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.
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| 1. What university was established in Detroit in 1817? | University of Michigan | 2. Founded in 1831, this university was the state’s first university | University of Alabama | 3. During the Civil War this school was moved to Newport, Rhode Island, but was returned to Annapolis, Maryland in 1865. | United States Naval Academy | 4. Legend at this university states that Freshmen who walk through the famous arch will never graduate. | University of Georgia | 5. The original name of this university was Florida Technological University, and officially began on June 10, 1963. | University of Central Florida | 6. The mascot of this university is the badger. | University of Wisconsin | 7. This Big 12 Conference University’s colors are black and orange. | Oklahoma State University | 8. President Obama graduated from this famous law school. | Harvard Law School |
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