Recently the seventh- and eighth-grade classes of Cloquet Christian Academy went GeoCaching.
The classes have been learning about latitude and longitude in their social studies class, so teacher Kim Hallgren decided to take the students to Jay Cooke State Park to go GeoCaching.
Jay Cooke loaned the students GPSs (Global Positioning Systems), and after being given a short lesson, Hallgren gave the students latitude and longitude coordinates that they placed inside their GPSs. They then took three short tests, each one varying in difficulty.
After everyone finished the tests, the students were split into teams of two. The first pair was sent off with a GPS to find a specific GeoCache.
A GeoCache is almost like a treasure hunt. You're given coordinates and sometimes clues to a waterproof box that holds surprises, such as trinkets and bobbles. After 10 minutes, the next pair was sent to find the same GeoCache.
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When the last pair finished, the group all went back to the site of the GeoCache and uncovered the box. After opening it, they had fun taking trinkets and replacing them with items they had brought with them.
(Story contributed by seventh-grader Emma R..)
