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.