scavenger hunt
TRANSCRIPT
By: Andrés Castaño Durango Funlam
2013
scavenger hunt is game which can be used as a playful technique to stimulate
research skills among learners. The rules of the game are simple, individuals or
teams have to follow a set of instructions to seek and find different clues. The
goal is usually to be the first one to complete in a creative way all the list of
objectives proposed in the different stages of the scavenger hunt.
The organizer
must be clear
in his
instructions to
guarantee a
good
development
of the game.
Clear
instructions
avoid
participants
feel lost and
affect the
intention of
the game.
Scavenger hunt is excellent tool which can be applied to work in and out of the
classroom, encourage the collaborative work and develops different kind of
competences such as researching, abstract thinking or reading comprehension.
The guide of the scavenger
hunt is important to keep
alert and walk around the
participants of the game to
give instructions when it is
necessary.