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.
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1. Imagine that you are Jean-François Champollion. How would you answer these questions: What made you so determined to decipher hieroglyphs? Why was it so important? | Various | 2. Were the scholars wise to turn Jean-Francois away when he came to see the Rosetta Stone? Why or why not? | Various | 3. How do the drawings in this selection help you better understand the text? | Various | 4. How do you think Jean-Francois felt when he was sent on the expedition to Egypt? Explain your answer. | Various | 5. How were Napoleon and Jean-Francois alike? | Venn Diagram | 6. What from the story shows us that Jean-Francois worked very hard to reach his goals? | Various |
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