Educator Kits for Classroom Instruction

Here is a kit for teaching GPS basics to students.  It includes 10 yellow Geko 101 GPS units or 10 Garmin GPS72 units, an instruction manual with each unit, an instructors Guide, an instruction video, and an overview of how the GPS units determines positions on the face of the earth.  An Excellent GPS educator solutions for the classroom. 

The Geko 101 is easy to operate: five buttons for one-hand use.  It is the smallest and lightest waterproof GPS unit available: submersible for 30 minutes in one meter water.  With its sun-yellow case, the Geko 101 is perfect for navigation novices.  It has 25-waypoint storage capacity with symbols.  You can pan along your track with PanTrack  

The Garmin GPS72 offers more precise GPS positioning using real-time correction data obtained from the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).  The WAAS corrected accuracy is in 2-3 meters range; Ideal for navigating to known locations. In comparison, the Geko 101 has autonomous uncorrected accuracy in the 7-8 meter range.  The GPS72 can store 500 users waypoints and 50 reversible routes. It also has 1 MB memory.  

The instructors manual includes a flexible course outline, class exercises and tests.  Students can learn to navigate to preselected locations, conduct treasure hunts for fun or education, set routes to insure safe return to starting locations, and place waypoints on local maps.  The instruction videos reinforces navigation learning.

The complete kit with 10 Geko 101 units, student manuals, instructor manual and video is priced at $1,295 plus shipping, no sales tax.  The complete kit with 10 GPS72 units, student manuals, instructor manual, and video is priced at $1,895 plus shipping, no sales tax.

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