George Bush High School Adventure Hunt

#1: As you all prepare for the start of the coming school year it is important to take care of yourselves, so that you can avoid burnout and focus on the students. Find any business around Rice Village that has the word “Fitness” in it’s name. Then out front of that facility have someone take a picture of your group while your team members are each completing a yoga pose from the list of “Stress Relief Yoga Poses To Avoid Teacher Burnout” found HERE. Each team member can choose their own pose but attempt one that will challenge your body and clear your mind.

#2: Get every team member a large (16 ounces or so) open-top paper, plastic, or foam cup and fill it with water. Then somewhere outdoors, line up shoulder to shoulder and balance a full cup on each team member’s head. Once everyone’s cups are balanced, hold hands with the team members on either side of you and take a video of your team working together to all take 10 steps forward without anyone touching their cup or having it spill. If someone’s cup spills make sure to encourage them and then refill any spilled cups and start again as a team. After your team successfully travels 10 steps together dump the cups to prove they were full, and celebrate!

#3: Click HERE to see a portion of a mural located somewhere here in Rice Village. Find this vibrant artwork promoting science and exploration and take a fun group picture all jumping in the air at the same time to give the effect of zero-gravity (hint hint) while the mural is clearly visible in the background.

#4: Because this location doesn’t open until 11am your team can complete it after your adventure ends but before you depart the area and still get credit. Get your team to Mendocino Farms and head inside to find their Mendo Kids Chalkboard. Once there, find any family with a school-age child nearby and have the child pick a number between 1 and 25. Then whatever number they choose find the coinciding quote on the list of “Inspirational Quotes For Kids” found HERE. Read the quote to the family, thank them for their help and then write the quote on the chalkboard to inspire other kids and their families throughout the day. Before leaving, take a picture of your team pointing to your quote.

#5: This week many people celebrated “Christmas In July”, whose origins can actually be traced back as far as the 1890’s. To celebrate this somewhat ridiculous “holiday” turn each racer into Santa Claus using shaving cream, whipped cream, or sunscreen. Give each racer fluffy eyebrows, a moustache and thick beard and then take a fun team picture with your messy disguises. We’ve heard from the big guy this is a sure way to get yourselves on his Good List this year!

#6: A huge part of being an effective educator is the ability to listen to the students and value the stories that make them who they are. Take a video of your team and any stranger that has a tattoo while they explain what that tattoo means to them. The tattoo must be visible at some point during the video.

#7: Take a video of each of your team members, at the same time, all consuming separate spoonfuls of any brand of hot sauce (the hotter the better). Make sure to show the bottle or packet of hot sauce in the video so it can be confirmed that it's actually hot sauce you're consuming. Disclaimer, this will likely not be pleasant, which is exactly the point. Because a team that suffers together, grows together.

#8: Whether you’re out shopping, or in the classroom, it’s important to know where the nearest fire extinguishers are. So take a video of your team completing "Stop, Drop, and Roll" while any regulation/operable fire extinguisher is visible in the background. Be sure to yell each step of the fire safety technique as you all do it together and make sure the fire extinguisher is clearly visible at some point in your video.

#9: Take a video of any one team member successfully completing the Pretzel Face Challenge. Place a small pretzel (the mini hard kind work well) on your forehead and using only your facial muscles and gravity attempt to move the pretzel down your face and into your mouth without grabbing it with your hand or having it fall off. If it falls off place the pretzel back on your forehead and try again. All team members can be attempting the challenge but only one needs to successfully complete it. To watch a video of someone completing this challenge successfully click HERE.

#10: They say it takes a village to raise a child, so it’s a good thing you’re doing this adventure in Rice Village! To honor the caretakers everywhere that deserve our praise take a video of your team members hugging, high-fiving, fist bumping, or whatever everyone is comfortable with, any person who is pushing a stroller around town as you give them words of encouragement such as "we believe in you", "you're awesome", "you're doing a great job", etc. Make sure your video shows the stroller at some point, although the child doesn’t need to be recorded.

#11: Get to any clothing or apparel store and find two different items with enough in stock that every team member can be wearing the same two items in their own sizes. Then take a fun team picture with everyone wearing those items. For example it may be a wacky shirt, and a pair of shorts. Or maybe some cozy slippers and a large sun hat. As long as everyone is wearing the same exact two items but in their own sizes.

#12: Take a team picture with any parked vehicle that has a license plate which contains numerical digits that add up to 10, no more, no less. So if the plate were "CF2H 5K3" it would be acceptable because those numbers add up to 10 and there aren't any additional numbers.

#13: It was more than 35 years ago that Pee Wee Herman had a big adventure here in Texas. Find any two strangers wearing cowboy hats or cowboy boots. You could also find one wearing a hat and one wearing boots but both strangers would need to be wearing one of the required items. Once you’ve found them, take a video of your team all singing the first line of the classic 1941 song "Deep in the Heart of Texas", and then have the two strangers respond accordingly (with clapping and singing)! To see an example of this song being sung successfully click HERE. Sing it loud and proud and encourage your Texas loving strangers to do the same, or else Large Marge might find you!

#14: Growing up, if you showed off your paper football skills in class you’d likely get in trouble. But today it will make you a hero. Anywhere along the way, create a regulation paper football using one sheet of paper. To learn how to make one you can click HERE. Once you’ve created it, take a video of a team member placing the football on a hard surface roughly waist high (a table works well). Then have them “flick” it up into the air and another person who is standing at least 6 feet away catches the flicked football in a standard drinking glass or plastic cup. To watch a video of two people successfully completing this challenge click HERE. Everyone on your team can be attempting it, but you only need one successful “catch”.

#15: Today is National Talk In An Elevator Day (it’s true, look it up). But talking is not very challenging, so instead, anywhere around the area take a picture of your team forming a 3-tiered, human pyramid inside of any elevator. You’ll need at least 6 people to properly form 3 tiers, so recruit kind strangers if needed. The elevator can be stopped at a floor with the door open as long as your pyramid is performed inside the actual elevator.