Grades 1–3
Recycling Scavenger Hunt
Find twelve things that can be recycled, then invent something new to make from them.
Classroom activity · Scavenger hunt worksheets
Playground Scavenger Hunt
A recess hunt for slides, swings, shadows and a friend smiling, with a box to draw your favorite game.
- Grade level
- Grades K–2
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Observation, Connecting learning to the real world, Moving while learning
What kids do
“At recess, look for each thing on the playground. Check the box when you find it.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Draw your favorite thing to do at recess.
Teacher tip
Go over playground safety rules before kids start the hunt.
How to use it
- Set clear boundaries for where kids can look.
- Give a time limit and a signal for when to come back.
- Let kids work with a partner so they talk through their thinking.
Watch for
Kids who rush and do not look closely. Ask them to tell you about one find.
Talk about it
- What was the most surprising thing you found?
- What strategy did you use?
Take it further
Send it home as a family hunt for the weekend.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More scavenger hunt worksheets
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Adjective Scavenger Hunt
Find something tiny, shiny, striped and fuzzy: a hunt for describing words with drawing boxes.
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Math in the Classroom Scavenger Hunt
Pairs, corners, groups of ten and things longer than a pencil: hunt for the math hiding in the room.
Grades 2–4
Library Scavenger Hunt
Poems, biographies, call numbers and award stickers: a hunt that teaches kids how the library works.
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