‘GPS Adventures Arkansas’ Comes to Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources

May 16-December 30, 2009

    "GPS Adventures Arkansas” maze is an educational traveling exhibition introducing GPS technology - its history, current uses and future possibilities. Visitors will learn the basics of traditional and modern navigation, see examples of GPS technology in use today and simulate the sport of geocaching as they search for hidden caches positioned throughout Arkansas State Parks. Geared toward ages six through adult, the exhibit will travel to seven museums throughout Arkansas. Thousands of children and adults will hold GPS-enabled gear for the first time, opening doors to the life changing possibilities GPS technology makes possible both today and tomorrow.

    Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.

“GPS Adventures Arkansas” is sponsored by the Arkansas Discovery Network and funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

It is developed by Groundspeak and Minotaur Mazes with development support from the National Executive Committee of Space-Based Positioning Navigation & Timing and technological contributions from Magellan and Spatial Solutions. 

Links

GC1QPDH GPS Adventures Arkansas Maze Exhibit (GPS Adventures Exhibit) in Arkansas, United States created by Groundspeak

Frameworks for this exhibit

Plan Your Visit

Oil Boom - Bromine Sparta Aquifer

Curriculum Frameworks Social Studies - Science - Math - Arkansas History Educational Programs

Scenes from CHAUTAUQUA 2009

Officially opened to the public in 1986, the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources is situated in the midst of the historic sixty square mile Smackover Oil Field and one mile south of the oil rich town of Smackover.  Although the Museum represents all of Arkansas's natural resources, it is dedicated to the pioneers of south Arkansas's oil and brine industries and is funded by a special tax on the state's oil production and bromine extraction.   

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Sponsored by the

Friends of the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Foundation.