Sports Page Scavenger Hunts

It’s hard to resist a scavenger hunt. Give kids a list of things to find, and they naturally want to turn it into a game and start checking things off. Add in an outdoor and nature twist, and the game is elevated to a whole new level—and what an amazing opportunity to engage kids and families with nature in a whole new way. The Ultimate Book of Scavenger Hunts will help turn every outdoor outing into a scavenger hunt, with plenty of things for your family to look for, discover, and learn about. Geared towards families with kids ages 4-10, the hunts are geared to just about any location—from city to farm to beach to mountains. The book includes a leveled difficulty rating system so you can find both easy and difficult items within each hunt (1 being easy, 2 medium, 3 hard). Each hunt comes complete with factoids and information about the items on the list, and each item is accompanied by a colorful spot illustration so that the hunter can easily identify what they are looking for.

All kinds of activities utilizing newspapers and scavenger hunts.

From the joy of smearing glue on paper to the screaming delight of a bubble-blowing relay, kids love to play. In fact, it's every kid's built-in tool for experiencing the world at large. A parent-friendly encyclopedia, UNPLUGGED PLAY ("A wonderful guide," says Daniel Goleman) offers hundreds and hundreds of battery-free, screen-free, chirp-and-beep-free games and fun variations that stretch the imagination, spark creativity, building strong bodies, and forge deep friendships...and keep kids busy at the table while mom or dad makes dinner.

A tool and sourcebook, with reproducible pages, aids teachers using the newspaper in the classroom.

Philip Marlow and Lew Archer would recognize a kindred spirit in Jimmy Gage, reporter for SLAP magazine, troublemaker by trade and inclination, and the hero of Robert Ferrigno’s sinuous new crime novel. While taking part in a Hollywood scavenger hunt, Jimmy meets Garret Walsh, a bad-boy movie maker in the truest sense: He’s just been released from prison after serving seven years for the murder of a teenaged girl. But Walsh claims he was framed and is writing a screenplay to prove it. He wants Jimmy to help him peddle it, sight unseen. The next time Jimmy sees the director, he’s floating face-down in a koi pond and “The Most Dangerous Screenplay in Hollywood” has disappeared. Is Walsh a casualty of bad habits or has somebody crossed him off a list? And is Jimmy next? Combining nerve-shredding suspense and heat-seeking satire, Scavenger Hunt is an addictive read.

This classroom-tested book uses the Internet as a valuable resource to enrich the topics you already teach. Your students will gather up-to-the-minute information and explore relevant questions to complete 10 fun, reproducible scavenger hunts. The topics include Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Body, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Nine Planets, the Rainforest, Volcanoes, Whales, and the White House. Great for boosting research skills and making the most of time spent on the Internet! For use with Grades 4-8.

"Featuring actual pages from The World Almanac for Kids®, this book provides stimulating activities that are easy to implement. Students develop reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills as they read nonfiction information to find the answers to related questions. Activities cover all areas of the curriculum, including science, social studies, language arts, and math as well as art, music, and physical education."--P [4] of cover.