LEAP YEAR SCAVENGER HUNT

If you are born on Leap Day, will you have to wait four years to celebrate your next birthday? Although, both years are century years, why was the year 2000 a leap year and not the year 1900? What are babies born on Leap Day called? Your students will enjoy knowing the answers to these and many more interesting questions with this 20 Scavenger Hunt Fun Facts pack on Leap Year.

WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 20 Fact Cards on Leap Year
✓ 3 Recording Sheets
✓ 3 page Answer Key
✓ 13 Writing Templates featuring Leap Year images; 1 blank template included for students to self-illustrate.

ACTIVITY
⇒ Place the 20 fact cards on Leap Year around the classroom. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to find the answers to all 20 questions on their response sheets. They must read the fact card to find the answer for each corresponding fact question on their response sheets.

⇒ Early finishers who complete the Scavenger Hunt can design their writing posters. Wrap-up the activity by getting students together and asking them to share the facts they found the most interesting. They may refer to their recording sheets and posters.