Metropolitan Museum Scavenger Hunt

    I believe people learn best from doing and exploring for themselves. Over Columbus break I went to the Metropolitan Museum of History and learned so much about what was important to people during certain time eras and how different cultures portrayed their artwork. Seeing all the different artwork in real life made it easier for me to learn rather than to just see it in textbooks. As a future teacher I will incorporate class trips to different museums and historical places into my lessons.
    An engaging way for students to learn from going to a museum or historical is have students complete a scavenger hunt. Students will be actively learning instead of passive learning. Students can be divided into different groups to complete this assignment and have to go through the whole museum to find the answers to questions and take pictures. I think working in groups communicating with classmates to find the answer is a very engaging activity and students will remember doing this and their answers. Every hunt highlights the importance of teamwork and the value of each team member’s contribution as well as the many fascinating aspects of group dynamics and problem solving.
Here is a link to questions I could ask for the scavenger hunt. 

This video gives tips on how to set up a museum scavenger hunt. Some tips include: providing the materials and questions, include questions about various objects or topics, and be clear of directions.

Some benefits of doing a scavenger hunt in a museum are: 

1. Build problem solving skills

2. Easy to customize

3. Teach teamwork

4. Exercise body and mind

Here are some pictures of me at the Metropolitan Museum of History: