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

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

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GEOCACHING FIELD GEOCACHING FIELD TRIPTRIP

Marzano Strategy: Marzano Strategy: Advance OrganizerAdvance Organizer

Artifact: Geocaching logArtifact: Geocaching log

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Pre-Geocaching ActivitiesPre-Geocaching Activities

Lessons on using a compass, grid, Lessons on using a compass, grid, latitude/longitude from AIMS Finding latitude/longitude from AIMS Finding Your BearingsYour Bearings

Online exploration of Global Online exploration of Global Positioning System technology:Positioning System technology:

www.howstuffworks.comwww.howstuffworks.com (How GPS receivers work) (How GPS receivers work)www.nasm.si.eduwww.nasm.si.edu (GPS, A New Constellation) (GPS, A New Constellation)www.pbs.orgwww.pbs.org (Nova Online: The Search for (Nova Online: The Search for

Longitude)Longitude)

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Outreach ProgramOutreach Program

Dr. Bob Coulter from the Missouri Dr. Bob Coulter from the Missouri Botanical Outreach program (and Botanical Outreach program (and Director of Litzinger Ecology Center)Director of Litzinger Ecology Center)

came out and introduced the came out and introduced the students to how GPS receivers work, students to how GPS receivers work, having them locate a point on the having them locate a point on the school grounds. He gave us an school grounds. He gave us an overview of geocaching on the overview of geocaching on the geocaching.com website.geocaching.com website.

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Geocaching Field TripGeocaching Field Trip

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

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Geocaching in ActionGeocaching in Action

Students complete advance Students complete advance organizerorganizer

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Students use GPS to locate cachesStudents use GPS to locate caches

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We found one!We found one!

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What’s under the log?What’s under the log?

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And here’s the other one!And here’s the other one!

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What’s Next?What’s Next?

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

Happy Geocaching!Happy Geocaching!