Internet Hunts

Introduction

Internet scavenger hunts are a way for students to practice problem solving, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and learn how to search the Internet. The hunts can be geared to virtually any curriculum area, simultaneously providing students with technological and subject matter knowledge. Online scavenger hunts can be used as a whole class activity, as a team activity, or as a means of providing individual students with review or challenge activities.

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General

• Education World - Curriculum: Internet Scavenger Hunt - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr113.shtml... Gives background on Internet Scavenger (Treasure) Hunts. Includes a 'Scavenger Hunt' scavenger hunt for teachers. Many links to scavenger hunts to use with your students.
  
  
• Treasure Hunts (CyberBee) - http://www.cyberbee.com/hunts.html... Use these hunts to discover websites.  10 Links to hunts. Includes curriculum specific hunts for teachers (ex: Language Arts on the Web).
  
  
• Filamentality - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/... Use their template to create and store your hunt on their computer's server.
  
  
• The Great Internet Hunt - http://www.cciw.com/np3/project8-1.html
  
  
• Washington Apple Pi Hunt - http://www.wap.org/family/sh.paper.html...hunt to learn about the World Wide Web and the Internet
  
  
• Internet Scavenger Hunts (Collection) - http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html...Hunts categorized by Science / Months & Holidays / Social Studies / Literature / Arts.

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Science

• Science Hunt - http://www.cyberbee.com/sciencehunt.html
  
  
• Ocean Scavenger Hunt Pages - http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/grade5_oceans_theme.htm
  
  
• Track the Meteor Storm Online! - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson089.shtml ... 3 Levels to choose from.
  
  
• The Five Senses - http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/english/edservices/pedresources/webquest/senses.htm
  

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Social Studies

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scavenger Hunt - http://tstrong.com/mlking/Martin2003.htm
  
  
• Crossword Puzzle and Internet Scavenger Hunt About Egypt - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/egypt/hunt/EgyptHunt.html
  
  
• California Gold Rush Treasure Hunt - http://www.museummania.com/treasure4.htm
  
  
• Election 2004 - http://www.cyberbee.com/election/elechunt.html ... Additional election links at the bottom for: Lesson Links, Campaign Advertising, Candidates, Election Process, Elementary, Historical Style, Issues, Teachers, and Trivia.  Although the title says "Election 2000", it can apply to elections in general.
  
  
• Celebrate the Century: Search the Web for U.S. History of the 1930s - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson079.shtml ... Search the Web to learn the stories behind the stamps issued by the United States Postal Service commemorating the people, places, events, and trends of the 1930s.
  
  
• Black History Treasure Hunt - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson052.shtml ... 4 levels to choose from.
  

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Math

• Internet Math Hunt - http://forum.swarthmore.edu/hunt/current.html
  
  

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Language Arts

• Creating a Treasure Hunt on The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/basil.html
  
  
• Library Reference Scavenger Hunt - http://www.cyberbee.com/ref.html
  
  
• Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss Scavenger Hunt - http://web.dps.k12.va.us/ParkAve/scave3.htm

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