This document outlines a geometry scavenger hunt project for 7th grade students. Students will be placed into groups of 4 and assigned a geometric shape to find examples of in the real world. Over 5 days, students will use cameras to take photos of their assigned shapes, upload the photos to an online padlet for their group, and write descriptions of each photo. On the final day, students will present their findings and complete an individual summary of what they learned. The goal is for students to practice identifying geometric shapes in real-life settings.

1. GEOMETRY SCAVENGER
HUNT
7th Grade Math-Brockhaus

2. RATIONALE/SUMMARY
•Geometry is all around us. You can find
geometric shapes everywhere! Practice
observation skills and notice examples of
geometric shapes in this scavenger hunt.

3. STANDARDS
•CC State Standards: 7.G.2, 7.G.5
•ISTE Standards: 2.A, 2.B

4. OUTCOMES
•After reviewing different geometric
figures and terms, students will be
able to identify and classify these
shapes with their group members in
the real-world.

5. GROUPS
• Students will be given a puzzle piece and asked to find the other
pieces. This will be your group (group of 4). If the groups are
uneven then the teacher will place you in a specific group.
• Students are grouped this way
1. no one is left out
2. same people are not always grouped together
3. Students enjoy discovering who their group members will be
• Teacher reserves the right to change groups at any time.

6. MATERIALS
•Computer
•digital camera (available for checkout)
•notes
•Padlet website

7. TIMELINE
•Students will have four days to complete
this activity and one day to present.
•Adjustments may be made at a later
time.

8. 5 DAY SCHEDULE
• Day One-present project, discover groups, assign shapes
(teacher must approve)
• Day Two-scavenger hunt begins-students begin to locate
and take pictures of shapes
• Day Three-scavenger hunt, begin designing presentation
• Day Four-design presentation
• Day Five-present

9. INSTRUCTIONS
•Students will use a digital camera (phone,
iPad, flip, etc.) to document real world
examples of the geometry concepts that
we are learning. Photos will be uploaded,
depicting an example of the geometric
figure or concept that we are studying in
class.

10. INSTRUCTIONS
•Students will be responsible for locating 20
shapes (5 each). Once the student has
located the shape and taken a picture
they will upload them onto their groups’
padlet. Each group will have their own
padlet which will be given to you at the
beginning of this project.

11. TERMS
• Rectangle:
• Rectangular Prism:
• Parallel lines:
• Diagonal Line:
• Right Angle:
• Acute Angle:
• Obtuse Angle:
• Perpendicular Lines:
• Transversal:
• Square:
• Sphere:
• Cube:
• Rhombus:
• Triangle:
• Arc:
• Parallelogram:
• Cone:
• Cylinder
• Triangular Pyramid
• Triangular Prism

12. INSTRUCTIONS
• For each picture submitted, you must note whether you
took the picture or if the image was copied from the
internet. If the picture is from the internet, it must come from
a copyright free source such
as: http://www.morguefile.com/
or http://www.pics4learning.com/.
• If you are at home you may use http://pixabay.com/ as this
site is blocked at school.
• A maximum of 4 pictures may be taken from the internet.

13. INSTRUCTIONS
•In addition to finding the pictures, each
picture must have a title and brief description
of why this is a good example (some may be
obvious). Correct terminology and
vocabulary are required. Refer back to your
notes or textbook if needed. All answers will
be written using appropriate sentence
structure.

14. SUMMARY
Each student will complete a summary on their own.
Must be written in paragraph form.
Details of the summary must include:
• What five shapes you were responsible for finding.
• What did you learn from this project and why?

15. GROUP RUBRIC
Description Points
Possible
Points
Earned
Comments
Pictures
Photos clearly represent
unique, real-world
application of the
concept.
20
Title
Descriptions
Titles are accurate and
complete.
Specific, detailed
description of what the
pictures show.
20
Descriptions
Specific, detailed
description of what the
pictures show.
20
Summary
Summary is complete
with the use of correct
punctuation and
grammar.
30
Use of
Time/Group
Cooperation
Used time wisely and
worked well with group
members.
5
Completion/
Deadlines
Scavenger Hunt is
turned in at the
beginning of class on
the date due.
5
Totals 100
Group Rubric

16. INDIVIDUAL RUBRIC
• Individual grades on group projects will be determined
based on the following rubric.
• For example, consider an individual assignment that
result from group work or a group assignment (e.g.,
poster presentation) that earns a grade of 85%. A
student who achieves a Level 4 rating will receive the
90% of the total points (i.e., 76.5%) earned for the
assignment.

17. INDIVIDUAL LEVELS
• Level 5 100% of the assignment grade
•  You participated fully in all discussions, contributing your own ideas and suggestions in each
phase of the project
•  You participated fully in project activities (planning, data or information collection, data analysis,
writing, presenting, etc.)
•  You attended all group meetings
•  You completed all tasks that you agreed to conduct for the project/team
•
• Level 4 90% of the assignment grade
•  You participated in each phase of the project but showed less initiative in contributing your ideas
and suggestions
•  You usually participated in project activities, but not always
•  You usually attended team meetings
•  You usually completed tasks that you agreed to conduct for the project/team

18. INDIVIDUAL LEVELS
• Level 3 80% of the assignment grade
•  You occasionally participated in the various phases of the project, generally as a “follower” rather
than contributing to project development
•  You occasionally attended team meetings
•  You completed one or two minor tasks that you agreed to conduct for the project/team
•
• Level 2 70% of the assignment grade
•  You contributed very little to the project, showing no initiative
•  You missed the vast majority of the team meetings
•  You failed to complete the majority of tasks that you agreed to conduct for the project/team
•
• Level 1 No credit
•  You did not participate in developing the project/presentation

19. GOOD LUCK!