Geocaching is great! by Shirley

I am an avid geocacher who feels strongly that this great hobby can be used successfully in the classroom as an excellent tool to teach GPS positioning, geography, outdoor safety, science, math and many other topics.  If you would like to know more about this check out this short video on Geocaching.

Travel bugs and coins are small objects found in certain caches and travel from place to place when found by a cacher. I have placed a cache called A Learning Journey (GC260JE)close to our school and started our PDS travel bug key chain there to make its way to as many USA states as possible…..track its journey

PDS keychain Travel Bug

04/02/2010 FairladyNY placed it in A Learning Journey New York   Visit Log

04/03/2010 birder428 retrieved it from A Learning Journey New York   Visit Log Grabbed this early this morning. After posting a picture of it at my school, I’ll send it along.

04/17/2010 birder428 placed it in Gray K-atbird and Patty the Parula New York – 8.37 miles  Visit Log

04/18/2010 GrayK retrieved it from Gray K-atbird and Patty the Parula New York   Visit Log Thanks for sharing this TB. I’ll try to move it to a new state soon.

05/11/2010 GrayK placed it in SSB – Riversdale Historic House & Museum Maryland – 253.98 miles  Visit Log

05/12/2010 golbeck retrieved it from SSB – Riversdale Historic House & Museum Maryland   Visit Log Found it and will move it on soon!

05/16/2010 golbeck placed it in Jumpin’ at the Woodside Maryland – 6.69 miles  Visit Log

05/21/2010 ZeWrestler retrieved it from Jumpin’ at the Woodside Maryland   Visit Log Nice trackable. Will move on.

06/04/2010 ZeWrestler placed it in Oaklea’s Cache Maryland – 8.34 miles  Visit Log

06/04/2010 Lanka007 retrieved it from Oaklea’s Cache Maryland   Visit Log Picked up from a cache near NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland. I’ll move it soon. How about a picture of the nearby University of Maryland … I think that qualifies as a school. Testudo, a diamondback turtle, in front of the campus library is the university mascot.

08/21/2010 Lanka007 placed it in Return To Project A.P.E. Maryland – 15.17 miles  Visit Log

09/04/2010 will/cole retrieved it from Return To Project A.P.E. Maryland   Visit Log Found in MD will move to “the Old Dominion” soon

10/23/2010 will/cole placed it in Ghillie Cache Virginia – 18.51 miles Visit Lo
  • How many miles has this TB traveled???  E-mail me with your answer…    srinaldi@poughkeepsieday.org

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