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I'm not sure if there is a standard name for this kind of thing, but I call it a scavenger hunt. I like it because it is essentially the same work for the students as if you had given them a worksheet with some problems on it. but this is more mobile and more fun for them so they are generally much more engaged.
The topic for this scavenger hunt is solving equations that involve multiple steps, distributive property, and variables on both sides.
To use it, you print out all the slides in this file and post them up randomly on the walls and other furniture (I like to hang them from the ceiling for fun) in your room.
Each slide has an equation on the bottom and an answer to a different equation on the top. Students pick any place to start and solve the equation. Then they look around to find their answer on one of the other sheets around the room. The solution to the equation on the next sheet will lead them to a 3rd sheet and so on until they get back to their starting point.
I made a space theme for this scavenger hunt. So what I do is have students write down the pictures in the order they solve them and use the answer key on the 1st page of the file to verify that they got the right answers (or to tell them where they messed up).
Please let me know if my description isn't very clear. It is a simple activity to do but I seem to be long-winded about explaining it.
Just make sure you don't post the sheets up in order! :)
The topic for this scavenger hunt is solving equations that involve multiple steps, distributive property, and variables on both sides.
To use it, you print out all the slides in this file and post them up randomly on the walls and other furniture (I like to hang them from the ceiling for fun) in your room.
Each slide has an equation on the bottom and an answer to a different equation on the top. Students pick any place to start and solve the equation. Then they look around to find their answer on one of the other sheets around the room. The solution to the equation on the next sheet will lead them to a 3rd sheet and so on until they get back to their starting point.
I made a space theme for this scavenger hunt. So what I do is have students write down the pictures in the order they solve them and use the answer key on the 1st page of the file to verify that they got the right answers (or to tell them where they messed up).
Please let me know if my description isn't very clear. It is a simple activity to do but I seem to be long-winded about explaining it.
Just make sure you don't post the sheets up in order! :)
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pappy8
Thanks for another very nice scavenger hunt.
April 16, 2013 
deniseramey
I love scavenger hunts! Thanks!
April 15, 2013
KathleenHaynes
So glad to have a scavenger for each type of equation! Thanks again.
April 15, 2013
vileoxidation
Great activity - kids were so into it!
April 2, 2013
thanderson
Students loved this.
March 11, 2013
janiceburke
Students enjoyed this!
March 10, 2013
rebecca Dunbar
Very neat activity for classroom!
March 9, 2013
dlziba
Thank you.
January 18, 2013
tvlittle
Pictures are hard to draw, but students love it!
January 11, 2013
awold
My students also had a blast. I had them try to draw the pictures for fun!
January 10, 2013
redkat33
Great activity! My low level Freshmen enjoyed it. It broke up the monotony of solving equations day after day...
December 24, 2012
Acburns
Great
November 16, 2012
kenieman
I love this activity and my 7th grade students did too! We had been solving equations for several days and I was worried about them being bored with yet another day of equations. This is the perfect activity. The didn't seem to mind. I did change a few equations but it is so easy to do.
November 9, 2012
Robert Duncan (TpT Seller)
I'm glad your kids enjoyed it. I'm working on an area and perimeter unit right now to help out the 7th grade teachers at my school that I'll hopefully be finishing and putting up here before too long. Hopefully that will also be something your students would enjoy.
November 9, 2012
urmialayne2011
I love these resources
August 5, 2012
kimberly1
This was another great activity to get kids moving around and practicing!
July 22, 2012
jbutkus
This is great! I was going to do this but just with post-it notes. This is much more engaging. Thank you!
July 18, 2012
denisehansell
Love it! It gets them up and moving!
March 6, 2012
Robert Duncan (TpT Seller)
I'm glad to hear it! I've been trying to make some more scavenger hunts for different topics; although it's going slow since I usually come home from school and want to do anything besides school work, heh. I don't want to overuse them since the kids get tired of _anything_ if you do it too much. But it'll be nice to have them handy when I can't decide what to do for class some days and also they seem to be fairly popular on TPT. So, win/win. :)
February 6, 2012
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