School lessons as a scavenger hunt

Quiz: Minutes in an hour

How many minutes are in one hour?

Quiz: Painting on a wall

A large painting made directly on a wall has a special name. What is it called?

Quiz: Stop sign sides

A US stop sign has a very specific shape. How many sides does it have?

Quiz: Tall building name

A very tall building with many many floors has a special name. What is it called?

Quiz: Tiny tiles art

An artwork made of many tiny tiles or small pieces of stone fitted together to form a picture has a special name. What is it called?

Quiz: Tree age

If you cut a tree in half, you can count its age. What do you count?

Quiz: Tree gas

Trees take in carbon dioxide and give us back another gas that humans need to breathe. What is the name of that gas?

Quiz: Triangle angles

If you add up the three inside angles of any triangle, what number do you always get?

Quiz: Years in a century

How many years are in one century?

Quiz: Yield sign shape

The YIELD sign has a different shape from the stop sign. How many sides does a yield sign have?

Railroad crossing

Find a railroad crossing sign: a round yellow sign with a black "X" and the letters "RR". If you spot one, photograph it. If you find the actual crossbuck (white X) too, even better.

Realistic vs abstract

Find one artwork that looks realistic (a real person, a real animal, a real scene) and one that looks abstract (shapes, patterns, no clear figure). Photograph both. Lay them side by side.

Religious building

Find a church, mosque, synagogue or temple. Take a photo of the outside (you do not need to go in). These buildings are often the oldest in town.

Repeating pattern

Find a repeating pattern (tiles on the floor, bricks in a wall, fence posts, paving stones). Photograph it and count how many times the pattern repeats in one meter (use your shoe as a rough ruler if needed).

School zone pentagon

Find a SCHOOL ZONE sign: a yellow-green pentagon (five sides) showing two children walking. Take a team photo with the sign clearly visible.

Speed limit hunt

Find a Speed Limit sign (a white rectangle with black numbers and the words "SPEED LIMIT"). Take a team photo with the sign and everyone pretending to run at exactly that speed in miles per hour.

Spider web

Find a spider web. Hold your phone at the right angle so the light catches the threads, and take a photo. Bonus if you can spot the spider too.

Statue or monument

Find a statue or monument. Take a team photo with it. Try to find out who or what it represents from the inscription or a sign nearby.

Statue pose imitation

Find a statue with a clear pose. As a team, imitate the pose exactly next to the statue and take a photo. Two of you copying, the rest framing the shot.

Step counter

Pick two landmarks (a tree to a lamppost, a door to a corner). Count exactly how many steps it takes you to walk from one to the other. Write the number down and photograph it with both landmarks in shot if you can.

Stop! Team pose

At a stop sign, take a team photo where everyone makes the stop hand gesture: palm forward, arm out straight. All at the same time. It should look like a synchronized police squad.

Story in art

Find an artwork that tells a story or shows a scene with people or animals doing something. Photograph it and write one sentence about what you think is happening.

Symmetrical facade

Find a building whose front is perfectly symmetrical (the left and right sides mirror each other). Photograph it head-on. Draw the line of symmetry on the screen if you can.

Symmetry hunt

Find something perfectly symmetrical in your environment (a building facade, a leaf, a window). Photograph it and draw the line of symmetry on paper or on the screen.