{"id":7579,"date":"2011-12-15T14:01:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T22:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=7579"},"modified":"2016-01-15T13:28:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T21:28:19","slug":"new-teacher-tools-geocaching-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/new-teacher-tools-geocaching-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"New Teacher Tools: Geocaching and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Louie Bliss and Foxfire working the Geocaching Booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Teachers say geocaching can be a powerful learning tool that involves critical thinking, hands-on learning and active engagement.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, geocaching has become more commonly used in the world of education. Now Geocaching.com<\/a> offers more help to teachers who incorporate geocaching in the classroom. Geocaching.com just released a\u00a0 Geocaching and Education<\/a> page to provide educators with a range of useful resources. Geocaching.com employees, known as Lackeys, are also attending education conventions to spread the word about geocaching in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Teachers have traditionally created their own material to incorporate geocaching into geography, math, science, history, English, and physical education curricula. The passion to use the activity in school has become so great that we over at Groundspeak are now actively partnering with teachers to better support geocaching and education.<\/p>\n

Just this past week, Lackeys smelly_kelly<\/a>, Foxfire<\/a>, Louie Bliss<\/a>, Katie-b<\/a>, and bethany_b<\/a> attended the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Convention<\/a> in Seattle, Washington. The conference featured more than 50 booths and hosted more than 3,000 attendees. The Geocaching.com booth proved to be a great success as geocachers and non-cachers alike stopped by to learn about the activity and how it can be used as a teaching tool.<\/p>\n

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Geocaching and Education<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those working the booth were pleased with the number of teachers already using geocaching in their classrooms. It was equally encouraging to see how many teachers plan on incorporating geocaching into future lessons.<\/p>\n

According to Lackey Louie Bliss, \u201cpeople were really impressed that we have a brand new section dedicated to Geocaching and Education. Most people had heard of geocaching and done it themselves, but many had never thought to teach it to students. They walked away really excited to try it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lackey\u2019s found that both students and teachers are using geocaching to teach a variety of subjects. \u201cWe had a number of science teachers discuss how they plan to co-teach with social studies or geography teachers,\u201d said Louie Bliss.<\/p>\n

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smelly_kelly and Louie Bliss with a 10-foot astronaut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Check out the education forums<\/a> if you are interested in posting questions, ideas, sharing curriculum, and more. The forums are a fabulous way for teachers to learn from one another and for Groundspeak to learn from teachers.<\/p>\n

Resources available on the Geocaching and Education page include educational screencasts, geocaching videos, a link to the Intro to Geocaching PowerPoint Presentation, and a link to the education forums.<\/p>\n

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New Teacher Tools: Geocaching and Education<\/a><\/blockquote>