Materials Hunt

• to collect a group of resources that you can use when you are teaching, and
• to learn how to obtain teaching materials.

Directions:
This is a pair assignment. With your partner, you will develop a collection of materials around a particular topic or theme that you both agree on (i.e. oceans, states, Harry Potter, the Rio Grande, Martin Luther King, black bears, recycling). You must have multiple examples of at least three kinds of resources:

• internet resources (include the internet address and a very brief description of the website)
• community resources, such as museums, people, special events, or organizations (include names, addresses, phone numbers, or other necessary contact information), and
• physical resources, such as books or other hands-on materials (you don’t need to include the actual materials, just a brief description, which should include where you can get these items, if they are very specialized).

With your partner, you may want to split your materials hunt into elementary and secondary level materials, but this is not necessary. However, do not develop a set of materials exclusively for one grade or age level -- make sure that your materials hunt will provide you a good place to start, regardless of the grade level where you end up teaching.
 

Don’t forget your assignment cover page!