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Activity 13:
Scavenger Hunt
Hunt for pictures
for a scavenger hunt exploring the relationship of people and animals.
Grades:
K-2, 3-4, 5-6
Key Objectives:
Students will
be able to describe how wildlife impacts our lives.
Skills: brainstorming, research,
writing, description, visualization, team work
Duration: 30-45
minutes or one class period.
Group Size: Small
groups
Setting: Indoors
Materials:
large paper, pencils, markers, glue, both the
Vertebrate Fact Sheet and the Dall
Sheep Fact Sheet, Scavenger
Hunt Clues, pictures of animals, resources for finding information
about animals (i.e. books, Internet, library) |
Before you begin:
review the both
Vertebrate Fact Sheet and the Dall
Sheep Fact Sheet.
Procedure:
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Divide the group
into four or five teams and pass out a copy of the Scavenger
Hunt Clues to each student.
Explain that each
team is to find pictures that fit each clue. They can look in
magazines, newspapers, or on the Internet. They can also draw
their own pictures of the animals. Adapt, add or eliminate clues
to fit the needs of your students. <
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You can give
the students as much time as you like—it can be a race,
or a homework assignment. When they are done, go over the
list of clues and compare each team’s pictures.
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Discuss why
students choose certain animals for the clues and how animals
impact our lives.
Extension:
- Have each team make
a mural by gluing their pictures on a large piece of paper. Have
them think up a title for their mural.
- With more limited
time, simply have students write down the name of the animals.
- You can score groups
by giving:
1 point:
for each animal listed that another group also listed for
that clue.
2 points:
for each animal listed that no group listed for that clue,
but that any group listed for another clue.
3 points:
for each animal that was not listed by any group for any clue.
Suggested Assessment:
Have the students
individually pick one animal and write or draw the relationship
to humans.
Credit:
Created by the National
Park Service, 1999.
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