Games and Other Fun

• Aldrich Astronomical Society - Located in Paxton, MA. The club can provide presentations to Boy Scout troops.
• Central Massachusetts Radio Control Modelers - Located in Westborough, MA (about 15 minutes from Worcester, MA). The club promotes enthusiasm for math through its introducton to flying radio controlled models. They can bring the introductory progam to a Boy Scout meeting.
• Central Massachusetts Space Modeling Society - Their rocket launches are almost always open to the public.
• Crystal Caves - Batting cages, miniature golf and very small rides. Located in Auburn, MA (about 15 minutes from Worcester, MA).
• Mulligan's Miniature Golf - Located in Sterling, MA (about 15 minutes from Worcester, MA).

Geocaching

Geocaching is a "high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices" as descibed by Geocaching.com. There are several variants of the activity, including finding geocaches, sending travel bugs and solving multi-cache puzzles.

• Geocaching - This entry on Wikipedia provides a pretty complete description of the activity.
• Geocaching.com - This is the site that catalogs the geocache locations.
• Geoscouting - Find out how Scouting and geocaching fit together.
• TripBuzz - A broad list of links to web resources about geocaching.
• Guide to Geocaching Road Trips - Learn about using geocahcing as the guiding activity for a trip. This link was suggested in 2021 by Megan, a student at a school in Wyoming.

Munzee

Munzee is another scavenger hunt game, similar to geocaching, except that you are looking for QR codes, instead of containers.

• Geocaching - This entry on Wikipedia provides a description of the activity.
• Munzee - This is the site that catalogs the Munzee locations.

Page updated 8/24/21 J. Froimson