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. 1.What is the name for objects that people left behind.a long time ago which are studied by archaeologists? | artifacts | 2. 2. When archaeologists find out where a group of people once lived, they might excavate the area. What does it mean to excavate? | dig | 3. 3. What is the first thing archaeologists do before beginning any excavation? | survey | 4. 4. What do archaeologists use to carefully sift away dirt from fragile artifacts? | screen | 5. 5. When archaeologists use carbon dating, what are they trying to find out about an object? | age | 6. 6.do people ever accidentally find a valuable artifact? | yes | 7. 7. Name one civilization we know a lot about because of the work of archaeologists. | egypt | 8. 8. Why do we need archeologists? | learn about the past |
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