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* Scavenger
Hunts: Searching for Treasure on the
Internet! *
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.
AltaVista Google Know&Play AskJeeves
( Education World,
www.education-world.com )
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Scavenger Hunts –
Education World
Love the
Outdoors * Scavenger Hunts for You
Internet Treasure
Hunts by Cindy O’Hora
Wow! A Really Big Bunch of Scavenger Hunts
Scavenger &
Treasure Hunts – Guided Tour
How to devise
Scavenger Hunts for Kids
Education World
Scavenger Hunts for All Ages
Blackwell’s Best Scavenger Hunts for Kids
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Tom Love Malone
College Spring 2003