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.What did the White Feather represent? | Being a coward | 2. 2.Why did men lie about their age when they joined up at their recruitment office? | They wanted to be part of something that was important, to fight for their country. | 3. 3.To begin with, how did men feel about dying? | They were happy to sacrifice themselves for the common cause. | 4. 4.How old was Reg Wilkes when he joined up? | 17 years old. | 5. 5.How did the British Government encourage men to join up? | They created posters which had a message that it was important to become a soldier. |
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