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Scavenger Hunt

Polaroid Scavenger hunt: divide residents into teams (about five or more). Each team is given a polaroid camera (Dept of res life or student technology center may have) and a list of items to find. Items may include statues on campus, buildings, plaques, people, laundry roomwasher#2, purple jeans, RA Bill, Parking lot #54, anything. The team with the most pictures after an hour wins a pizza party, candy, T-shirts, paper certificates, whatever.

Regular Scavenger Hunt: divide residents into teams (about five or more). Each team is given the same list of questions about campus.Teams must then run all over campus toind answers. Example:  Name of statue in library, number of parking spaces in lot 54, Date on cornerstone of building, etc. Winning team receives pizza party, candy, T-shirts, paper certificates, whatever. 
David Harrington - Iowa StateAmes IA 50012

Another scavenger hunt submission:

Description:

I made up a list of things to get on a Scavenger hunt.  I looked around my room and put on the list what I thought everyday college students in the residents halls would have.  It was a list of 25 items and there were 2 residents per group.  They had 20 minutes to get as many of the items on the list as possible.  They couldn't go to their rooms or to any room on the floor.  They had to get a signature on the paper of the name and room number of where they got a certain object from the list. (IE.. pencil, bookstore bag, post-it note, etc.) They had a great time and met other residents from other floors.  I even hear people talking in the elevators about how some floor was having some kind of scavenger hunt and they thought it sounded like alot of fun.

Prizes for the 1st, 2nd, &3rd place winners. (or whatever you'd like to give) I gave candy, pens, tab dividers.

Other Considerations:

Be very precise on what you want
(ie. post-it note= yellow post-it note)

Maribeth M.
School:  Southern Illinois University- Carbondale email:   [email removed]

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