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Article: Botanical scavenger hunt.
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- Science Scope
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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I can remember my excitement as I was handed a list of wacky, unrelated items and then asked to collect those items as quickly as possible for my summer camp's scavenger hunt. My bunkmates and I scrambled to fill our pillowcases with items we had either packed from home, such as bug repellent, or natural things found outside our cabin, such as prickly pinecones or bird feathers. Once we completed our task, we raced to be the first group to present our collections to our smiling camp counselor.
Many years later, as a science teacher, I have taken my computer-driven students on internet scavenger hunts to gather various pieces of ...