Scavenger Hunt

Objective:  To heighten the students' awareness of weather and to allow them to discover weather- related things and phenomena in their immediate environment. 

Activity: In this activity students will go outside and collect, list, or sketch things that are weather related. Students can work in teams or individually.  This activity is best done on a day with sun. Some clues can be collected in bags; most can be drawn or described on paper.
 

Materials

  •  Clue sheet
  •  Paper/notebook and pencil
  •  Collecting bag


                                                SCAVENGER HUNT CLUES

1. Something that needs sun
2. Something that is blowing in the wind
3. Something that is bending in the wind
4. Something that cannot bend in the wind
5. Something that could protect you from the rain
6. A place that gets no, or very little, sunshine
7. Something that reflects sunlight
8. A cloud 
9. Something the color of a cloud
10. Something that is the color of the sky on a sunny day
11. Something that is a sign of the season ( leaves turning color, plant shoots, bird nests, tree blossoms, acorns, insects, etc.)
12. Something that the wind has moved from place to place
13. A shadow of living thing
14. A shadow of a non-living thing
15. Something that has been damaged or changed by the weather
16. A piece of clothing that has something to do with the weather
17. Something that could soak up the rain
18. A puddle
19. Something that feels warm from the sun
20. Something that is damp