Harry Potter series, which is a non-magical person. Usually this term is used after a non geocacher looks puzzled after befriending a geocacher searching for a cache, or when a non-geocacher accidentally finds a cache.

12. Geocache Alphabet Soup

13. Geocaching Tips

15. Geocaching in School

16. Why Geocaching in School?

21. Welcome to the Statue at ZinZendorf Hall. Zinzendorf Manor was the first building in the section that came to be central Nazareth, erected in 1755-56 on land that was a forest before construction. Count Zinzendorf wax exiled from Saxony, but it was revoked and he had to return and never came back to Nazareth to see his manor. The Story of the Rose…William Penn bequeathed this land to his daughter, Letitia, who under colonial law would have had to pay a single red rose each June 24, if so demanded by the trustees. People in Nazareth celebrate this every year on June 11 and 12 by various organizations selling single red roses throughout the town. Please take a ROSE sticker for your hunt. Your next coordinate is: N 44.533'; W 18.741' Hint, near the Nazareth circle. Sample of Geocache Clue

45. “We each learned something new, as well as the third graders, about the town we lived in and gave them a better idea about our history.”- Katrina 6 th Grade Student “I loved researching places from where I live and creating something fun for the third graders to see. It is a great way to have a fun and educational scavenger hunt.” – Emily 6 th Grade Student “It made us excited to know what we were doing helped other kids learn in a slightly non-traditional way.” Dylan 6 th Grade Student

46. “My daughter enjoyed it so much that she introduced the Geocaching technology to our family and we have done several of them with my other 2 children.”- Mrs. Joseph “Thank you so much for providing my son with such a challenging, fun and beneficial experience that taught him so much in such an entertaining way. These kinds of experiences make him look forward to coming to school and develop an interest in lifelong learning.”- Mrs. Allen

47. Lesson Components

55. Questions?

56. Resources http://www.geocaching.com/ http://www.geocaching.com/education/default.as px http://www.geocaching.com/education/default.as px http://blog.geocaching.com/2010/08/geocaching- class-geocaching-coms-lost-found-video/ http://blog.geocaching.com/2010/08/geocaching- class-geocaching-coms-lost-found-video/ http://tcoffey.edublogs.org/category/geocaching/ http://educaching.com/ http://www.wikihow.com/Go-Geocaching http://www.factsfacts.com/geocacher.htm http://gigaom.com/apple/eleven-geocaching- iphone-apps-worth-finding/ http://gigaom.com/apple/eleven-geocaching- iphone-apps-worth-finding/ http://geocache.itrtblog.com/ http://geocacher-u.com/?page_id=88 http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?s =e80f972d7371b78cb647bb1737ee697f&showforu m=12 http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?s =e80f972d7371b78cb647bb1737ee697f&showforu m=12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching http://pageocaching.wikispaces.com/ http://www.geocaching.com/about/glossary.aspx http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgpslsn.html www.wherigo.com http://www.earthcache.org/ http://www.geosociety.org/Earthcache_Lessons/D efault.aspx http://www.geosociety.org/Earthcache_Lessons/D efault.aspx http://www.waymarking.com/ http://www.letterboxing.org/ http://www.youtube.com/user/GoGeocaching http://www.youtube.com/user/Educaching http://www.podcacher.com/ http://www.springhurst.org/geocachingkids/even ts.htm http://www.springhurst.org/geocachingkids/even ts.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj-vXYkylBo

57. Contact Information