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. How many people started on the Mayflower? | 102 people | 2. 2. Why did they want to leave England? | Religious Freedom | 3. 3. What ocean did they cross? | Atlantic | 4. 4. What was the date when they first set sail? | September 6, 1620 | 5. 5. Where did they set sail from? | Harbor of Plymouth | 6. 6. What is cargo? | all of their belongings, usually in crates | 7. 7. What were some of the hardships at sea? | no bathrooms,sea sick, rough waters,etc. | 8. 8. What happened to the ship that made them almost turn around? | broken main beam | 9. 9. How many days were they at sea? | 65 days | 10. 10. What was their average speed? | 2 miles per hour | 11. 11. Where did they land first? | Provincetown Harbor | 12. 12. When they landed they made a contract that contains their laws. What was the name of the contract? | Mayflower Compact | 13. 13. When did they anchor in Plymouth? | November 16, 1620 | 14. 14. Who was the military leader and was he a pilgrim? | Miles Standish and no | 15. 15. How many people survived after the first winter? | 50 | 16. 16. Who was the first indian to greet the English? | Samsonet | 17. 17. How did Squanto learn English? | the English Bishop | 18. 18. Who was the indian chief? | Massasoit | 19. 19. How many indians were at the first Thanksgiving? | 90 | 20. 20. What were the steps to making corn? | dig an area in the dirt, make little mounds, place three pieces of corn, cover it with dirt, place fish on top |
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