The project site is a Social Studies and Integrated educational resource for learning how to use the Internet and introducing students to the vast variety of helpful sites available to them. Each treasure hunt takes approximately 20 to 45 minutes to complete depending on age and ability.
Directions are on the main treasure hunt page.
Answers are sent to the students upon completion of the hunts. The new September treasure hunt is a Social Studies based hunt on the events that took place in and surrounding the California Gold Rush. This is a week long schoolwide library literacy project that enables students to utilize all of the resources that the library has to offer. This series teaches children how to use the typical library computer, the Dewey Decimal classification System, and the Internet access computer. The teacher reads the three chapter fiction book to the students.