* Yahooligans! Scavenger Hunt Teacher Guide Directions *

Internet scavenger hunts are a terrific way for students to improve their reading and

comprehension skills, as well as enhance decision making of individuals and teams,

also allow the discovery to a variety of methods to access WWW resources.

Scavenger or treasure hunts, have quickly become one of the most popular tools for

integrating technology into any classroom. Elementary, Middle, High School and

Higher Education classes all enjoy a good scavenger hunt as a learning activity

to enhance any topic or course of study using WWW resources.

Online scavenger hunts are easy to create and the resulting interactive

searches are both entertaining and worthwhile students of all ages.

These searches can be geared to virtually any curriculum area,

simultaneously providing students with technological and content knowledge.

Online scavenger hunts can be used as a whole class activity, as a team activity,

or 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 WWW sources for the required information.

Providing links to search engines promotes success and ease of use.

( Education World, www.education-world.com )

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Web Sites with Examples of Scavenger or Treasure Hunts

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Tom Love Malone College Spring 2003