This week marked my first experience doing a scavenger hunt for a class. I worked with an elementary education group and we found objects of colors on campus. The process of collecting images was fun and allowed us to be creative (scroll down to see my scavenger hunt courtesy of Picasa). As a student, I always loved art-related projects/assignments--especially when they're incorporated into non-art classes. There's something about being able to be creative, relax a little, and showcase your other non-academic skills that really appeal to me.
I can imagine how humanities classes can incorporate more scavenger hunt or art-related assignments, but I don't know how much of that can be used in math classes. I've heard about a geometry scavenger hunt as a class activity before as geometry naturally lends itself to arts-and-crafts (asking students to capture images that represent the geometric shapes and concepts), but I can't think of ways of incorporating scavenger hunt/art into algebra, pre-calculus, and calculus classes without being too much of a stretch. I know that math lends itself easily to science projects and other challenging assignments, but sometimes students can use a little breather from so much math challenges. I wonder how art can be used in math classes other than geometry to capture student interests?
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