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Are you looking for something fun and active that can get the whole family working together as a team this summer? Geocaching may be the answer.

Geocaching is recommended in a Healthly Living feature on the Heart & Stroke Foundation website. Geocaching is (or can be) a great way to get out into the great outdoors for a hike. It is also a great event to do together as a family!

“When André Bentivoglio, a parent of two children ages 3 and 7, first heard about geocaching last winter, he couldn’t wait to try it. He described it to his kids as a new kind of treasure hunt, which got them very excited about the activity.” [more]

This feature has some great advice including “Learning how to be a Cacher”, “Tips for your first geocache outing”, and “Buying a GPS”

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A recent article in brandoninfo.com tells a story which is becoming more and more common - using Geocaching for education purposes. In this case elementry schools in Brandon South Dakota are using Geocaching to learn about GPSr’s and an understanding of latitude and longitude and the basics of geographical coordinates.

The students have been learning how to use a GPS to find treasures or caches. To find established geocaches hidden by fellow geocachers, an understanding of latitude and longitude and the basics of geographical coordinates were learned first. The students then learned how to use a GPS to mark waypoints and how to enter the coordinates into a GPS. Students then had to find caches hidden by their teacher on the school grounds.

I think Geocaching is a great teaching tool - I have seen it myself in outings with my kids. Being outdoors with a specific task in mind leads to many teachable moments.

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