Curated OER
Tiles, Blocks, Sapphires & Gold: Designing a Treasure Map
Young cartographers in groups hide treasure at school and then create a map to find it using pattern blocks and tiles. They make paintings with clues to create a visual representation of the location of their treasure. Groups present...
Curated OER
Treasure Hunt
Students find lost "treasure" using a treasure map after being shown a map that you have created where terms and symbols are discussed. The class is divided into small groups where they locate your treasure and then read a section from...
Curated OER
Pirate Treasure Maze
In this hand eye coordination and logic worksheet, students trace a path from the pirate to the treasure chest in a maze puzzle.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Vector Treasure Hunt
Learners work in groups to find a "treasure" using directions from a map that has been torn into sections, and the directions are written as vectors.
Read Works
Read Works: The Treasure Hunt
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about some kids who surprise their friend Jordan with a treasure hunt for her birthday. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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TOPS Learning Systems
Top Science: Treasure Map [Pdf]
An activity where students construct a 3-D scene using lentils and props, and bury a coin in it. They then create a map showing the location of the buried coin. This lesson from TOPScience gives clear instructions on how to use this...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Adventure Island [Pdf]
For this lesson, students will study examples of treasure maps and make a list of features and symbols. They will use their imaginations to create their own treasure maps and compose narratives to describe them.