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=**GPS and Geometry Concept Hunt**= [|Oneco Elementary School's Gifted Website]

Students were given the task of completing the Geometry Hunt. In part one of this hunt, a pair of students headed out on campus with two GPS units, a manual, one Geometry Hunt Chart, pencils and a camera. Their job was to find stationary items on campus that represented each geometric term, such as quadrangle or obtuse angle. When the item was found each person used his/her GPS unit to mark that waypoint and compare it with his/her partner’s waypoint. These waypoints were not exact, but they should have been close. Next, each person recorded their waypoint on the Geometry Hunt Chart next to that specific item. Finally, a digital picture was taken of that item and this process was repeated until the chart was complete. For Part 2, students headed out on campus in pairs to complete and gather pictures using the coordinates from another Geometry Concept Chart. They first entered the coordinates for the concept on the another group’s chart. The students then followed the GPS to those coordinates. Once at that location, students looked for and took a picture of the geometry concept. When groups had completed their task they got together, compared photos, and reflected on the activity.

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