QR Challenge: Social Studies Scavenger Hunt

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

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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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1. A person who travels seeking new discoveries is an-	explorer
2. 2. One way Thomas Jefferson helped develop our country was by writing-	the Declaration of Independence
3. 3. Ancient Greek men voted on their own laws. This form of government is called-	republic
4. 4. This contest is held every 4 years and started in Ancient Greece as a foot race. It is called the-	Olympics
5. 5. Who was America's third president?	Thomas Jefferson
6. 6. Why did Christopher Newport want to explore?	to start a colony in Virginia
7. 7. Who was the first person to be Commander-in-Chief and President of the United States?	George Washington
8. 8. How do people in the military help us?	They protect our freedoms
9. 9. The earth has how many continents?	seven
10. 10. Florida was claimed for Spain by-	Ponce de Leon

 

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