Treasure Hunt or Scavenger Hunt

Treasure Hunt or Scavenger Hunt
a) What is a Treasure Hunt?
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“Scavenger hunts, or treasure hunts, have quickly become one of the most popular tools for teaching students how to access and use the resources and information available on the Internet. There are many reasons for the hunts' rapidly growing popularity. 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. Younger 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.
Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate. Younger 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”.
b) Examples
· Memorial Day Treasure Hunt http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson119.shtml
The Ants Go Marching... http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson087.shtml
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