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Human Body Scavenger Hunt List

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If you’re looking for a fun biology-themed activity idea – perhaps to use with schoolkids –  a scavenger hunt can be a great option.

To help you out, here’s a human body scavenger hunt list with a twist.

Here’s how to play it:

Human Body Scavenger Hunt List

Resources

  • Scavenger hunt list (see below)
  • Pens
  • Cameras (cell phone cameras are fine)

Idea

Below, there’s a list of 30 different parts of the human body. The aim of this game is for the players to take photos of all of the items.

There’s a catch though… they’re not allowed to take photos of actual body parts! Instead, they have to take pictures of items that either have the same name or which are homophones.

For example:

Items with the same name

  • Eye of a potato
  • Back of a chair
  • Spine of a book
  • Colon punctuation mark
  • Calf (baby cow)

Homophones

  • Muscle / Mussel
  • Waist / Waste
  • Eye / I
  • Heel / Heal
  • Vein / Vain

Explain this to the players, but don’t give too many examples of similar items and homophones.

Teams

If you’re planning this photo scavenger hunt as a fun piece of school biology homework or as a classroom activity, this could be played individually. Consider allowing students to work in pairs or small teams though, in case one or more of them don’t have access to a camera.

Otherwise, this can be played with kids, teens, youth groups or adults of any age. It’s also a great team building activity, as players will need to work together to come up with interpretations for each item.

Points

Players / teams should earn one point for each item they take a photo of. In the event of a tie, award bonus point(s) for each photo you consider to be extremely funny, creative, genius, etc.

Human Body Parts

Here are the 30 body parts that players have to take photos of. To save you time and hassle, beneath the list there’s a link to download a free printable copy of scavenger hunt list.

  1. Arm
  2. Leg
  3. Eye
  4. Colon
  5. Nail
  6. Foot
  7. Head
  8. Face
  9. Palm
  10. Socket
  11. Tissue
  12. Waist
  13. Lash
  14. Calf
  15. Bottom
  16. Muscle
  17. Gum
  18. Heart
  19. Kidney
  20. Neck
  21. Lip
  22. Mouth
  23. Back
  24. Spine
  25. Shoulder
  26. Temple
  27. Vein
  28. Chest
  29. Navel
  30. Heel

Printable Human Body Scavenger Hunt List

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