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What is Geocaching?

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Educational Caches

RPSEC - Venus GC3JGQ4

Rip Currents - Know The Danger! GC2A0E0

To Boldly Go GC1RTP7 – Convention Ctr

Vereen Memorial Garden Cache GC2C97

A Very Orderly Native Carolinian GC9013

The Classy Cache 4 GC3BMR3

The Whaling Wall GC1CDZ0 – “Homework”

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Geocaching Art – Map view

• Geo Art: Bicyclist - #01 GC3WQ97 - Ohio

• Head Alien #01 GC253ZN - Nevada

• 0001 RR - 4-4-0 General GC3FA3B - Idaho

• RT J1 Gränsen GC3KCW0 - Sweeden, Saint

• STS-1 GC39XR5 - California, Shuttle, more

• 002 Thunderbird GC3539X - Idaho, Jet

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“Educaching” resources

• Alice Christie article – Using GPS and Geocaching Engages,

Empowers, and Enlightens Middle School Teachers and Students

• Edcaching wiki

• Geocaching and Education

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Geocaching Ideas

• Topic caches

• Multicaches – tell a story

• Create an event:– Cache In Trash Out (CITO)– Celebrate special day: Arbor day, Veteran’s

Day, Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day

• Follow Travel Bugs

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Geocaching Apps

• Geocaching.com– iPhone, Android, Windows Phone

https://www.geocaching.com/live/

• iPhone: FindIt! Free

• Android: Latitude Longitude Coordinates

• Windows: GPS Satellite

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Other Links

• Radius around a point– http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-

point.htm

• Find Latitude and Longitude– http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/