Using Geocaching to Illustrate Latitude and Longitude in the Classroom

Get your students moving and actually applying latitude and longitude through geocaching. Incorporating GPS technology, computer websites, and basic geography, this lesson gets students excited about learning geography, maps, and the new game of geocaching. This lesson was used with fourth grade students but can be adapted for middle school and high school students as well. This lesson also ties in well with space history, science and satellites technology. by Susan R. Wagner


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