Scavenger Hunt Tasks
Take a picture of a monument named after a president.
💡 Washington, DC was named after the first President of the United States, George Washington!
Take a picture of a building with architecture that impressed you!
💡 The tallest building in Washington, DC is the Washington Monument. The obelisk is 555 feet tall, and between 1884 and 1889, it was the tallest structure in the world!
Take a picture posing like a historical statue of someone with the statue in the background
Take a picture of a monument/museum where you learned something new
💡 The Smithsonian Institution consists of 21 museums and the National Zoo. In the museums, only 1% of their collection is open for viewing at any given time.
Take pictures of five different countries' flags
💡 There are around 175 embassies in Washington, DC. 50 of them are concentrated on Massachusetts Avenue NW, which is nicknamed “Embassy Row”.
Take a picture of food you have never tried before
Bonus if you or a group member eat it (with photo proof!)
💡 Washington D.C has an immensely diverse and abundant culinary scene with restaurants serving food from all parts of the world. One of the city's most iconic spots is Ben’s Chili Bowl - opened by Trinidadian immigrants Ben and Virginia Ali in 1958, it has become a cultural and culinary landmark in Washington D.C.
Take a picture of something that shows spring is here
💡 In 1912, the mayor of Tokyo gifted Japanese cherry trees to the city of Washington, DC, as a gesture of friendship. Today, over 1.5 million people attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival each year.
Take a picture of something that reminds you of home. Why?
Take a picture of a place you saw in a movie
💡 Many movies and TV series are filmed in Washington D.C – one of the most popular being National Treasure, where Benjamin Gates (Nicolas Cage) steals the Declaration of Independence from The National Archives Museum.
Take a picture with 5 other UGRAD students you met this week for the first time
Bonus if you are spelling "UGRAD" with your bodies
💡 Did you know that students from 62 different countries participated in Global UGRAD this year? 53 of those countries are present this week at the EOP workshop!
Make a photo “acrostic” for UGRAD! An acrostic has a word for each letter, but in this case you’ll represent your words with photos!
💡 World Learning has been administering the Global UGRAD Program since 2008, meaning we’ve helped over 2,500 UGRAD students over the years!
Take a picture of a UGRAD wearing their university’s merchandise!
💡 This semester, 44 different U.S. universities are hosting Global UGRAD students. These universities are spread out across 25 different states (AND Washington, DC)!
Take a photo of something that represents something you learned in the workshop this week
💡 The EOP workshop has been hosted at the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) headquarters for many years. The NAHB’s mission is to “protect the American Dream of housing opportunities for all” (nahb.org)
Take a picture with UGRAD students from 3 different continents
💡 Did you know? World Learning uses different 3-letter abbreviations to signify different “regions” of the world as used by the State Department. NEA, WHA, EUR, AF, SCA, and EAP (Near East, Western Hemisphere, Europe/Eurasia, (Sub-Sarahan) Africa, South/Central Asia, East Asia/Pacific).
Take an inspirational picture of the sunset from wherever you are when it sets
💡 One of the best places to watch the sun set (in Sarah’s opinion) is from the back side of the Lincoln Memorial.
Take a picture of the cutest dog you saw
💡 Only 38.2% of D.C. households own a pet, the lowest amount compared to any other state in the U.S.
Take a picture of at least 2 group members in front of the street sign that matches their first initial! (E.g. Mason with an M Street sign!)
💡 The streets are labeled North to South using the alphabet, but there is not a J street because it looked too similar to the letter I.
Take a picture of something you didn’t expect to see in D.C.
💡 In the National Cathedral in NW D.C. you can find a rock from the moon that has been included in one of the stain glass windows.
Take a picture of your method of transportation (metro, bus, uber, taxi, bike, scooter)
💡 The D.C. metro first opened in March 1976.