Scavenger Hunts

In class last week, our group leader modeled a scavenger hunt on character education. Each of the six members in our group chose one of the pillars of character education. We were asked to find a cartoon, a quote, a photograph, and a read aloud that demonstrated the traits of that pillar. Using this model, I developed a scavenger hunt for my Geometry class that I plan to use this semester. Students will be introduced to the idea of 3-D shapes with a Read Aloud (The Greedy Triangle) and then divided into 5 groups. Each group will be assigned one of the following shapes: prism, pyramid, cylinder, cone, or sphere. The students will go on a scavenger hunt outside the classroom to locate objects that represent their shape. Upon returning to the classroom, the students will use poster paper to list the objects found, write an appropriate definition for the shape, draw a 2-D net and a 3-D drawing of the shape, write the surface area and volume formula for the shape, and create a word problem using the formulas. If anyone has additional ideas for scavenger hunts that could be used in math, please send them my way.