Yesterday during Mr. Marggraf's class in period 3, we went on a GeoCaching hunt for 3 locations. Unable to really determine where, we had found a secret GeoCache around Safeway. Also during our hunt, we used the website www.geocaching.com in order to get the specific coordinates of several Geocaching before our journey in the vans and split into two groups. GeoCaching is an outdoor activity where participants use a GPS to locate and navigate the places where Geocaches or caches are hidden around the world. When a GeoCache is found, there will be a small diary or notebook with some items previous GeoCaching hunters left behind, once one is found. The person(s) will document their arrival upon the GeoCache with the date, name, take one of the prizes and replace it with something of more or equal value, then move back in the same position for others to seek.
I had learned where Geocaches may or may not be hidden, the hints provided within the website proved to be of great help to find what we could, in the unit we knew how to navigate through a GPS and its uses to locate, mark and navigate to other locations.
