Invitation

I'm coordinating a project soon for releasing Geocaching 'Travel Bugs' which will race around the world through Geocaches. This is following the success of a travel bug getting from a school in Australia to our school in just 10 months by travelling through geocaches. Do you fancy taking part?

Here are some ideas for how we could run a mass 'Travel Bug' release project.

I would like to release some travel bugs from different schools at about the same time. Please let me know if March sounds like a good timescale. All you need to do is get hold of a travel bug and get your class to decide on a 'goal' for it.

You can buy your own Travel Bug from http://www.ukgeocachers.co.uk/ or http://www.aboveandbeyond.co.uk/. If you want me to order one for you, just get in touch.

I am going to post information about the progress of our school travel bugs on http://schoolgeocachinguk.blogspot.com/.

Want some inspiration? Take a look at what this travel bug achieved.

Thanks for your interest!

Getting Started with Travel Bugs

Here are some tips for getting starteCreate a free account on www.geocaching.com.

You will be able to browse and track Travel Bugs straight away.

Codes for a few interesting Travel Bugs: TB3BHHT, TB3FF8Q, TBHKF1 TB14VHZ, TB2RQAA, TB1D9QZ .

Type these codes in to http://www.geocaching.com/track/default.aspx to read their goals and follow their progress.

Buy your own Travel Bug from a website such as http://www.ukgeocachers.co.uk/ or http://www.aboveandbeyond.co.uk/ and then release it.

Yet more links

Hi folks,

Here are a few decent links on Geocaching / School Geocaching. Some were sent by Dughall McCormick from Kirklees - thanks! Most of the links provide useful info on what Geocaching is, how schools are getting involved. Some are a good source for yet more links!

http://www.trailsoptional.com/2010/10/gps-and-geocaching-how-to-get-started-help-documents/

http://olliebray.typepad.com/olliebraycom/2010/06/new-technology-and-outdoor-learning-1-of-8-geocaching.html
http://www.trailsoptional.com/2010/10/k-12-online-conference-presentation-gps-and-geocaching-k12online10/


http://tcoffey.edublogs.org/2009/05/03/geocaching/

What is geocaching?

This video is always worth a watch if you don't know what Geocaching is....

A few links to get you folks started.

Here are a few weblinks to get you all started.

www.geocaching.com
www.yorkshiregeocaching.co.uk – a local community who are very helpful at answering your queries.
http://www.educaching.com/ - a US based site dedicated to using geocaching in school.
http://www.gpsinformation.net/ - quite a technical site

What's this about?

I am a UK Primary School teacher, and enjoy geocaching in my spare time as well as with my class.

I was asked to speak to some teachers about how geocaching might be used in their classrooms.

Looking around, there doesn't seem to be much of this going on, so I thought I might create a place where I / others can post and share info on this subject area.

I will post any links / resources that I can on this site. Please feel free to comment and add your own resources!