Ideas

How can I use geocaching and GPS with my students? (please add to this list) **Kickball Challenge** Students mark the waypoints of a series of kicks and then graph them to see who kicked the farthest or import them into googlearth and measure distances. Great for distance and measurement

Mark waypoints of the corners of a space or structure and record the distance between each waypoint to ﬁnd the perimeter
 * Perimeter**

A story about the ﬁrst man to try and piece together dinosaur fossils. After reading the book, in each cache would be "dinosaur bones" to put together in strange and interesting ways
 * Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins**

Calculate the slope of a hill using altitude data and trip data on the GPS
 * Slope of Hill**

Use the GPS to teach students N, S, E, W
 * Cardinal Directions**

Students could walk a shape and record the waypoints at each corner. They could then import the waypoints into google earth to see the pattern.
 * Create Shapes on Earth**

Create a multi-cache so students are required to complete different maths functions to get to the next location.
 * Multicache (multi-step cache)**

Hide different parts of a sequential story in different caches around your school. Students find each part and then rearrange the sequence as a group
 * Composing a story**

Students find locations with GPS, photograph them, then create a map and slideshow. Google earth could be used for this.
 * Photo Log**



To add a photo use the following code:  Picture should be about 300x300pixels.
 * Mark cache positions on Google Earth** using placemarks. Add a comment and a photo.