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!
I'm sure that some of my school would be interested in this, we've done lots of caching in the past.
ReplyDeleteWhat sort of race had you imagined? I think there are lots of diferent types (most distance travelled, quickest to arrive at destination, fastest average speed). I've seen some TB races that run like the olympics; at the end of a certain time frame or when they reach their destination, awards are given in different 'events', fastest travelling, highest altitude reached, biggest 'jump' from one cache to another etc.
Love to be involved, will start speaking to teachers tomorrow. @predacomdom