How to Create Your Idea SeekerGeocache Booklet

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Print out both pages ofthe Idea Seekergeocache booklet.

Find the cover. Fold it in half.

Then fold it in half again.

Fold the other sheets and place the pagesinside the cover.

Double check to makesure the pages are in order.

Staple, tape or glue thepages together as close as possible to the fold.

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Go to the National Zoo in Washington DC to �nd the animals. Then, �nd the geocache box in the Science Camp to earn Virtual Points!

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Geocaching Animal Adventuresat the National Zoo

Congratulations!You just beat Sloth Cloud (one of the

Dark Forces in�uencing Global Climate Change at KidsCom.com) by taking

action to learn more about the e�ects of climate change on animals.

Keep �ghting the Clouds and saving the animals at www.KidsCom.com.

Go to the Science Camp and click the Geocache Box to earn Virtual Points.

Animal #6 GPS Coordinates:

Clues:

Your Answer:

N 38o 55.4670 W 77o 02.5670

1. This animal’s scienti�c name, Halichoerus grypus, derives from the Greek words meaning "hook-nosed sea pig."

2. These animals can dive up to 475 ft deep and can remain underwater for up to 20 minutes at a time.

3. Due to global climate change, the breeding grounds of these animals are changing, forcing them to travel further to mate – which may lead to a decline in the number of pups born each year.

4. These National Zoo animals eat butter�sh, herring, capelin and squid.

Animal #1 GPS Coordinates:

Clues:

Your Answer:

N 38o 55.8670 W 77o 03.1280

1. This animal is so endangered – that a 2004 census found only about 1,600 of these animals in the wild. More than three times as many kids (around 5000) participated in the KidsCom.com Team Challenge 3!

2. Habitat loss due to human land use is the biggest reason these loveable animals are disappearing. They are the world’s most recognized endangered species.

3. At the National Zoo, these animals eat over 50 pounds of their favorite food daily – that’s about ten times more food than an average person consumes!

4. In the wild, these animals eat bamboo almost exclu-sively. At the National Zoo, they are fed bamboo as well as highly nutritious biscuits, carrots and apples.

Use the clues and the GPS coordinates to �nd each animal!

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Animal #4 GPS Coordinates:

Clues:

Your Answer:

N 38o 55.4775 W 77o 02.5515

1. This animal is a strict vegetarian.

2. Many di�erent types of this animal can be found throughout the world – including the deserts of Nevada and the islands of Galapagos.

3. Global Climate Change is a�ecting the way these animals �nd the precious water they need to maintain life – many plants they usually rely on are diminishing in numbers due to human land use.

4. These animals generally have a long life span for their size.

5. While this animal spends most of its time on land, a close relative, the turtle, spends most of its time in the water.

Animal #3 GPS Coordinates:

Clues:

Your Answer:

N 38o 55.4700 W 77o 02.5130

1. 1/3 to 1/2 of the nearly 6,000 of these animals are currently threatened with extinction. More than 120 species have gone extinct in the past few years. This is the single largest mass extinction since the dinosaurs disap-peared.

2. These animals are being a�ected by Chytrid fungus which permeates their skin causing neurological damage and death.

3. Scientists believe that these animals are “canaries in the global coalmine.” In other words, they are the �rst to su�er from air and water pollution (due to their porous skins) and thus give signs of the future for the rest of us.

4. This animal, found only in Panama, is now presumed to be extinct in the wild due to the Chytrid fungus. The

Animal #2 GPS Coordinates:

Clues:

Your Answer:

N 38o 55.5280 W 77o 03.0321

1. The closest known relatives of this animal are manatees and aardvarks.

2. This animal is listed as endangered on the World Conservation Union’s Red List of Threatened Animals. 3. They are big eaters consuming 330 pounds of food a day including hay, fruit, vegetables and leafy branches.

4. Their trunk has over 100,000 muscles and tendons and can lift a 500 lb. tree or pluck a single blade of grass.

5. Hunting and habitat loss have endangered these animals. Males are hunted for their tusks. They live in some of the most populated countries in the world.

Animal #5 GPS Coordinates:

Clues:

Your Answer:

N 38o 55.4615 W 77o 02.5612

1. There are 5 species of this animal in North America. The most endangered being named after a country south of the United States of America.

2. The biggest threat to these animals is humans and habitat destruction. Although once almost extinct in the Southwest-ern United States, 34 were reintroduced into the Blue Mountains on the Arizona and New Mexico border.

3. They are carnivores and often prey on animals larger than they are, including caribou and elk. In fact, adults have 42 teeth compared to 32 for adult humans.

4. They are the largest wild members of the dog family and depending on their subspecies they can weigh between 50 and 85 pounds.