geocaching

geokätköily A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.
2007, Susan Lynn, Darla Castelli, Peter Werner, Stephen Cone, Seminar in Physical Education: From Student Teaching to Teaching Students, http://books.google.com/books?id=-qjezuYsOX8C&pg=PA206&dq=%22Geocaching Geocachings%22&hl=en&ei=IaRsTv34O4_2mAWFx5Ef&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCDgov=onepage&q=%22Geocaching|Geocachings%22&f=false page 206,

In addition to the uses cited, a sport called geocaching — a high-tech version of hide and seek or orienteering — has evolved that uses GPS to locate points of interest and hidden items, or caches.

State parks officials were a little stunned— and thrilled— with the response to the Geocaching History Challenge. Though it was difficult to determine how many people participated, clearly geocaching was exploding in popularity.

Virtually any academic task can be incorporated into geocaching activities, and thus geocaching can facilitate the learning of less-palatable but important academic skills.