Pam, Elizabeth and I discussed a scavenger hunt type activity where students had to complete academic, social or cultural tasks to earn “points”. We could use this scavenger hunt as a way to encourage and facilitate independent experiences while establishing a record for grading purposes. This could generically be used for any trip of any duration of any subject. Specific to the Thailand trip we could map students progress on a large map of the area of travel and debrief the days activities nightly as a group. Topics would cover hiking and mapping on the Outdoor Adventures end and plant and animal identification on the Biology end.
