Captain Squeaks

MISSION: This is a class project for 1^st grade students. We decided to have a race between four teams in our classroom with our Pirate rubber ducky Travel Bugs. We can trace their whereabouts on geocaching.com.

All travel bugs started on Dec. 2013 in Indiana. They were left at various ‘travel bug hotels’.

A group of 4 students share a travel bug. They were responsible for naming it and are responsible for tracking its location on a map.  In the end, we will see which group’s travel bug goes the farthest (total distance traveled in miles) by May 1^st, 2014. As geocachers find our travel bugs, they will log their location informing us where the bug is now! We’re excited to see where they may go. Even though our contest will end, we hope our bugs will continue to travel!

Each student group has 2 travel bugs-one is a rubber ducky; the other is a dinosaur (or thought to have been when we started).  Bugs often go ‘missing’, so we are hoping this will help with the disappointment of that matter.

We would especially love for you to take and post pictures of you with our travel bugs when you find one!  We would like our bugs to travel to many states, state capitals, national or state parks and any other famous landmarks or statues.  It would also be fun for our travel bugs to have their picture taken with an animal or someone famous!

THANK YOU for logging our pirate rubber ducky travel bugs!!  Thank you also for carrying it to a new ‘Treasure’ location asap!

Happy Caching and Shiver me Timbers!

Mrs. C/K’s 1^st graders at CRES

Here are all the travel bugs in our class competition if you would like to find others!

TEAM A-

TB5HM64   Capt. Squeaks  (rubber ducky)

TB5KJAR     Capt. T-Rex

TEAM B-

TB5HM5P   Bobby Duck

TB5KJAA   Christmas Tail (dinosaur)

TEAM C-

TB5HM5B   Capt. Eyesight (rubber ducky)

TB5HM5A    Spikeback (dinosaur-like animal)

TEAM D-

TB5KJAD   Sleepy Duck

TB5HM59   Hoey Din (anteater)

ARRGH! Capt. Squeaks is owned by TEAM A. This rubber ducky is dressed as a pirate in a blue vest, complete with eye patch and pirate hat. However, he does not squeak. Ahoy matey!