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...

In this angle worksheet, learners search for types of angles. Students fill in a chart to complete this angle scavenger hunt. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.

Take a virtual trip around the world with an Internet scavenger hunt! Learners use Google Earth to find the famous landmarks at eight sets of coordinates. Once they finish, they can check their answers.

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

Students participate in a scavenger hunt to find the different attributes of selected objects, to prove the object is a particular shape. Sides, angles, parallel lines, congruent angles, opposite angles, diagonal bisectors, congruent...

Students, in groups, venture onto the schoolground on a scavenger hunt for shapes. They are given tasks: recorder, team leader, presenter, reporter, and behavior guidelines and a time limit. They search the school for shapes found in...

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.

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...

Students participate in a variety of treasure hunts to promote critical thinking skills. In these problem solving lessons, students go on a photo hunt, scavenger hunt, clue hunt, and map hunt, looking for specific treasures.