| Whether you are a public school teacher, a private | | | | hunts outside of the school walls such as in the school |
| school teacher, tutor or homeschooling parent | | | | garden, as a way to get your students familiar with the |
| scavenger hunts can be used to spice up your lesson | | | | library or computer lab, or in an outdoor education |
| planning. They can be a fun way to introduce a new | | | | setting. They are the perfect way to get your students |
| theme or topic. They can also be used as a good | | | | actively engaged in the lesson in a more hands-on and |
| review or to reinforce a lesson. | | | | experiential fashion. |
| First you need to decide if the hunt will take place in | | | | When the learning is more experiential in nature, |
| the classroom, at home for homework or around the | | | | students are able to understand the concepts in much |
| school grounds. | | | | more real and tangible way. So when you are |
| Then, decide if you want your students to work on | | | | brainstorming your clues, make them as active and |
| their own, in pairs or in groups. | | | | engaging as possible. For example, if you are preparing |
| Next, get creative. Decide what concepts or state | | | | a fun math game, have the students solve a math |
| standards that you want to introduce or reinforce and | | | | problem to get the next scavenger hunt clue location. |
| come up with scavenger hunt clues that fit this theme. | | | | Here are a few more examples of ways to use a |
| This is the fun part, but it can also be the most | | | | scavenger hunt with students: a dictionary game, |
| challenging. You may need to think about having the | | | | newspaper scavenger hunt, a supermarket hunt and a |
| hunt beyond the classroom walls. | | | | nature scavenger hunt. |
| Beyond? Yep, that's right. You can also use scavenger | | | | |