Recently, a friend of mine sent me a link for Monopoly City Streets. What a fantastic idea Geography and cyber world domination.

Q: What is this all about? What is Monopoly City Streets?

A: Monopoly City Streets is a new online game that turns the world’s cities into a giant real life Monopoly City game board. This new game is an immersive experience that

gives players a chance to experience the thrill of negotiating and building first hand. Players can personalize that experience and share it with their friends.

Q: Why is Hasbro launching Monopoly City Streets?

A: We’re introducing this new game to get more players engaged in the thrill of negotiation – and to introduce a new game to the marketplace, MONOPOLY CITY

Q: Why did Hasbro decide to work with Google Maps?

A: Google Street Maps application is one of the best known in the world. With Monopoly City Streets, Hasbro has created a new way to use Google Maps which allows us to

overlay buildings, skyscrapers and sewage works to bring to life the game play of our new Monopoly City game.

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If you teach Social Studies or Geography, why not go on a mass scavenger hunt. If you have a few GPS devices handy, that is.

Geocaching is a worldwide scavenger hunt done using a global positioning system receiver. You can look up cordinates online and then plug them into your GPS and go hiking. It would be neat to have your class split into groups, each group hiding a cache for others to seek.

Usually, caches consist of a tiny waterproof container and often a logbook. The “treasure” inside might be a dollar store item or similar small toy of no real value.

So grab that GPS from your vehicle dashboard and go for some physical activity in the nearby park!

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