Human Scavenger Hunt Ice Breaker Game for Back to School
Try this fun Ice Breaker game on the first day of school to ease those Back to School jitters by helping your students get to know each other.
"Human Scavenger Hunt" activity. - To prepare, pick about 30-40 interesting characteristics and experiences and list them on a worksheet with a little underlined space next to each item. Next, have the students roam around the classroom asking each other to sign on the lines that relate to them.
For example, some of your lines might be, "Went out of the country this summer" or "Has braces" or "Likes pickles." So, if a student went to Turkey this summer, they can sign that line on other people's worksheets. I say that it's OK for each student to sign two of any other person's blank spaces.
The goal is to fill up your worksheet with signatures for each and every category. This may look like organized chaos, but I guarantee you the students will stay on task and have fun with this one. I participate, too, which gives them a real kick!
Alternatively, this activity can be put into the format of a Bingo board, rather than a list. The goal is to get a "Blackout" by having signatures in all of the Bingo boxes.
"Human Scavenger Hunt" activity. - To prepare, pick about 30-40 interesting characteristics and experiences and list them on a worksheet with a little underlined space next to each item. Next, have the students roam around the classroom asking each other to sign on the lines that relate to them.
For example, some of your lines might be, "Went out of the country this summer" or "Has braces" or "Likes pickles." So, if a student went to Turkey this summer, they can sign that line on other people's worksheets. I say that it's OK for each student to sign two of any other person's blank spaces.
The goal is to fill up your worksheet with signatures for each and every category. This may look like organized chaos, but I guarantee you the students will stay on task and have fun with this one. I participate, too, which gives them a real kick!
Alternatively, this activity can be put into the format of a Bingo board, rather than a list. The goal is to get a "Blackout" by having signatures in all of the Bingo boxes.
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