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. Who was the first person in Australia to find Gold? | the first person to find gold in Australia was Edward Hargraves. | 2. 2. What is the second biggest nugget found called? | the second biggest nugget found is the Welcome Nugget. | 3. 3. When did the gold rush begin? | the gold rush began in 1851. | 4. 4. What was the biggest nugget found called? | The biggest nugget found was called the Welcome Stranger. | 5. 5. Which hotel did James Scotty Scobie get murdered outside? | he got murdered outside the Eureka Hotel. | 6. 6. What did the women where in the 1850? | dresses | 7. 7. What is the populist sweet? | Raspberry drops | 8. 8. What colours are on the Eureka Flag? | Blue and White | 9. 9. When did the Eureka Hotel burn down? | 1854 |
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