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 was the Lost Colony and what is one theory about what happened there? | Roanoke was the Lost Colony. One theory is that the colonists starved to death. | 2. What were the different economies for the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies? text | New England, timber and fishing; Middle, iron and farming wheat; Southern, farming tobacco, rice, and indigo. | 3. What are the wooden walls of Jamestown called? | Palisades | 4. What was the name of the agreement that Pilgrims on the Mayflower signed? | Mayflower Compact | 5. What were two books used often in New England schools? | The New England Primer and the Bible. | 6. What is an artisan and who might he hire? | A skilled craftsman would hire an apprentice. | 7. What were the three names of the native American princess who helped the settlers of Jamestown? | Matoaka, Pocohantas, Rebecca. | 8. What was Poor Richard's Almanac? | A popular book of facts written by Benjamin Franklin. | 9. What is a hornbook and how was it used? | A board covered with transparent skin, used for writing in colonial schools. It was usually worn around the neck to be handy. | 10. Who was Eliza Lucas Pinckney and why is she significant? | She is the first person to successfully raise a crop of indigo in the colonies. This is significant because she was a woman. |
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