Choose one activity from each step.
STEP 1: Prepare for your adventure A geocache is basically a little hidden treasure box. Using GPS, you can find a box someone has left. What does GPS mean? Look up some examples of what the boxes you might find look like. 1. With an adult, visit an official geocaching site. Here are 2: www.geocaching.com, www.navicache.com 2. Attend a geocaching event and talk to geocachers. STEP 2: Learn to use a GPS receiver GPS coordinates are measurements called latitude (north/south) and longitude (east/west). The point on earth where the two measurements meet is the GPS location. You can download a GPS receiver on a cell phone or tablet with your parents permission. 1. Find the GPS coordinates for 3 places. Places can include a street sign, a tree, your front steps, etc 2. Hide an item and have a friend find it using GPS coordinates. STEP 3: Make a trade item When you find a box, there will be an item in there for you. You will need to leave an item behind. Something inexpensive like a card or small toy. 1. Make something that represents Girl Scouts to leave in a box. Consider a patch or a SWAP. You can search online for tons of SWAPs ideas. 2. Make a piece of jewelry like a pin or a friendship bracelet. 3. Make something that represents you like a drawing, collage, etc But for safety, it shouldn’t have any personal info like your actual photo or address. STEP 4: Go on a geocaching adventure On a geocaching website, with your parent, set up an account. Pick an area where there are several geocaches and plan a day to go find them. 1. Go hiking! Find caches while on a hike in the wild. Don’t forget to bring a picnic lunch. 2. Try a multi-cache. A mutli-cache involves you going to 2 or more places before you find the final container. You will use hints at each place to get to the box. 3. Do a themed geocaching adventure! Some geocaches are themed. You might have to solve a mystery or puzzle to find these. STEP 5: Take part in a bug’s travels A Travel Bug is a small item with a special tag that goes from cache to cache. Each bug has a special number. You enter it into geocaching.com and can see where it has been. You decide where you want it to go. When someone finds the bug, they move it to help move it towards it’s goal. 1. Make a bug! Go to https://shop.geocaching.com/ to purchase one. 2. Hide a bug with a goal of traveling with Girl Scouts… like “I want this to travel to Our Chalet in Switzerland” 3. Track a bugs travels. Go to geocaching.com and search for a big that has been to at least 4 places. On a map, chart it’s travels. What can you find out about the area’s it has visited? Maybe you can even find a bug and help it on its way.
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