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Geocaching, a high tech treasure hunt, is a fun and educational way to teach latitude and longitude. A predetermined point with a small item at the coordinates--it might be covered slightly to prevent accidental discovery. Line one or more students outside the series of masking tape lines. This should be oriented appropriately North in your room should also be North. Explain that this is the equator.

They should step to the first line, that's 10 degrees, the next is 20, the next is Our school is at approximately N34 degrees teachers adapt to your own coordinates. Have another student or students start the other direction - this is the Prime Meridian. They stand outside the first block. The first line is 10 degrees, then 20, etc.

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Show the students a GPS. Pre-program the coordinates of the hidden container. Tell the students they are going to hunt for the treasure. Now outside, show the compass arrow on the GPS unit so they can walk to the treasure. You might want to hide several items and give each group a different set of coordinates if you have more than one GPS unit, if not, each group will wait for their turn.

Each group should find their item and then choose a spot to hide a cache for the others to find. Students should walk with the GPS unit on to observe the rapidly changing latitude and longitude. When they have selected a spot ideally away from buildings and metal to avoid interference , they should record the coordinates.

A GPS unit should be allowed to "settle out" to gain reliable coordinates.

Most GPS units will take many readings, so give it time. Students enjoy trying again and again to lead their classmates to their selected spot. Do some problem solving to figure out why the coordinates might be off metal, atmospheric interference, etc. Get lots of feedback from the students, they really will enjoy this high tech hunt.

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Run out of Every-Day Edit activities for the month of November? Check out our Xtra activities for any time of year. Different Types and Sources of Energy Subject: To understand that there are different types and sources of energy Next Gen Science Standard: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

What do you think energy is? Allow the students to answer. Today, we are going to be talking about energy. Energy is power that comes from a source and is used to provide light, heat or to work machines.

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There are different kinds of energy and energy comes from different sources. One type of energy is kinetic ki-ne-tic energy and one type of energy is potential energy. Kinetic energy is energy that is in motion. A ball bouncing is using kinetic energy. Potential energy is stored energy. A ball that is sitting at the top of a hill has potential energy.

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When you are sitting at your desk with your hands on your desk, your hands have potential energy. When you raise your hand or move your hand to write, your hand has kinetic energy.

Now, we are going to talk about the sources of energy. That means where energy comes from. Energy comes from many different places.

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Coal, natural gas and oil are all burned and then turned into energy. Energy can also come from the sun, wind, heat in the Earth, water and natural things like wood and corn. Energy comes from the sun is called solar energy. Solar panels soak up the sun and turn it into energy. Wind, energy and heat from the Earth are all caught and used to make energy.

Wood, manure and corn can be burned and that is used to make energy. Energy is transferred from place to place and can then be used to produce motion, sound, heat or light. You are now going to look around the room and make a list of the different places where you see energy being transferred and producing something.

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Does anyone have any questions? Allow about 10 minutes for the students to make a list of places where energy is being transferred. Who would like to share the list that you made? Allow the students to answer and share. Different Types and Sources of Energy.

Changes in Habitat Subject: To understand that changes to an environment can be dangerous Next Gen Science Standard: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. How do plants and animals in a habitat depend on each other? Eight Week Quiz A. Eight Week Quiz B. Eight Week Quiz C. Eight Week Quiz D. Eight Week Quiz E. Eight Week Quiz F.

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