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. 1. Sketch the State flag | Drawing | 2. 2. What is the motto on the Nevada State Seal? | All For Our Country | 3. 3. What symbols are on the state seal? | miner and mill - plow, a sheaf of grain, and a sickle - The railroad and the telegraph line. | 4. 4. How many stars are there on the Nevada State Seal? | 36 | 5. 5. What is the state tree(s)? | Single-leaf pinon and bristlecone pine | 6. 6. Identify the state animal and list some characteristics? | Nelson's Desert Bighorn or Old Nagah. | 7. 7. What are the state colors and Nicknames of Nevada? | Silver State, Battle-Born State, and The Sagebrush State | 8. 8. What does Nevada mean in Spanish? | snow-capped | 9. 9. Identify the state reptile. | desert tortoise | 10. 10. Identify the state fish. | Lahontan cutthroat trout | 11. 11. Where was the biggest state fish found? | Lake Pyramid | 12. 12. What are some major landforms in Nevada? | Great Basin, Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert, Columbia Plateau | 13. 13. What famous person is mentioned in the Nevada State song? | Kit Carson | 14. 14. Recite the state song to Mr. Cardines. | Recite | 15. 15. What is our state bird? | Mountain Bluebird | 16. 16. Identify the state flower. | Sagebrush | 17. 17. Provide some details on Kit Carson. | Trapper, guide | 18. 18. Identify the state rock and the state gemstone. | Sandstone, black fire opa. | 19. 19. Name a river in Nevada. | Humboldt | 20. 20. Name a city other than Las Vegas. | Carson City | 21. 21. Draw the map of Nevada. | Draw | 22. 22. Identify a tourist attraction in Nevada. | Hoover Dam | 23. 23. Explain what the Pony Express is. | a service for delivering mail | 24. 24. What Native American tribes have lived in Nevada? | Anasazi, Winnemucca | 25. 25. What is the state fossil? | Icthyosaur | 26. 26. What is the state metal? | Silver | 27. 27. Identify the state grass | Indian rice grass |
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