Ways+to+use+GPS

=Walkabout= Similar to a gallery walk inside the classroom. Students in groups go from cache to cache adding their ideas and thoughts about a topic. Once the groups are at their last cache they are responsible for bringing the cache inside to complete the discussion with the class.

Ideas:
1. Students add adjectives, verbs, nouns, etc. to an ongoing list about a topic. (writing) 2. Story comic strip: One group of students add one drawing (with a few words) that shows a main event that happened in a story. The next group of students adds the next picture. By rotating through 4 or 5 caches on the same story, students can have an opportunity to retell through pictures different events that happened in the story. When back in the classroom, you can discuss main events, details, importance, etc. (reading) 3. Collect weather data at each cache. (science)

=Speed Racer= Multiple caches are set up for each team. Teams send one member out at a time to race for the "prize". When one member comes back, another is sent out to a different cache. The first team back wins. Discussion continues with the pieces that were collected.

Ideas:
1. Caches include different small objects with different textures. Students must bring back an object with the appropriate texture/characteristics. (science) 2. Multiple books are placed in a container. Students must answer a question about a certain book by finding evidence in the text. (reading) 3. Resettable locks are holding a piece of evidence (token, card stock, etc) on it. Students must solve the math problem and use the answer to unlock the lock. (math) 4. Facts about different explorers are placed in caches. Students must find the right piece that describes their explorer. (social studies)

=Pieces of a Puzzle= Pieces of a whole are dispersed. Students are put into groups and each group finds one (or more) pieces. When all of the pieces are discovered, the class works together to put it into a whole for discussion.

Ideas:
1. Sentences cut out from a paragraph. Students have to piece them together. (writing) 2. Pieces of a worksheet to be glued together and completed. (any subject) 3. Pieces to a math problem. Students put the clues together to solve the problem. (math) 4. Clues to a historical figure or pieces of a picture. Students discuss who they will be learning about next. (social studies)

=Multiple Choice Caches= Students answer a question to get the next cache name. If they answer incorrectly they find an empty cache. If they answer correctly, they find the next cache with the next question to answer. This method is good for older students: it's harder to cheat by finding where other students are finding caches!

=The Editor= Students are given a paragraph with corrections to make. At each cache, the students find a different colored marker or writing utensil and directions on what to correct with that instrument. Depending on how much the student is asked to edit, this could be from 2-6 caches to rotate through. (Capitalization, Spelling, Punctuation, Tenses, Subject/Verb agreement, Revisions, etc.) When the students have completed it, all students return to class and discuss the edits and revisions they made.

=Seek and Find= Grouped students are given a GPS and sent to locate one cache to bring back to the classroom.

Ideas:
1. Each cache could hold a word, picture, object to make the students guess what the next topic in class will be about. (math, science, ss) 2. Each cache could hold materials needed to complete a lab the next day. (science) 3. Each cache could hold a book for their small group to read in literature circles. (reading)