Category: Science
Excellent use of GPS & GIS for Biological Thinking, Analysis & Reasoning
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Here is a GPS/GIS related lesson plan created by Jamie Bennion from Washington County School District. He was a participant in a 2-day class on Location Based Learning & Analysis with GPS class that I taught for the district.
His lesson plan is ve… more »
Jeffrey's Science Test
This cache uses a very common tool in Science - The Periodic Table of Elements - as a puzzle to find the coordinates to the cache location. Another fun way to hook kids into learning with caching! more »
Earthcache Sites for Teachers
Earthcache Sites for Teachers is a list of resources for using earthcaches to teach geological features of our planet.
An Earthcache is a type of geocache - kind of a virtual cache where there is no container to find, but you have to visit the site t… more »
What If...
While out geocaching, I ran across a cache that incorporates many educational ideas. The name is "What If..." and asks the question, what if the Sun were the size of a community water tank? The placer has scaled the Solar System based on the size of the… more »
Science Geocaching Grant Awarded
While listening to the PodCacher Podcast, I heard about a great way to integrate geocaching with science education. You can create geocaches at locations that you would like to collect data or observations. The cache hunters/finders will make the observa… more »
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