Apisphere Geomate Jr. Handheld Geocaching GPS
An exciting outdoor adventure for the whole family, Geocaching is a high-tech GPS-based treasure hunt.
Hidden all over the U.S.--behind bushes, inside logs, under park benches, practically anywhere--are "geocaches," containers of various size (some can be a small as a quarter piece, while others as large as a bucket) with a log book and trinkets that you can trade stashed inside. Your mission as a Geocacher is to find them.
Clear distance and direction to the closest geocache along with information like size, terrain, difficulty, and GC code
High-sensitivity GPS performance with core GPS functions like current position, height, and heading
A "found" list allows you to mark geocaches as found and review them later
Set a "home" waypoint so you can always navigate back to where you started
Updatable with the latest U.S. geocaches and caches for other countries with the optional Geomate.jr Update Kit (sold seperately)
The incredibly easy-to-use Geomate.jr comes pre-loaded with 250,000 geocaches covering all 50 U.S. States just switch it on and be directed to your closest geocache; hit the "Next" button to be directed to next closest geocache.
Along with cache location, the Geomate.jr provides other information such as size, terrain, and difficulty rating and the geocaching.com ID code for each geocache.
Don't worry about getting lost the Geomate.jr allows you to set a "Home" waypoint so you can always find your way back again. Displays compass heading, latitude and longitude. A "Found Cache" log allows you to mark geocaches and review them later to keep track of which caches you've already found.
Apisphere Geomate.jr is powered by 2 AAA batteries (included).
With the Apisphere Geomate Jr. Geocaching GPS Update Kit
Access every traditional U.S. geocache location up to a difficulty rating of 4 (premium member geocaches excluded) Load pocket queries from geoaching.com or setup your own private geocaching network. Set user preferences for your Geomate.jr even give it a nickname! The Apisphere Geomate.jr Update Kit works without subscription, service fees or update frequency limits.
Garmin Chirp Geocaching Beacon
Garmin International is pleased to announce chirp, the one-of-a-kind wireless beacon designed specifically for the outdoor adventures of geocaching. Chirp is affordable, durable, waterproof and communicates with, and can be programmed by, compatible wireless-enabled Garmin handhelds (sold separately).
Geocachers can verify that a cache is nearby, access chirp's hints and see how many visitors have visited a cache. chirp adds another dimension to multi-caching by allowing users to retrieve multi-cache coordinates, making chirp the ultimate geocaching tool.
Chirp has up to one year of battery life, gives you the ability to password protect chirp, and is sized for being easily used within a well-placed cache.
Compatible Products: Oregon 300, 400i, 400c, 400t, 450, 450t, 550, 550t GPSMAP 62s, 62st, 78s, 78sc Dakota 20. Package contains: Chirp, CR2032 lithium coin cell battery, mounting disk, instruction manual.
The Golden Age of the Video Arcade from the Collection of Bradley Czech. Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI. Games with titles like Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and Frogger. A Video Arcade Games Education Packet offers fun items, including a Pac-Man-inspired maze Scavenger Hunt game. This show runs May 25, 2013 - September 2, 2013.
September 7, 2013 6th Annual Mystery Scavenger Hunt Help us solve the latest Cedar Hill mystery! Teams of up to four people each compete to find and follow clues throughout the memorial grounds. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, CT
The Tate St. Ives UK Daily, from 6 July - 3 September Look out for 'I Spy Tate' in St Ives this summer! The challenge is simple: can you find the picture clues in the artworks on display at Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden?
* The Scavenger Hunt Playing Area
* Around the Home (Indoor Scavenger Hunt)
* Across the Neighborhood
* Outside
* In the Park
* On the Beach
* At the Pool
* Around Town
* In the Mall (mall scavenger hunts are big!)
* Intrastate
* At the School
-->> Don't forget these important steps!
* Collecting Items
* Alternative Ideas
* Photo Hunt
* Observation
* Video Challenge
* Trading Up
* Hide & Seek
* Memory Hunt
* Prizes
* Checklist for Setting up your Scavenger Hunt
Metal Detector
8" Interchangeable, Waterproof Search Coil
3 Modes Of Operation: All-Metal, Discrimination & Auto-Notch
3-Tone Audio Discrimination
Touch Pad Selection
4 1/2 Star Customer Ratings
Sensitivity Control
A low tone indicates nails, bottle caps, gold or nickel while a medium tone suggests pull-tabs, zinc, and post-1982 pennies. High tones denote copper, silver, brass, and pre-1982 pennies.
A headphone jack is installed. Headphones must be purchased separately, as must the two 9-volt alkaline batteries that power the detector. This item is covered under a five-year warranty.
The USA-made detector measures 28.7 by 10.5 by 6.7 inches upon shipping and weighs 4.6 pounds. --Jessica Reuling, Amazon
Ghosthunting Southern New England (America's Haunted Road Trip)
Ghosthunting Southern New England (America's Haunted Road Trip : Kindle Edition for easier travel)
"Author Andrew Lake visits more than 30 legendary haunted places, all of which are open to the public-so you can test your own ghosthunting skills, if you dare. Join Andrew as he visits each site, snooping around eerie rooms and dark corners, talking to people who swear to their paranormal experiences, and giving you a first-hand account." -- description
One in a series of books and e-books that guide you through states, regions, trails and more. Experience and experiment for yourself. What do you see? Bring your Amazon Kindle, your
NOOK Color,
or any tablet 
for much more lightweight reading as you walk along, as you're in planes, trains and automobiles. 
Starter Ghost Hunting Kit with "Ghost Tech"
Are you worried about something going on in your home or business or just interested in what may be possible? Perhaps you're getting ready for a ghost hunting party and hoping that something extraordinary will happen that night, be it in October or any time. Want to contact someone special or thinking previous occupants may be lurking, not ready to move on?
"Paranormal research is still a new science. The is no such thing as a ghost detector and no one yet knows for sure what causes paranormal phenomena
"Many theories exists, and most assume that if humans can experience a paranormal sight, sound, chill, or other sensation, then there should be some type of detectable physical/environmental change." -- from description
This kit includes:
Trifield Meter
EMF Meter
Portable Motion Sensor
EVP Listener & Case
Digital Local Remote Thermometer
Laser IR Thermometer / Infrared Pen Type Thermometer
Includes best selling how-to book: "Ghost Tech" to help helps you get started
Deluxe Carrying Case to keep it all together
This is a perfect activity for a summer time but don't let the kids know this is a learning game.
There are big flowers, little flowers, bell-shaped flowers, red flowers, yellow flowers and so many more kinds of flowers that surround us everywhere in the summer months, whether in your backyard or at a park.
Even a visit to a flower nursery will be enjoyable because the kids will be happily looking at all the flowers to find answers for their Scavenger Hunt list and they will never know they are learning about nature in one of its most beautiful forms.
This scavenger hunt should be adult-guided and fun, better for kids ages 6 to 10 than younger children.
For teenage hunts, a special twist hunt list just for them -- that will make them think creatively and have fun at the same time.
Sample Scavenger Hunt Questions
(create questions by ages of the hunters)
A flower shaped like a bell
A group of flowers that is shaped like an umbrella
A flower that has spots or stripes inside the petals
A flower with four petals
A flower with three petals
A flower with leaves shaped like a heart
A flower that is trumpet shaped
A flower that smells good
A flower that smells bad
A flower with no leaves
A flower that is round
A flower that has points
A flower that grows really tall
A flower that is on the ground
A flower that is so beautiful (child's perception)
A flower that is ugly (child's perception)
A Flower that is favorite color flower
A flower that has two colors on the flower petals
A flower with a very long stem
A flower that is very tiny
Other Ideas for Questions:
A Bee (where did you see one?)
A Butterfly (what color was it?
A Caterpillar (where was it?)
A cat?
A dog?
A bird?
A birdhouse
A bird bath
A red flower
A yellow flower
A blue flower
A purple flower
A white flower
A lady with a hat
A man mowing the lawn
Etc.
TEENAGERS FLOWER SAFARI
SCAVENGER HUNT
Add this special twist if teenagers are the flower safari hunters:
Ahead of time preparations:
List flowers you know are in the area of the hunt
Draw a very simple outline sketch of each flower on the list
Ask the hunters to find the flower and list where it was located
Ask the hunters to use each simple flower sketch to convert it to another object, such as a cartoon character, a house, a car, etc.
Enjoy these fun projects with your children by letting your imagination be your guide... be an "un-grownup", it's fun! The author has been an 'un-grown-up' for all of her adult years, way too many to brag about!
By Mary Ann Ross
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* Design and lay out your Scavenger Hunt
* Run a hunt that is not just ordinary
* Create a scoring system and work out who has won
* Run a hunt suitable for any age group
* Take advantage of a wide variety of locations
* Be an organized party host
* Make sure all of your guests get involved and have a great time
A summer 2011 story in Mashable discussed the top ways in which museums are going digital. Here's part of one of the ways:
"Most museum-goers aren't going to turn off their phones during a visit. Rather than fight the tide, many museums are integrating mobile into their exhibits. ....
"Museums are creating fun competitions out of their exhibits using SCVNGR, a social, location-based gaming platform. For example, the Smithsonian hosted a SCVNGR hunt through nine of its museum's most popular exhibits between June 24 and July 26."
"By going places and doing challenges, players can earn points. They are also able to broadcast where they are and what they're up to to their friends on Facebook and Twitter. By doing challenges, players can unlock badges and real-world rewards, such as discounts or free items."
Team building is often seen as a fun day out for workers. Its effectiveness as a profit increasing tool is sometimes questioned as the team engages in games and activities that appear to have no relationship whatsoever to the work they perform back at the office or work place.However, there's more to team building than a treasure hunt. It's not just problem solving games involving everyone getting wet on a river, or trying to cross an imaginary crocodile-infested expanse with the minimum of tools at their disposal. There is a purpose, though to be fair, that purpose can sometimes be lost in the translation.
Taking a treasure hunt as an example as it is a fairly popular away day event, it isn't really the strategy that the team implements or how they set about solving the treasure hunt that is important. Achieving the objective - finding the treasure in this case - does indicate that the team can work together effectively, and that is good, but there can be much more to be gained that is not immediately obvious.
Providing they are well structured, playing games and tackling difficult activities on team away days can mean that each team member has the rare and important opportunity to learn things about the other team members that they are highly unlikely to discover in the office or work place.
What they can learn is truly invaluable and something that can bind, bond and meld a team in ways that few other things can. A team can become much more cohesive and coherent as a result with greater focus and considerably greater cross-member appreciation and understanding. The overall result can indeed provide more from team building than any mere treasure hunt can.
The treasure hunt, if that is the game played, can allow each team member to relax in ways that they never do in the work place. The real person starts to emerge. Other team members can see that their line manager, for example, is actually a witty and funny guy. The junior whom no one pays any attention to can come out of his or her shell and be seen as someone with ideas that are constructive and useful. In short, everyone has the opportunity to shine and they usually do too.
This is where the real team building value of the treasure hunt, or whatever game or activity is utilised, lies. The underlying behaviour patterns and ways of thinking through problems of each team member can be discovered by each other team member. Most of it is subconscious understanding and quite subtle, but it tends to be there and it tends to stick too.
These discoveries are then taken back to the work place and put to use. If the away day has been organised and structured right, the end result can be increased profits from a team who find themselves more committed, more engaged and happier doing what they have been doing all along. Everyone's a winner, as they say, and it all starts with a treasure hunt.
Caron J Rose
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