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 is cinnamon? | A spice made from the bark of a tree. | 2. | 3. Does nutmeg grow underground?2 | No it grows on a tree2 | 4. | 5. What country do the Spice Islands belong to?3 | Indonesia3 | 6. | 7. Where is Arnhem Land4 | It is in Northern Australia4 | 8. | 9. In ancient times, why did people in Europe want pepper?5 | To help preserve meat.5 | 10. | 11. Were the Chinese ships in Admiral Zheng He’s fleet bigger or smaller that the European ships of that time?6 | They were much bigger.6 | 12. | 13. Name the trading port on the Malay peninsula that Zheng He visited and that became a Portuguese settlement7 | Malacca.7 | 14. | 15. Name a special design feature of the hull of the Chinese junk8 | It has bulkheads dividing it into compartments.8 | 16. | 17. Why did the Chinese trade ships go to South-East Asia?9 | To buy spices.9 | 18. | 19. Did the Aborigines begin trading with the Macassans before the British came to Australia?10 | Yes.10 | 20. | 21. What did the Aborigines sell to the traders who came from the north?11 | Sea cucumbers.11 | 22. | 23. Why are sea cucumbers such a valuable trade item?12 | Chinese people like to use them for a special soup and will pay a lot of money for them.12 |
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