From: jim.speirs@canrem.com (Jim Speirs) To: dannys@iis.ee.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) Subject: More Search, Discover, & Collect Summary: A selection of scavenger hunt games by Colin Wallace Article #R126. ============== More Search, Discover, & Collect Colin Wallace The Leader, January 1990 Scouter Colin Wallace, Scarborough, Ont., put together a selection of scavenger hunt games that provide a lot of fun, stimulate Scouts' initiative, resourcefulness, and creativity, and make excellent patrol activities. For guidelines on preparation and presentation, see the Oct.'89 issue. Here are a few more of his games ideas to try. Demonstrations Akela has invited one patrol to work with the Cub pack next week. To help the Court of Honour decide which patrol will best represent the troop, here is a test for your patrol. By no later than...., bring back the necessary ingredients for staging successful demonstrations of: 1. a left-handed non-Scout 2. a left-handed cat 3. how to separate a mixture of salt and pepper 4. how to determine which is more dense: apple or carrot 5. what happens when you add two spoonfuls of vinegar to one spoonful of dish washing liquid and mix in one big spoonful of baking soda 6. a southbound footprint Scouter's Notes 2. I'm not sure there is any such creature, but a Scout once assured me that his cat was left-handed. Another Scout brought in a cat and left it to me to prove it wasn't left-handed. 3. Pour mixture into a glass of water. Salt sinks; pepper floats. 4. Again water. Carrot sinks and apple floats, ergo carrot is denser. 6. Perhaps a compass set alongside the footprint or a photograph of a footprint relative to an object that has a definite direction. Space Age Technology Space invaders have demanded that you produce evidence of the earth's current level of technology by no later than.... You must collect samples that demonstrate our society's use of: transistors; incandescence; fluorescence; luminosity; polystyrene; polypropylene; polyester; acrylic; latex; nylon; laser; liquid crystal display (LCD); light emitting diode (LED); magnetic diskettes; magnetic recording tape; electricity (plug in); electricity (battery power); stainless steel; moulded plastic; sheet plastic; laminated plastic; metal alloy. Scouter's Note: Relate to the Engineering and Science Challenge badges. Machines: Mr. Wizard blew up his laboratory. He needs your help to replace some parts of his physics experiments. By no later than...., bring in as many examples as you can of the six basic machines: screw; wedge; inclined plane; lever; pulley; wheel & axle. Camera: With your Polaroid camera, take one photograph of each of the following situations. You have film for 20 attempts. Don't let any other patrol photograph a member of your patrol. No later than..... deliver photographs of: the whole patrol inside a telephone booth; a Scout at least 5 m up a tree; three Scouts blowing bubble gum; all the members of the households of two Scouts; the Canadian flag; a woman on a bicycle; a Scout in the back seat of a bus; two Scouts in a police cell; three Scouts on the back of a fire truck; a suspicious-looking character often seen walking near the troop's meeting place about 30 minutes after the meeting starts (don't let this person see you take the photo); a Scout from another patrol; a Scout beside a statue; a Scout holding a chicken. Scouter's Notes: You have to provide your own suspicious-looking character. Relate to the Photography Challenge badge. One is One: In the words of the song, "One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so." Some things are found only as solitary items. Other things occur only in groups of two, three, four, or more. By no later than...., bring back one sample item from each of these groups: one; two; three; four; five; six; seven; eight; nine; ten; eleven; twelve; twenty; twenty-five; fifty; one hundred. Sensational: We have received a message from the planet Graidot in the Garbajio Galaxy. Their environmental pollution is so bad that their world is slowly becoming a colourless, featureless gob of grey goo. Unless they install some sensory organisms soon, they will lose touch with reality. We have agreed to help. By no later than...., bring back one each of something: hot; frozen; sweet; sour; sticky; rough; smooth; slippery; squishy; rubbery; wobbly; perfumed; stinking; salty; bitter; cheesy; prickly; corrugated; colourful; pure. One Square: The television game show, Scouting Squares, is offering a grand prize of one trillion dollars. How to win? Examine a 2.5 cm square of an object and, from that, identify the whole object then bring in an example. The patrol with the largest collection of objects wins. Scouter's Notes: You need to assemble a series of 2.5 cm squares of different items. To avoid cutting an object of value, make a template with a 2.5 cm square hole in it. The template must be large enough to cover the object, except for the critical 2.5 cm square. Invite patrols to challenge each other by producing their own series of samples. Tape Recorder The National Centre for the Visually Impaired is compiling a library of sounds to use in their training programs. By no later than...., use your tape recorder to record 5-10 seconds each of: cash register operating; telephone ringing; book pages flipping; washing machine agitating; backpack zipper opening or closing; typewriter pounding; Scout belt buckling; cloth ripping; group committee chairperson singing O Canada; Scout with mouthful of crackers whistling; your PL at the other end of a telephone call; piano playing; brass wind instrument blowing; Scout playing Happy Birthday on paper and comb; shoes being brushed; newspaper tearing; bell ringing; Scout blowing over the mouth of an empty bottle; three hole punch punching; cellophane paper crackling; deck of cards riffling; coffee pot percolating; popcorn popper popping; television commercial blaring; paper bag bursting; magic marker squeaking; car starting; referee whistle whistling; dog barking; three adult non-Scouts responding to your polite request for their opinion of Scouting. Earn bonus points by recording a sound that no other patrol can identify.