Geocaching Competition

Introduction

Combined both discovery and learning, Geocaching Competition is a treasury hunt letting students apply GPS technologies by entertaining adventure games to enhance their problem solving skills as well as enrich the knowledge of ICT industry.

Event Details

Date:11 May 2019
Time:8.30am – 11.30am
Briefing Venue:Function Room 1-3, 3/F, L3, Core E,
Cyberport
Eligibility:S4-S6 secondary students
Capacity:48 teams
(4 students and 1 teacher in a team)
Deadline:30 March 2018
Registration:REGISTER here

Competition Preparation

A. Competition Rule

• All 4 players of the team need to use their own mobile phone to download WTISD 2019 mobile App either in App Store or Google Play in advance.
• All 4 players of the team need to complete the assigned tasks within the WTISD 2019 mobile App at the same time.
• Each group must appoint a team member’s mobile to record the final time result of all tasks.

B. Mobile Spec:

• WTISD 2019 App is only available for IOS 11 or above & Android 6.0 or above

Items provided by CAHK:

Award:

Bad Weather Arrangement:

For the competition has not yet started

• If the Typhoon Warning Signal No. 3 or above, or the Red Rainstorm Warning is issued by the Hong Kong Observatory within two hours (i.e. 6:30am) before the commencement of the briefing session, the competition will be cancelled.

For the competition has already started

• When Typhoon Warning Signal No. 1 or 3 or the Amber Rainstorm Warning is issued by the Hong Kong Observatory, the competition should be held as scheduled.
• When Typhoon Warning Signal 8 or the Red/Black Rainstorm Warning is in force, the competition will be cancelled immediately. Students should return home or take shelter in a safe place without delay.

For the return of competition materials

• All competition materials, including octopus cards, should be passed to teacher-in-charge for custody purpose. SCMP staff will arrange collection of the competition materials with teacher-in-charge in the following week.