OUTDOOR EDUCATION EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Jennifer WysockiTechnology and Assessment

PROBLEM Children are living lifestyles that are sedentary and

predominately contained indoors. Children are not use to the outdoors and are unfamiliar

with the natural environment

SOLUTION Physical Education teachers can implement an “Outdoor

Education” unit and use geocaching devices. Students will learn how to navigate, be accustomed to

the outdoors, and survival skills. Students will be exercising without even knowing !

GETTING STARTED WITH NAVIGATING

Kits include 24 Brunton® Classic Compasses with instruction manuals for students, instructor study guide, reproducible student workbook, Brunton® Overhead Instructor Compass (6" x 9"), 35-minute DVD, poster, and soft-sided carry case.

Purchase at: http://www.gophersport.com/products/item_detail.cfm?item_id=649&tree_id=1893

Price:$339.00

GEOMATE.JR HANDHELD GPS Just switch on the

Geomate.jr, then follow the distance and arrow to the closest Geocache. See, we told you it was easy! The Geomate.jr will display the

20 closest geocaches to your location.

The Geomate.jr has a GPS compass.

Can also display latitude, longitude and height

Purchase at: http://shop.geocaching.com/default/gps-units/gps-devices/geomate-jr.html

Price: $69.99

SOFTWARE-EDUCACHING ON CD

Educaching is ideal for teachers that are looking to explore with geospatial technology in the lesson plan. This GPS based curriculum comes complete with; comprehensive teacher training section 20 lessons that vary in degree

of difficulty; Purchase at: http://

shop.geocaching.com/default/starter-kits/geocaching-guides/educahing-cd.html

Price: $29.99

EQUIPMENT TO USE WHILE GEOCACHING

ClassPlus™ Mongoose® Bicycle Packs 10 ea Mongoose® Impasse HD Bikes

(41 lb. ea.) 10 ea. Mongoose® Bike Helmets (2

Youth, 8 Adult) 10 ea. MasterLock® Resettable

Combo Locks, 6 mm 1 ea. Schwinn® Air Driver 1100

Pump with patented 5-in-1 nozzle 1 ea. Essentials of Smart Cycling

Book with DVD (160 pages) Purchase at: http://

www.gophersport.com/products/item_detail.cfm?item_id=9084&tree_id=1893

Price: $3,199 .00Great for students to use with their geocaching devices!

GEOCACHING APP FOR SMARTPHONE

Navigate to Geocache Locations

The Geocaching App uses your smartphone's built-in GPS receiver to lead you to geocache coordinates.

Useful for students wanting to geocache with family at home

Purchase at: Apple iTunes Price: $9.99

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL APP

Application for the iPhone designed to teach wilderness safety and survival.

Offers a variety of terrain options for students to discover how to survive in different biomes.

Allows students to feel more comfortable in the outdoors.

Purchase at: Apple iTunes Price: $1.99

RATIONAL Why incorporate outdoor

education in the physical education curriculum? Because students will use

compasses and maps to find a predetermined location called a control point (marked with a flag or kite). Students navigate their way through a series of control points to complete the course and learn essential survival skills along the way