Scavenger hunt

If the weather’s good, why not send your students out to get some fresh air. Give pairs or teams of students a list of 10 to 20 items which must be found (and if possible photographed). Set a time limit, I usually give my students 30 minutes and then meet up again to compare answers.

The list of things to be found can be quite vague, for example: something tiny, something old, something scary. Or the list can be more specific, for example: a road sign, a take away food menu, a policeman on rollerskates.

Here are some items you could put on a list.

Vague list

• something old
• something smooth
• something shiny
• something beautiful
• something expensive
• something yellow
• something made in another country
• something tiny
• something that’s alive
• something dangerous
• something horrible
• something you can eat
• something you also have at home
• something that smells bad / good
• something made of wood
• something damp

Specific list items

• a menu
• a truck
• a doorbell
• a garden ornament
• a flag
• a clock
• someone wearing a hat
• a man with a beard
• a spider web
• a poster for a forthcoming event
• a loaf of bread
• a vending machine
• someone wearing a uniform
• a rose

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Teaching Online

This is also a great activity for teaching online, give students a list of things which they must fetch from their home or immediate environment. Then you can spend some time looking at whichever objects the students present.

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