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CREATING A SCAVENGER HUNT

Scavenger hunts, or treasure hunts, hare one of the most popular tools for teaching students how to access and use the resources and information available on the Internet so they can gather information which will help them learn a subject.

Among them:

Online scavenger hunts are easy to create and the resulting interactive searches are both fun and informative for students.

The hunts can be geared to virtually any curriculum area, simultaneously providing students with technological and subject matter knowledge.

Online scavenger hunts can be used as a whole class activity, as a team activity, or as a means of providing individual students with review or challenge activities.

Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate. Students may be provided with only a few questions, along with the links or URLs necessary for finding the answers, while older students may be given only a broad topic and asked to find their own sources for obtaining necessary information.

How to Make Online Scavenger Hunts

Simple steps for designing an Internet Scavenger Hunt that helps kids learn web browsing skills as well as subject matter content.

Difficulty Level: average      Time Required: 1-2 hours


Here's How:
  1. Decide on the curricular focus of your Internet Scavenger Hunt.
  2. Find a collection of relevant web sites on the topic.
  3. Open up a word processing program for writing the instructions and questions.
  4. Begin with very clear and specific directions for each and every step the students should take when they get on the computer. i.e. open up your web browser, click on this button, etc.
  5. Give the students a list of designated web sites to search, either through a special web page you create or on the worksheet itself.
  6. Cut and paste the exact wording from the web site and turn the information into questions.
  7. Gather the material from a variety of different web sites and from various positions on the pages.
  8. Mix up the order of the questions so that students have to browse around all of the sites to find the answers.
  9. Pair together a student who has advanced web browsing skills with a more inexperienced student so that students can learn from each other.
  10. During the hunt, monitor the students closely, offering tips about how to effectively find information on the Internet.
  11. Write a few bonus assignments for those students who finish early.
Tips:
  1. It may work best to have your students work in pairs on this project.
  2. Monitor closely to make sure that students browse only the designated sites.

Resources

Create a Scavenger Hunt    How to Create a Scavenger Hunt    Creating a Scavenger Hunt   

Do It Yourself Scavenger Hunts    Journey Back in Time: Creating a Scavenger Hunt   

A Hot list of Scavenger Hunts    Scavenger Hunts: Finding Treasure on the Internet   

Yahooligans: Scavenger Hunts    Scavenger Hunts for Teens    Technology Integration

Integrating Technology in the Classroom: TEKS for Technology    Scavenger Hunts for Building Teams   

Scavenger Hunts in the Corporate World   

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