Airport Spotter Bingo
About 30 minutes, indoors, for ages 8 to 10.
Where it works
Works in any indoor space
Who it's for
ages 8 to 10
Try this adventure now:
- Person wearing a backpack
- Suitcase with a ribbon or tag
- Plane pulling up to a gate
- Person running for a flight
- Moving walkway or escalator
- Person on a phone call
- Family with a stroller
Today's Challenge
- 1.What is the most unusual bag you saw?
- 2.How many languages did you hear?
- 3.What is one thing here you would not see at home?
Quick Start: What you need
- 1pencil
The Goal
Turn the wait at the gate into a game before you even board.
How to start
- 1
Gather what you need: pencil. Nothing else required.
- 2
Head indoors and see how many you can find: Person wearing a backpack, Suitcase with a ribbon or tag, Plane pulling up to a gate, Person running for a flight.
- 3
Talk about what you are seeing. Start with "What is the most unusual bag you saw?"
- 4
Print the worksheet to check things off as you find them, and keep it afterwards.
Design Your Ideal Plane Seat
If you designed the seats on this plane, what would they look like? Draw it below.
The busiest airport in the world handles over a hundred million passengers a year, roughly the population of a large country passing through a single building.
If you want to push it further
- Wave at a pilot or flight crew member
- Find someone wearing a travel pillow
Print it and go
The worksheet has the checklist, the prompts, and a space to draw in. One page, ready for a bag or a glovebox.