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. Included: A sampling of online scavenger
hunts for students of all ages! Scavenger hunts, or treasure hunts, have quickly become one of the most popular tools for teaching students how to access and use the resources and information available on the Internet. There are many reasons for the hunts' rapidly growing popularity. Among them:
* Online scavenger hunts are easy to create and the resulting interactive searches are both fun and informative for students.

* 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.

* Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate. Younger students may be provided with only a few questions, along with the links or URLs necessary for finding the answers, while older students may be given only a broad topic and asked to find their own sources for obtaining necessary information.

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