At the posted coordinates you will find a large wooden sign. Let the number of letters in the second word equal X.
X-3=A
X-4=B
X-8=c
X-3=D
Final geocache is at N 47° 35.2AB W 122° 07.3CD. You can read more about the seven Travel Bugs we launched on our special web page. You will not need to leave the trail at all to get the geocache. Please be sure to rehide the geocache very, very well!
The following is from a presentation that the students made for the Bellevue Schools Foundation annual luncheon. The geocaching course was funded primarily by the Foundation.
Eight weeks ago I walked into my classroom and Seth! was going to teach us about something I had no idea about!We learned about the satellites orbiting the Earth and the information they carry. We learned about latitude and longitude, and how to write and decode secret messages using the rotation 13 encryption. In the beginning of our geocache study we searched for our first cache in a nearby park. Imagine 50 4th graders roaming through a Bellevue park looking for treasure!
We started by going to Geocaching.com, the official website, and finding the coordinates for a cache in our zip code. Did you know there are 200 caches hidden in Bellevue? We learned how to navigate the official web site find waypoints, gather encrypted hints and set out to find treasure! This field trip got the whole 4th grade excited about the possibilities of what we could learn by geocaching. We learned what makes a good cache and worked in small groups to design them and create stories for our travel bugs. One of the themes was about the Titanic and had artifacts and a story about a Titanic Survivor. Another cache had a Queens and Kings theme and those who discovered it got to read about the powers of the magical gold inside. Some of our travel bugs are on their way to the Bahamas and the Klondike mountains!
Our PTSA bought 6 GPS receivers as part of the grant, so we used those to hide and find our caches around our school. Sometimes our coordinates were a little off and other times our hiding places were leaked to another group, but for the most part, the “hide and find” day was great. As you can see here, finding each other’s caches was the MOST exciting part! Our final cache is in a Bellevue Park. It documents our pilot project so that others who find it may learn more about this unique and exciting sport! The Spiritridge 4th grade Geocachers challenge you to find it!!!