Field Trip Badge Support

To take your learners on an actual field trip, like what we have done, can be logistically challenging but at the same time very rewarding. It is advisable to take them somewhere close to the school that is easily accessible and safe. The venue should also lend itself to lots of learning opportunities e.g. the Casino where we went offered various mathematical, chance, and sociological learning scenarios.
Make sure that tablet use are seamlessly incorporated (e.g. using QR codes, videos, photo, etc).

For this badge, you may work with a colleague(s) from other subject(s) area(s), but you have to create at least some (minimum 5) of the questions yourself, that will be relevant to your subject. Apart from handing in the entire Field trip activity worksheet, you must mark which questions you contributed!

Before you create your field trip worksheet, organise with the venue to go and do a scouting trip. This mainly consist of taking lots of photos and looking at things that could tie in with your subject areas. Have a look at Sarah-Lee's explanation of what we did to prepare for the teachers ICT4RED field trip:

Once you have all your photos and some ideas around how you can link it up with your subject area, you can scan through the photos and create your scavenger hunt! Here is a how-to tutorial with step by step instructions:


Here is the criteria for your Field trip badge:

Complete the online field trip reflection form here:

Scavenger Hunt Rules (Module 8)

• A Scavenger Hunt takes place within a fixed time. The time allocated for today’s Scavenger Hunt is 90 minutes which includes driving time to get back to the staff room!
• Points are allocated for the different items that need to be collected. The items are weighted according to difficulty or/and the fun you can experience. 
• The team with the most points earned, within the time limit, wins.
• Teams who complete the scavenger hunt after the fixed time will be penalised- make sure that your time keeper keeps the team on time!
• Teams may not split up to take photos faster! All team members must stay together at all times.
• When a team or one of the team’s members does not play by the rules the team will be disqualified. 
• Remember there is limited time so you most probably won’t be able to do everything.
• Be mindful of safety.
• All photos can be posted on the internet so be mindful of decency. 
• Only one photo per item will be counted unless otherwise stated. 
• All the answers must be captured using photos/videos even your calculations must be on photo format.
• The scavenger hunt activities of a team will be scored by another team using 1 tablet.
• No photos may be taken in the casino. 

General points

• You need to work together as a team. 
  
• Spend some time to strategize and plan your course of action. 
• You will earn negative points if you come late so be back at the staff room in time!!
• 5 Bonus QR codes will be put up all around the venue. Keep your eyes open for them!! 
• 1 Bonus code will be waiting for you at the staff room (if you are in time).
• Teams can earn extra points by including #QTNCasino in your tweets along with #gapschool and #ict4red 
• Pregnant ladies earn extra points for their teams to make up for speed. They don't have to do the physically challenging items and can be the photographers. 
• I like selfies and groupsies and learnsies and tweetsies!!!