1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. What resource would you use to find out where Egypt is located? | Atlas | 2. What resource would you use to find the definition of the word pyramid? | Dictionary | 3. You need to complete research on the Egyptian Sphinx. What would be the best resource to use? | Encyclopedia | 4. What resource would you use to find the meaning of the word hieroglyphic? | Dictionary | 5. You said the Nile River is long. What resource would you use to find a synonym for the word long? | Thesaurus | 6. What resource would you use to find out the continent Egypt is on and what bodies of water are near Egypt? | Atlas |
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