Mission Map Quest - Create Your Own Geography Games
Mission Map Quest is a map-based tool for creating virtual treasure
hunts. The concept is simple, you create a series of clues that your
students need to follow to identify places around the world. You can add
as few or as many clues to your Map Quest as you like. When you're
ready to have students try your Quest just give them the web address of
the challenge or have them scan the QR code assigned to your Quest.
The QR code in this post will take you to Russel's demonstration of Mission Map Quest. You can also click
this link to try it from the student perspective. The demonstration has a WWI theme.
Applications for Education
Mission Map Quest
could be a great tool for creating your own geography and history
review activities. Your clues could be based on political events or
geographic features. For example, you could create a clue that asks
students to identify where the American Civil War began. You could also
include a clue like "the longest river in Africa empties into this body
of water." Of course, you don't have to be the only one making the Map
Quests. Have your students create Map Quests that they share with each
other.