Active Weekend Scavenger Hunt in the Neighborhood
The schoolyard becomes a map of the neighborhood with active leisure zones (park, sports center, bike lane, walking route, pool and climbing wall). Teams get a profile with a budget and limitations, run through the zones doing a challenge at each and design a real plan for a Saturday morning.
How to play
- Explain the challenge and give each team a profile: 'no bike and 5 euros,' 'with an 8-year-old sibling,' 'no one in the group swims well,' 'only free from 10 to 12' (3 min).
- Using tablets, each team looks up three real facilities or spaces near the school with their hours and prices (5 min).
- Scavenger hunt: the team runs through the six zones; at each one they do a related one-minute challenge (low climbing on wall bars, mimicking swim strokes, a cone course on an imaginary bike...) and collect a card with cost, transportation and equipment info (14 min).
- Using what they collected, each team designs a three-hour active leisure plan that fits their profile, getting there on foot or by public transportation (5 min).
- 30-second presentation by each team and a vote for the most realistic plan (3 min).
Rules
- Run between zones along the marked paths, without crossing other zones.
- Tablets stay at the team base during the hunt.
- Each challenge is done with the whole team together, and nobody is left behind.
- Wall bars are only used at a height where feet stay below 3 feet.
Variations
Easier
Four zones, no limiting profile and information already gathered by the teacher.
Standard
Six zones, profiles with limitations and a three-hour plan using real data.
Harder
The plan must include a person with a disability and check the real accessibility of each place.
Adaptations
- Limited mobility: the team gets an accessible profile, and the challenges have wheelchair versions.
- Visual impairment: card info is read aloud and the tablet uses the screen reader.
- Autism: gets the yard map with the zones and visiting order before starting.
Learning goals
- Learn about real active leisure options nearby.
- Plan free-time activities considering cost, transportation and schedule.
- Work as a team to make informed decisions.
Equipment for a class of 25
- cones: 30
- cards: 40
- tablets or phones: 6
Teacher tip
If there is time, encourage a team to actually do its plan and report back next class. Check beforehand that nearby facilities exist and have websites with hours.
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