Geometry Scavenger Hunt
This is an activity found by Kaitlin Lewis and Diana Angelscu and is
pretty simple, but lots of fun. Students have to go around the school with a
piece of paper and find 4 geometric shapes in their school environment. The shapes
can be 3D or 2D (or you can specify what you want them to look for). Students
must draw the shape they find and outline what the object is and what the shape
is.
The activity is intended for grade 5, and ties in with the Geometry and
Spatial Sense strand, where students must be able to identify and classify 2
and 3 dimensional shapes.
The scavenger hunt could be used as a consolidation activity for grade 5
to evaluate their understanding of geometric shapes. In my class, I think the
grade 4 students could still participate in the scavenger hunt, but there would
just be less shapes they may be able to recognize. I could have the grade 4s
responsible for identifying less shapes than the grade 5 students. I would
definitely make sure to give students a limited timeframe to roam the halls,
because I know the task will take twice as long as expected (just seems to be
the way of things, not sure if it is with this class or all classes), so for
example I will give them 10 minutes, and then expect them to finish in around
15-25.
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