Monday, February 14, 2011

Geocaching at its Finest

Geocaching is an outdoor sports activity that people take part in all around the world. Containers called "geocaches" or "caches" are hidden in various spots and participants are to use a GPS receiver (or other navigational techniques) to find the geocaches, with the knowledge of the coordinates where the geocaches are hiding. It's a really fun activity and a great learning experience!

Link to geocaching.com

Global Position Systems are good for more than just when you're on a road trip and you need to know where to go. A GPS is great for investigative environmental research as well. If an environmentalist needs to locate a particular species or area, a GPS can come in handy. Imagine if you were an environmentalist and you were studying the Ocmulgee River. It would be necessary to be able to navigate your way through the marshes and through the river, and this would be much easier with the use of a GPS.


Object #1: pill bottle with magnets and toy car
Object #2: clear bottle with battery
Object #3: clear bottle with chalk
Object #4: pill bottle with soda tabs
Object #5: pill bottle with a tiny bottle of hot sauce
Object #6: red bottle with a scroll-like piece of paper
Object #7: clear bottle with black-eyed peas (not the band)
Object #8: metal keychain with scroll-like piece of paper

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