Went Geo Caching with the Family today!! We printed out a bunch of local caches and went out as a family. The five of use were super excited and found three caches! We would have kept going but we ran out of sunlight. The first cache was the hardest to find. The small container was hanging in a tree. We had two GPS units and we noticed the the coordinates on each were a little off. Having more than one device really helped us narrow down the location. The next two were a little easier. One was hidden in a fake rock and the final was hidden in a guard rail right off of the road.
I think that the best part of the experience was making memories about places that I mindlessly drive by every day. Now when I drive by that stretch of guard rail I will giggle at the thought of my mother's frustration when my father found the cache before her.
I look forward to coming up with an activity in the future to do with my students. Great experience.Our Team Name:
Snikles Seekers.
Snikle is my last name spelled backwards. We added the S to stand for me, Sarah
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteAwesome blog. Sounds like you all had a great time as a famliy with the geocaching! The pictures really added to the blog description as you all did geocache until it was too dark. You have inpsired me to do that over my upcoming holiday break! Tomorrow is our last day so I have a week and a half to get out and explore!
Happy Holidays!
I love the creativity of those that hide the caches. We once found one in the "shoe" of a lamp post. (the cover over the base). I also love the memories we make as a family whenever we go geocaching!
ReplyDeleteAs we were looking through some of the local caches I found an area that is just begging for one. I am going to put a cache there soon. Then I can invite students to come find it.
I think the best thing for kids is learning who else comes to visit your cache.
What a fun family activity. Many of my students do this as a family outing. I wanted to require it -- but cannot because of the need for the GPS unit. Too bad more students don't try it. I think they would enjoy doing so.
ReplyDeleteI also am delighted to see that students are continuing to blog in their classmate's blogs, even though the class has ended!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR!