High School Scavenger Hunts

Scavenger Hunts can be good starting points to help students practice information seeking skills. They can also be very complex and require students to use search tools and strategies to locate and review sites in order to answer specific questions.

Scavenger Hunts that use Forms!

Black History Scavenger Hunt - Explore famous Black Americans while completing this hunt.

College/Career Scavenger Hunt - After you have finished the scavenger hunt questionnaire, check out the employment resources for college and high school students.

Edgar Allen Poe - Middle Grades but a good example!

Cell Structure and Function - Click on the hyperlink to open the Scavenger Hunt in Microsoft Word.

Cyber-Scavenger Hunt - Students will use search engines to retrieve information while completing this hunt.

English Scavenger Hunt - The purpose of this hunt is to introduce students to some of the important research tools in literature.

Essentially Ellington - This scavenger hunt focuses on the American composer and musician, Duke Ellington.

Fun Facts About Transcendentalism - This hunt is to be used in an 11th grade English class with existing unit on Transcendentalism.

Geometry Scavenger Hunt - Have you ever wondered how much information about Geometry can be found on the Internet? This scavenger hunt will send you on an Internet adventure to find a wide variety of geometry topics and information.

German-American Scavenger Hunt - Students will acquire basic information about German-American immigration and some knowledge of famous German-Americans.

Government Scavenger Hunt - Explore different Web sites associated with units in a high school government class.

The Great Scavenger Hunt - "WELCOME...  fellow traveler.  We seek to find knowledge that is hidden.  To discover what is lost, we will visit many places and find answers to uncounted mysteries.  Abdul, our guide, shows us the way............."

The Great World Wide Web Scavenger Hunt - The object of this hunt is to teach students to search the Web for answers to questions on various topics.

Greek Mythology - "During the scavenger hunt you will encounter many interesting gods and goddesses, as well as links to more resources about the ancient Greek myths." 

How the Body's Defenses Work - This life science hunt focuses on the immune system.

Hunt on Alfred Hitchcock - This hunt explores the "Master of Suspense."

Integrated Science Scavenger Hunt - Students will search for answers to questions on Reflection and Refraction, Machines and Movement, the Earth, Periodic Table, and more!

Internet Scavenger Hunt - Explore different curriculum areas in this hunt.

Internet Scavenger Hunt for Geometry - This hunt exposes students to geometry related sites on the Web as they answer six questions.

Inventors and Inventions - This hunt was designed for middle and high school students.

Leonid Scavenger Hunt - This hunt will help students understand the causes and effects of this rare spectacle.

Official Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Scavenger Hunt - This hunt helps students become more familiar with alcohol, tobacco, and other drug resources and information available on the Internet

Plague Scavenger Hunt - Research questions on the disease that changed the course of history.

Native Americans - This hunt on the Cherokee Nation is designed for a 10th grade history class.

Renaissance Art - This Scavenger Hunt tour begins at the Web Museum, Paris.

Romeo and Juliet - This Scavenger Hunt could be used as an introductory activity to the play.

Russia Scavenger Hunt - This hunt has been designed to assist students in their study of Russia (Grade 9 Social Studies). There are three different levels to try, depending on your experience using the Internet.

Scavenger Hunt Collection - These scavenger hunts are designed for students who are enrolled in high school classes, or those who want to use the Internet to learn more about high school subjects. Topics include Environmental Science, Art, Physical Science, Chemistry, Business, Geography, Math, etc.

Scavenger Hunt for the Web - An Internet Treasure Hunt on Intro to Computers.

Shawnee Scavenger Hunt - This scavenger hunt will introduce you to the Shawnee and, hopefully, stimulate your curiosity to learn more about them.

Statistical In (Web) Site - In this hunt, students will be able to recognize that statistics plays an important role in mathematical studies by using Web sites to answer questions related to statistical learning.

Titanic Disasters - Students will search the Web for information on the Titanic. (Complete lesson plan included from the New York Times)

Witch Web Hunt - "You are on a mission... to hunt down witches... but not like they did in the old days.  Instead, you are going to hunt through the Internet to find out information about the origins of witchcraft and how people that were presumed to be witches were treated.  Simply follow the directions below and you will learn more about witches and the witch hunts that were prevalent during the time of Shakespeare."

Women's Suffrage Movement - This hunt was designed for 12th grade social studies.

Woman on a Mission - Explore the July 1999 space shuttle mission. (Complete lesson plan included from the New York Times)

World Geography Scavenger Hunt - This hunt for 11th and 12th graders explores topography.

World War II - This scavenger hunt explores the first Atomic Bomb.

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