Experience First

To prepare for today’s activity, print the scavenger hunt and post the papers around the room, being sure to mix them up and NOT post them in the same order as they appear in the file. We like to print them on colored cardstock.

Students should work individually or in pairs to work through the sequence of problems as they travel around the room. Students can start at any station and the answer choices will determine where they go next. Students should keep track of their work and record the letters of each station in the order that they visit them on the recording sheet.

Checking work is incredibly easy! The correct order of stations should spell S-T-I-C-K-Y-F-R-O-G-P-A-D. Since students can start at any station, their answer might start at a different letter and loop around (example: KYFROGPADSTIC would be a correct solution). If students return to a station they already completed before having gotten to all the problems, they will know there is a mistake in their work somewhere.

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Formalize Later

Our students found stations K and P particularly challenging, so be ready to provide some scaffolding questions at those stations. You may wish to go over these as a whole class near the end of the period or have students present their work for the stations as a formative assessment.