1.  Tom Jones  Katherine Jones  AKA : tomkat87

2. Fox news…video

3.  High tech form of hide & seek  Grown out of the use of personal GPSr’s(receivers)  And public access to satellite usage (22 active)

4.  www.geocaching.com www.geocaching.com  Catalogs over 740,000 caches worldwide by almost 65,000 active cachers  5124 active caches in Missouri  5789 in Oklahoma  6985 in Arkansas  6313 in Kansas

6.  Four simple rules to Geocaching 1. Take something (if you like) 2. Leave something, if you take something 3. Log your visit in the logbook (inside the cache) 4. Log your visit online at geocaching.com

7.  Register for a free membership.free membership  Click "Hide & Seek a Cache."  Enter your postal code and click "search."  Choose any geocache from the list and click on its name.  Enter the coordinates of the geocache into your GPS Device.  Use your GPS device to assist you in finding the hidden geocache.  Sign the logbook and return the geocache to its original location.  Share your geocaching stories and photos online.

8. Greyed out links are only available to Premium Members.Premium Members N 37° 05.092 W 094° 28.874 [Other Conversions] UTM: 15S E 368348 N 4105313 SW*11.5 mi from your home coordinates In Missouri, United States [View Map]Other ConversionsView Map Size: (Micro) Difficulty: Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) A walk in the park A cache by SpiritGuide Hidden:2/4/2009SpiritGuide GC1MCQV Sample Cache

9.  Additional Hints ( Encrypt ) Encrypt  “NOT... I said I wanted it to be more difficult than usual.”  Inventory  Logged Visits and spoilers  Map  Visit the gallery (images)

10.  Traditional  Multi-stage  Puzzle cache  Letterbox (hybrid)  Whereigo  Geocaching event or MEGA event  Cache in trash out (CITO)

11. (these are types of caches out there still to seek, but not available to place new ones)  Earthcache  Virtual cache  Webcam cache

12.  Traditional Ammo Case  Tupperware  Hide a key  35 mm film canister  Thermos  Nano  Bison tube

13.  PVC pipes  Wooden logs  Light plate switch cover  Bolts  Pine cone  Grass blades…(that’s just mean)

15.  At least 500’ from existing cache  Get permission  See rules for placing caches at geocaching.com  Get creative  Caches cannot be placed at schools  For school you probably won’t use the web site  Place/create caches on campus locally for your students only

17.  Integrate fun and intrigue of caching as a hook to teach a concept  Localize your caches instead of using the website  There are a number of established caches that can be used to teach  Use what you know and add caching/gpsr to the mix

18. Ideas:  Coordinates can be at different types of trees on campus. Groups use the gpsr to locate and identify the tree at each location  Coordinates can be used in math N 37* 05.0B1 W 094* 28.A7C (solve ABC) (A = 874- 871) (A=3) etc…  Practice adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers to come up with GPS coordinates to travel from one cache or location to another.

19.  Buy a travel bug, class sets the goal and track it using email and geocaching.com (It could be months before activity is recorded after initial trek)  The following web site has tons of ideas for using your gpsr in the classroom:

20.  http://edublog.sedck12.org/media/blogs/GPS/Ge ocaching_Classroom_Ideas.pdf http://edublog.sedck12.org/media/blogs/GPS/Ge ocaching_Classroom_Ideas.pdf  data collection, discovery learning, self-guided tours, travel bugs, earth caches, area/perimeter calculation  historical tours, story creation, calculate slope, team building, puzzle solving, map creation...  Create a multi-cache, and require students to do different math functions or problems to come up with the correct numbers for the next location.

21. Weather. "In our fifth grade caches, we will have a log book, thermometer/ hygrometer, cloud chart, and directions. We will ask people to log the date and time, as well as a general description of the weather conditions, a comment on clouds overhead (if any), and the temperature and humidity.**" The cache finders will log this information and collect the data for you!

22. Send your students to a coordinate and have students write a description of the object they find there or a description of what they see there facing a certain direction.

26.  Adventure Quests  Pocket Decoders  Coins and other products  Thanks to Jim Berk for prizes  Thecachingplace.com

27.  Any questions?  Tom Jones  tjones@jasper.k12.mo.us tjones@jasper.k12.mo.us  I hope you get excited about geocaching and use gps receivers in your classroom