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 is the difference between a republic and a democracy | a republic is a government where elected representatives make decisions and a democracy is a government in which voters decide the issues. | 2. What were the Crusades2 | a series of holy wars during the Middle Ages between Muslims and Christians for control of Jerusalem | 3. What was the Renaissance | a rebirth of learning in science, math, Greek, and Roman texts between 1300 to 1500 | 4. What movement was led by Martin Luther to break away from the Catholic Church4 | the Reformation | 5. Who was Vasco da Gama5 | the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa |
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