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 year did the Civil War begin? | 1861 | 2. Who was president during the Civil War? | Lincoln | 3. When did Lewis and Clark's expedition begin? | 1803 | 4. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? | The Bill of Rights | 5. Who was the leader of the Bolshevik government in Russia? | Lenin | 6. What 3 countries were part of the Central Powers? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire | 7. Germany once held a claim to what is now the United States. Name two other countries that also once held claim | Russia, England, Spain, France | 8. In Mountain Man language, what are "pups"? | children | 9. What was the name of the trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon? | Oregon Trail | 10. Thomas Edison is best known for what invention? | light bulb | 11. When and where did Wilbur and Orville Wright first pilot the Wright Flyer? | 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina | 12. Name two pull factors in immigration? | tolerance, equality, freedom, economic opportunities, reunite families |
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Germany once held a claim to what is now the United States. Name two other countries that also once held claim&choe=UTF-8
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In Mountain Man language, what are "pups"?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the name of the trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon?&choe=UTF-8
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Thomas Edison is best known for what invention?&choe=UTF-8
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When and where did Wilbur and Orville Wright first pilot the Wright Flyer?&choe=UTF-8
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Name two pull factors in immigration?&choe=UTF-8
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