1. GPS in Education Arlington ISD, Instructional Technology Department October 21, 2006

2. Navigation Before GPS landmarks

3. Navigation Before GPS Land in sight

4. Navigation Before GPS night sky

5. Navigation Before GPS chronometer

6. Navigation Before GPS sextant

7. Navigation Before GPS TRANSIT satellite

8. GPS NAVSTAR Global Positioning System

9. GPS Manpack

10. GPS Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR)

11. GPS So how does it work? http://video.howstuffworks.com/hsw/player.htm?v=gps

12. Google Earth Free download –http://earth.google.comhttp://earth.google.com Satellite Imagery KMZ’s

13. Geocaching Background Started August 2000 “Geo” means “earth/geography” “Cache” means “container” 319,509 caches in 222 countries Free (once you have a GPS receiver)

14. How it Works Geocacher searches by zip code for caches in a certain area http://www.geocaching.com Takes the GPS receiver and locates the cache Open cache, sign log book, trade items Replace as it was found Log find on the website

15. Geocaching Rules CITO Leave no trace No food/candy Don’t trade “down” Don’t give away the hide in the logs Adhere to the creed

16. Geocaching Lingo TFTC TNLN FTF “Muggles”

17. Types of Caches Micros Regular/Small Virtual Multi-cache Where’s George Letterboxing

18. Trackables Travel Bugs –http://www.geocaching.com/track/search.aspxhttp://www.geocaching.com/track/search.aspx Geocoins White Jeeps

19. Explorist 100 Power button on right side Allow 2 minutes for the satellites to lock on –3 solid bars –Will automatically advance to next screen

20. Explorist 100 (ctd.) Odometer tells how far you’ve traveled Location screen

21. Explorist 100 (ctd.) Reading the coordinates Current PositionDesired Position 32°46.143 N 32°46.197 N 97°04.816 W 97°04.749 W In which direction do you need to travel?

22. Explorist 100 (ctd.) Has a built-in digital compass. Compass only works when traveling at least 3 mph.