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Geometry and Geocaching Using GIS & GPS
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Schell, Jake Burrows, Andrea |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Students use GPS to locate geocaches via waypoints and save data points to a GPS device. The activity integrates technology, math, and engineering skills with a focus on problem solving. Students form shapes, upload data points to GIS software such as Google Earth, and create scale drawings while working with area, perimeter and rates. Students take on the role of geographers and civil engineers and use a device enabled with the global positioning system (GPS) to locate geocache locations via a number of waypoints. Teams save their data points, upload them to geographic information systems (GIS) software, such as Google Earth, and create scale drawings of their explorations while solving problems of area, perimeter and rates. The activity is unique in its integration of technology for solving mathematical problems and asks students to relate GPS and GIS to engineering. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado University of Wyoming |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Geometry Measurement Science and Technology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT2H30M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth Technical |
