SIDU SKOLI - Best practices sharing - Learning outdoor

1. Hometown Scavenger
Hunt
Akureyri - Iceland

2. What is Hometown scavenger hunt?
Participants - 13-15 years old high school students
Objective - to find a trophy hidden in certain location
Time - the search takes ten weeks, one riddle every week
to solve. When solving the riddle they receive a letter
Goal - to collect ten letters = keyword

3. How is the project different from other
school activities?
Out of the classroom
Outside school hours
Participation optional

4. How does it contribute to meaningful
learning?
Key factor:
Motivation
Resilience
Resourcefulness

5. The task
Focuses on the history and culture of the
county
Involves visiting places around hometown or
libraries

6. Main objective
Learn to appreciate and acknowledge importance of
history
Focus on different perspective of studying history
Engage the student on his terms without outside pressure
Student´s initiative and independence is promoted and
rewarded

7. The last winner
2017