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 type of map is this large map of Europe? | Physical | 2. How are wetlands represented on this map? | with small splotches | 3. The country of Italy is shaped like a boot. What is the name of the mountain range to the north of Italy? | The Alps | 4. What is the name of the island just south of the Arctic Circle? | Iceland | 5. How are continental boundaries noted on the map? | a line of small white dots | 6. What mountain range forms the northern continental boundary between Europe and Asia? | Ural Mountains | 7. What is the name of the ocean to the west of the European Continent? | Atlantic | 8. Estimate the width in miles of the Black Sea. | 750 |
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