Cool Maps & Geocaching: Great Things to Do in the Great Outdoors
Find It aps are great They help you find your way to new places There are many kinds of maps Some show roads and highways Others show park trails There are also maps of bus routes shopping malls and more We spend most of our lives inside Take a second to count the hours You sleep inside You eat inside You study inside That's life in the 21st century You've got to get
Have you ever used a map Do you know how It's not hard to learn Plus you can make a homemade compass You can create and hide your own geocaches It all happens outside And it s all good They don't call it the great outdoors for nothing A NATURAL RECHARGE What's so great about the great outdoors A lot Being outside exposes us to the sun's natural light The sun gives us vitamin D Vitamin D keeps our bodies strong Exposure to sunlight helps regulate our sleeping patterns The more you are outside the easier it is to fall
EXPLORE YOUR WORLD hink there s no more world to explore Think again You might pass by a park or field every day But have you ever really explored those places Do you know what the ground feels like Or what kind of trees grow
Exploration is all about learning more about your environment As you explore it helps to know where you are That s why exploration and navigation have always gone hand in hand EVOLUTION of NAVIGATION SUN AND STARS MAPS COMPASSES GLOBAL POSITIONING How did early The earliest maps date Written records explorers know where back to ancient times indicate that people Global positioning they were They used People drew what they in China began systems GPS became the sun by day and saw around them using compasses popular in the late the stars by night in the Boos
