SCIENCE BOOK SCAVENGER HUNT
Name: ___________________________
Date: ____________________________
Class: 2 3 4
Find each of the following items in your science textbook. Then write the page numbers that each item
occupies. You can use a dash to show a range of pages, such as “pages 31 – 35.”
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Chapter 3:
Skills Handbook:
Appendix A:
Glossary:
Index:
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Go exploring! Find each of the following items in your textbook. Write down what you find.
1.
The color of the bar at the top of the glossary pages. _________________________________
2.
The first main heading in Chapter 2, Section 2. _____________________________________
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3.
The first Guide for Reading question in Chapter 2, Section 3 __________________________
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4.
The title of Chapter 1, Section 2 ________________________________________________
5.
The color of the minor headings _______________________________________________
6.
The last “A” entry in the index ________________________________________________
7.
The first boldfaced word in Chapter 11, Section 3 _________________________________
8.
The pages of the Interdisciplinary Exploration(s) _________________________________
9.
The last boldfaced sentence in Chapter 1, Section 3 _______________________________
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10.
In captions that have questions, the color of the science skill identified ________________
11.
The page in the Skills Handbook that describes how to make data tables ______________
12.
The last Checkpoint question in the book ______________________________________
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13.
The pages that contain information about laboratory safety ________________________
14.
The number of questions in the Chapter 12 Assessment ___________________________
15.
The number of Figures in Chapter 3 __________________________________________
Bonus Discoveries: You deserve extra credit if you can find the following.
B1.
The authors of your textbook. _______________________________________________
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B2.
The copyright year of your textbook __________________________________________
CHALLENGE ASSIGNMENT (OPTIONAL): With a friend, make textbook scavenger hunts of your own
on the back of this page, and give them to each other.