Scavenger Hunt

One of the nice things about geometry is that it's all around us. The instructional activity presented here has elementary schoolers go out to the playground to identify and name a variety of geometric shapes. They perform a "geometric...

A variety of activities take scholars outside the classroom to explore shapes, symmetry, measurement, patterns, sorting, and time in nature. Learners participate individually, and in teams, to measure found objects, go on a scavenger...

Wow! Put on that thinking cap and solve multi-step equations. To solve equations, learners review the use of the distributive property and combining like terms. This three-day lesson plan comes with about 20 pages of worksheets,...

Learn math in an outdoor environment using this resource. Learners identify the shapes and sizes of geometric objects in a natural environment. They estimate and compare the height of two trees, take pictures of geometric shapes and...

Fourth graders demonstrate the ability to locate, retrieve and handle media and equipment. They compose a written discourse to inform. They participate in a library media center scavenger hunt.

Fifth graders scientific knowledge of animals and animal kingdoms are reinforced and enhanced. They gain more experience navigating the World Wide Web. Students go on a Zoo Scavenger Hunt.

Pupils research literature in a new way by searching the Web in a scavenger hunt for information about books and authors. After the hunt, they publish their answers in an interactive slide show for presentation to the class.

Small groups of geometry explorers set out on a scavenger hunt to find angles around campus (or around your classroom if you want them to stay close). Once learners understand the basics of straight, right, obtuse, and acute angles,...

Fifth graders participate in a science scavenger hunt looking at information about the invention of the telephone. In this science scavenger hunt lesson, 5th graders examine primary source documents and images to learn about the...

Students participate in an online scavenger hunt to answer questions posed by the teacher.  In this Internet search lesson, students are given specific questions and they have to use the Internet to locate the answers.  There are links...