Extreme Deep Teacher's Guide.pdf - Evergreen Exhibitions

Deep-Sea Scavenger Hunt
OBJECTIVES
Students will discover that...
■ they have a lot in common with the deep sea
and deep-sea explorers.
■ one way to make sense of something is to think
about how it’s like something more familiar.
BACK
CKGROUND
INFORMA
RMATION
By now your students should be pretty good
explorers. And they should know quite a bit about the deep sea. Here’s a chance for them to
combine their new fields of expertise and demonstrate how well they know their stuff.
ACTIVITY
Materials
■ shoe boxes or other containers for collecting items (one for each team)
■ one copy of the Scavenger List for each student
■ prize or prizes
Questions to Begin
■ none
S U B J E C T S
life science, oceanography
G R A D E S
6 - 8
C O N C E P T S
deep-sea environment
D U R A T I O N
one 20- to 30-minute class session to
present the scavenger hunt; one 45-minute
class session to review each team’s findings
Procedure
1. Copy the Scavenger List and give one to each student.
2. Split students into teams of two or three. Each team is to find an everyday object for as many
clues on the Scavenger List as possible. When students find an object that matches the clue,
they are to store it in their team’s shoe box.
3. When the everyday objects are living things or belong to someone else, encourage your
students to bring photos or make drawings rather than collect the real thing.
4. Give the class two to three days to collect objects and to complete their lists.
5. At the end of the given time period, have each team present their results. Instruct them to
identify each object and the category it represents, and to justify their answers.
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