Scavenger hunts are great tools to teach Internet navigation skills and basic
computer skills to students while introducing, reinforcing, or as a follow-up to
academic concepts. All hunts are correlated with the North Carolina Standard
Course of Study and provide students opportunities to practice problem solving
while improving their reading and comprehension skills.
This site is dedicated to providing information and engaging
activities. The activities cover a wide variety of topics and offer many levels
of difficulty. The EcoStudy Units employ higher order thinking skills to
investigate special ecosystems and species. The problem based learning projects
challenge users to examine and react to a variety of current issues. Puzzles and
Projects makes use of online resources to enrich a broad set of topics.
Over 7,000 websites created by students around the world who have participated
in a ThinkQuest Competition.