Geocaching

Last weekend the Navigators learned all about geocaching.  

We had two special guests, Deb and Keith, from our local geocaching club.

They who explained all about geocaching.

 We checked out he types of containers used.

And how the GPS unit works.

Then the Juniors headed out to find their first cache!

This one was hidden in a log.

We tried to find a few more, but weren't so lucky.

Meanwhile our Seniors were learning how GPS satellites work.

Then, they found a few caches together.  

What a fun learning experience!  

Thank you so much Deb and Keith.

Water Wonders Meeting

The wonderful people at Colorado Springs Utilities set up an awesome scouting program to learn more about water conservation.  This was a combined program for Navigators, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

We all met in the classroom and first learned about how water travels.  We did a little roll playing and became water droplets.  We rolled dice to see where we would travel.  We visited stations around the room representing different places you may find water, ground water, rivers, clouds etc.

The Juniors were most fascinated by this amazing water table.  It had running water that showed how it travels from the mountains and into our city .

Then, we headed outside for a tour of local plant life in the xeriscape garden. 

We got to smell, and touch and explore.

Then we did a super fun water relay race!

It was a tie!

While Juniors returned inside to learn all about the water cycle, our Seniors took a trip outside to learn about water purification.

We even purified some very questionable water and gave it a taste!

We learned a ton and had a blast!

Our Launch Meeting

Did you make it to our launch meeting?  

If not you missed SO MUCH FUN!  We had 39 new Navigators attend!

Our new Navigators worked hard building rockets, while the parents learned all about Navigators USA and the new Chapter 112.

Then we got the chance to launch them on a huge stomp launcher in the park.

 We had some great rockets and some awesome launches.

We even handed out our first buttons.

Can't wait for meeting number 2!