1. GEOCACHING FIELD TRIP Marzano Strategy: Advance Organizer Artifact: Geocaching log

2. Pre-Geocaching Activities  Lessons on using a compass, grid, latitude/longitude from AIMS Finding Your Bearings  Online exploration of Global Positioning System technology: www.howstuffworks.comwww.howstuffworks.com (How GPS receivers work) www.howstuffworks.com www.nasm.si.eduwww.nasm.si.edu (GPS, A New Constellation) www.nasm.si.edu www.pbs.orgwww.pbs.org (Nova Online: The Search for Longitude) www.pbs.org

3. Outreach Program  Dr. Bob Coulter from the Missouri Botanical Outreach program (and Director of Litzinger Ecology Center) came out and introduced the students to how GPS receivers work, having them locate a point on the school grounds. He gave us an overview of geocaching on the geocaching.com website. came out and introduced the students to how GPS receivers work, having them locate a point on the school grounds. He gave us an overview of geocaching on the geocaching.com website.

4. Geocaching Field Trip  Students travel to Founders Park and then Quail Ridge Park. Using the coordinates we found on the web site, students locate the caches hidden in these parks with the GPS receivers.

5. Geocaching in Action  Students complete advance organizer

6. Students use GPS to locate caches

7. We found one!

8. What’s under the log?

9. And here’s the other one!

10. What’s Next?  We are creating our own Daniel Boone cache. Our mascot, Rocky the Raccoon will travel (with a travel bug around his neck) to locations of importance to Daniel Boone’s life. Our students will track Rocky’s journey on the geocaching website.  Happy Geocaching!