Math Scavenger Hunt For Middle School

May 25, 2013 By
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If you want to plan a unique activity for your math classroom, here’s a fun idea for a math scavenger hunt for middle school students.

Here’s how to plan it:

Resources

  • Post-it notes
  • Sheets of paper
  • Pens

Preparation

Create two sums or equations that equal the same number and write them down on separate post-it notes (see below for examples).

Do this several times for different numbers and stick the post-it notes randomly on the walls around the school classroom.

During The Lesson

Have the middle school students go around the room with a sheet of paper and write down the different equations that you’ve created.

Once they’ve written them all down, have them go back to their desk and work out the answers to all of the sums. They then need to pair up the sums / equations based on them equaling the same number.

Examples

Here are some examples of sum and equation pairings you can use for this math scavenger hunt:

1. Answer = 12

Square root of 144
3 + 4 + 5

2. Answer = 343

7 cubed
1,715 ÷ 5

3. Answer = 2.5

15 ÷ 6
0.5 x 5

4. Answer = 40

7 x 4 x 2 – 16
(123 – 17 – 26) ÷ 2

5. Answer = 1,035

Number of minutes in 17 & 1/4 hours
69 x 3 x 5

6. Answer = 168

Number of inches in 14 feet
(47 + 6) x 4 – 44

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Bible Scavenger Hunt For Youth – Fruits Of The Spirit

May 23, 2013 By
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If you work with young people in a youth group at church, there’s a good chance that you’re always on the lookout for ideas of fun activities to do with them.

To help you out, here’s a Bible scavenger hunt idea to help them explore the passage of scripture about the Fruits Of The Spirit (Galatians 5: 22-23).

Resources

  • List of the Fruits Of The Spirit
  • Pens
  • Cameras (students’ cellphone cameras are fine)

Preparation

None, other than getting permission slips signed by parents if you’re planning on going offsite, as well as transportation if that’s the case. Check out Youth Workin’ It for details on how to create permission slips.

Location

This photo scavenger hunt can be played wherever your youth group usually meets, although you could always go somewhere like a shopping mall.

Idea

Give the youth a copy of the list of Fruits Of The Spirit:

  • Love
  • Joy
  • Peace
  • Patience
  • Kindness
  • Goodness
  • Faithfulness
  • Gentleness
  • Self-Control

Their task is to take photos of all of the fruits in action in real life. You can give them a few ideas as to what you’re looking for, but encourage them to use their creativity to interpret the fruits.

For example, patience could be represented by a photo of a long line of people in a store, while joy might be a toddler on a swing in a playground.

Alternatively, you could have your youth act out various scenes representing the fruits and take photos of them.

Video Scavenger Hunt

Another option would be to have the young people taking video footage rather than photos, either of members of the public (with their permission or being discreet!) or of themselves acting out scenes.

If you liked these ideas, we also have even more Fruits Of The Spirit activities over at Youth Workin’ It. They were suggestions for a youth retreat theme, but can just as easily be used during regular youth group meetings – you can check them out here.

We also have loads more Bible scavenger hunt ideas that are great for using with youth groups.

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25 Human Scavenger Hunt Questions

May 21, 2013 By
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If you want to plan a fun team building activity to help people get to know each other better, here are 25 human scavenger hunt questions.

This game is perfect for all kinds of situations:

  • School classroom at the start of a new school year
  • New youth group
  • Office team building scavenger hunt for adults
  • Anywhere else you have a group of people who don’t know each other very well

There’s also a link below for a free printable list of all these questions, making this scavenger hunt even easier for you to plan.

Here’s how to organize it:

Resources

  • List of questions to ask people (see below)
  • Pens

Instructions

Give each person a copy of the questions and a pen. Their task is to go around the room and find different people who can answer ‘yes’ to the questions.

Once they’ve found someone who can give a positive answer, they should make a note of their name on the list next to that question.

Additional Rules

To encourage the players to talk to as many different people as possible, consider putting a limit on the number of times each person can appear on someone’s list – between one and three times, depending on the size of the group.

For example, Human A speaks to Human B and finds that they can answer yes to 11 of the questions. Rather than them being allowed to write down that person’s name 11 times, they’d be limited to a maximum of three answers.

Winner

This will be the person who either collects the most ‘yes’ answers by the end of the activity, or who gets all 25 ‘yes’ answers first.

In the event of a tie, the winner should be chosen based on who has the most different names on their list.

Discussion

If you’re playing this human scavenger hunt with young people in a youth group or in a classroom, spend some time afterwards to go through some of the answers.

This can be done to highlight common ground between students, thereby encouraging a team building environment and emphasizing the “Getting To Know You” aspect.

Scavenger Hunt Questions

Here’s the list of the 25 questions to use for this game. Beneath this list is a link to download a free printable copy of the questions – please feel free to download it and use as many times as you need in the future.

  1. Have you ever been in a helicopter?
  2. Were you born overseas?
  3. Do you have four or more siblings?
  4. Is your birthday in June?
  5. Have you been to the top of the Empire State Building?
  6. Is your favorite color green?
  7. Can you speak two or more languages fluently?
  8. Have you ridden on a motorcycle?
  9. Can you play the guitar?
  10. Have you ever been stuck in an elevator?
  11. Have you met anyone famous?
  12. Do you have a reptile as a pet?
  13. Are you wearing socks that aren’t black or white?
  14. Do you like to play soccer?
  15. Have you read all the Harry Potter books?
  16. Do you like to watch scary movies?
  17. Have you ever been sailing?
  18. Do you suffer from hay fever?
  19. Have you ever gone swimming in the ocean?
  20. Can you whistle using two fingers?
  21. Have you been to Australia?
  22. Are you left handed?
  23. Do you have no middle name?
  24. Can you say the alphabet backwards?
  25. Do you like Brussels Sprouts?

Download the Human Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

If you liked this idea, we have a similar Getting To Know You activity on this site. Our sister site – Youth Workin’ It – also has a number of activities to help young people get to know each other better, whether that’s in a youth group or classroom environment.

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3 Mall Scavenger Hunt Ideas

May 18, 2013 By
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If you want to plan a fun activity for people of any age, here are 3 mall scavenger hunt ideas you can use.

All of the ideas are photo scavenger hunts, which means that rather than collecting the items, players should take photos of each item.

You’ll therefore need to ensure that each player / team has access to a camera – cellphone cameras are fine, so hopefully all the players will have access to one.

These ideas are perfect for doing with a youth group, but could just as easily be used with kids and adults too.

1. Eclectic Wardrobe

Shopping malls have many stores selling clothes, so make a list of different types of clothes that the players need to find. Rather than just listing items like T-shirt, dress, jeans, etc, make the descriptions very specific.

Here are some ideas of clothing items you could use for the scavenger hunt:

  • Maxi dress with flowers on
  • XL college T-shirt
  • Hoodie with writing on one arm
  • Yellow and orange dress
  • Pajamas with a video game design
  • Hat with a flower on it
  • Scarf with at least five colors on it
  • Underwear with a cartoon character on it
  • T-shirt with a celebrity who’s no longer alive on it

Add in a few items that players can earn bonus points for – points that you’ll award based on how funny they are. A few examples include:

  • Ugliest item of clothing you can find
  • Funniest T-shirt slogan
  • Creepiest looking mannequin

2. The Price Is Right

Make a list of different prices – players then have to take photos of items that cost the same amount, with price labels also in the photo as proof.

To ensure that this mall scavenger hunt isn’t too hard, provide a range of prices for each amount. For example:

  • $9.95-$10.00 rather than $9.99
  • $49-$50 rather than $49.50

Alternatively, provide specific prices but award points based on how close they get to each amount. For example, you could award one point if they get within $1 and three points if they find an item whose price exactly matches the one you’ve specified.

3. Going From A to Z

Give each player / team a sheet with each letter of the alphabet listed. They then have to take photos of 26 different items in the mall that begin with each letter of the alphabet.

Points should be awarded as follows:

  • 1 point for each photo (therefore up to 26 points if they manage to find an item for each letter)
  • 3 points for finishing first
  • 5 points for taking all the photos in alphabetical order

If you liked all these ideas for mall scavenger hunts, we have loads more of them here.

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10 Indoor Scavenger Hunt Clues

May 16, 2013 By
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If you’re wanting to plan an indoor scavenger hunt for kids, here are 10 free rhyming clues you can use for a fun game where they have to search around the house.

Ideas

There are a couple of ways you can play this game:

  1. Scavenger Hunt – Hide 9 small prizes and 1 big prize in the locations the clues lead the kids to, with the big prize being hidden at the final clue’s location (a closet). The clues can also be attached to each of the items so that when they find each one, they also get their next clue.
  2. Treasure Hunt – Instead of providing the small prizes along the way, just have one big prize at the very end, having them find their next clue in each of the locations along the way.

All of the clues below are based on playing it as a scavenger hunt, so some of them refer to a ‘prize’. If you play it as a treasure hunt instead, change any reference to prizes to ‘clue’ – other than the final one that will lead to their prize / treasure!

Indoor Scavenger Hunt Clues

So here’s the list of clues that lead to different items and places around the house. As mentioned above, they all rhyme and are tailored specifically for kids, so they shouldn’t have too hard a time solving all of them.

1. Under the bed

For your first prize
You just might
Find it under
Where you sleep at night

2. Fridge

You won’t be hungry
When this is filled
It keeps the food
Nice and chilled

3. Lamp

You’re doing well
You’re very bright
Your next prize is
Next to a light

4. TV

Do we let you watch it all night?
Of course the answer’s no!
But the next place to look
Is how you watch your favorite show

5. Sink or bathtub – your choice!

If you want your next prize
You really oughta
Look in a place
That gets filled with water

6. Fan

It goes round and round
But it isn’t a ball
The faster it spins
The more you keep cool

7. Bookshelf

For your next prize
You need to look
In a place where
You might put a book

8. Laundry basket

You’re doing incredibly well
You’re a clue-answering fiend!
The next place to look is where
You put clothes that need to be cleaned

9. Printer

It’s full of paper
And full of ink
But it’s not a book
So what is it do you think?

10. Closet

You’re nearly at the end
So go out with a bang
You can find your grand prize
In the place your clothes hang

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