Presenters: Morgan Stirling, Amanda Papp-Goodhue / Strand: Teaching & Learning / Theme: Teaching & Learning / Target Level: All
It was great to be outside in the sunshine checking out some of the slights around Rotorua after many hours of sitting. This geocaching session was part orieninteering, part high-tech treasure hunt. We were divided into team and given a GPS device and a set of instructions. To find out where the geocaches where hidden we had to solve maths problems. When we solved the problem and navigated using the GPS device to the location. At the location we then had to search for the hidden cache. Inside the cache we found the next problem to be sovlved. This is an example of one of the maths problems.
It was great to be outside in the sunshine checking out some of the slights around Rotorua after many hours of sitting. This geocaching session was part orieninteering, part high-tech treasure hunt. We were divided into team and given a GPS device and a set of instructions. To find out where the geocaches where hidden we had to solve maths problems. When we solved the problem and navigated using the GPS device to the location. At the location we then had to search for the hidden cache. Inside the cache we found the next problem to be sovlved. This is an example of one of the maths problems.
South
- D: 58-20
M: 16-8 - S: 257-90 S
East
- D: 200 - 24
- M: 25-10
- S: 682-223
I have examples of geocaches for maths and literacy so come and have a look if you are interested.
