The Discovery Education Network Star Educators invite you to a special Saturday morning event featuring what you know about Discovery Education streaming video and what you may know or will learn about the sport of geocaching. This one –time event is sure to be fun for everyone. When: 8:30 -12:00, Saturday, May 16thWhere: Meet at Starbucks, 3421 E Broadwaythen to The Reid Park ZooCost: FREE Snacks and Lunch Provided by Discovery What you need: Hat, sunscreen, good walking shoes What you could bring if you have or can borrow one: A hiking GPS Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache anywhere in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's format, content, personality and location online. Anyone with a GPS device can then try to locate the geocache. Educational Geocaching involves students in seeking information that will help them to solve the mystery of where a geocache is located and what to do with the treasures they find. The Discovery Education Star Educators will lead you through the steps necessary to understand how to • Find geocaches • Make your own cache • Construct a standards-based activity that will engage your students The Tucson Discovery Educator Network STARs will showcase resources available through IDEAL and Discovery Streaming to connect the geocaching activity to content relevant to Arizona student achievement. The fun comes in when students apply what they learn while seeking out caches to constructing their own caching activity. Imagine your students working together to synthesize information from multiple resources, especially visual and auditory resources available through Discovery Streaming, and apply what they have learned for the creation of an engaging mystery. Materials and lesson plans for use at your school will be shared. Join Us! And become a member of the DEN! Dr. Alice Christie's Site about Educational Geo- & Educaching Her video podcast explaining the basics. About the Discovery Educator NetworkThe Discovery Educator Network (DEN) is a global community of educators passionate about teaching with digital media, sharing resources, collaborating, and networking. With over 25,000 members providing professional development to over 250,000 educators worldwide, the DEN connects teachers both on-line and in-person. Discovery Educators have exclusive access to a wide range of resources, professional development activities, networking opportunities, exclusive Discovery Educator events and more! Voted the best professional development website in 2007 by the Association of Educational Publishers, this website is a place to connect to other educators across the globe. Here, all users can read the blogs and discussion boards. Discovery Educators (any educator that has a Discovery account) have the ability to comment on the blogs, post to the discussion boards, and register for Discovery Educator Network events. STAR Discovery Educators, our most active members, have access to additional benefits including:
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