Geocaching

Level: 1

Requirements

• Define Geocaching.
• What is a GPS receiver?
• Demonstrate 2 ways of finding the location of a Geocache in your area on the Geocache website.
• Demonstrate entering the latitude and longitude coordinates into the GPS to find a Geocache in your area.
• Define the following terms:
  • Traditional cache
  • Micro-cache
  • Virtual cache
  • Multi-level cache
  • Travel bug
• What items may be left in a geocache? Which items may not?
• Know and practice good Travel Bug Etiquette
• Know and practice good Travel Bug Etiquette
• Find 3 Geocaches in your area, at least one of which must be a regular (traditional) cache.
• Write about your geocache find in your logbook on the geocache website.
• Discuss Matthew 6:19-21 and Jeremiah 29:13 and compare them to geocaching.
• Discuss safety concerns you should consider when geocaching.