QR Challenge: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

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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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. What is the Queen's name?	Queen Elizabeth II
2. Where does the Changing of the Guard take place?	Buckingham Palace
3. What is a double-decker?	A bus
4. What is Harrods?	A department store
5. What is the symbol of England?	The red rose
6. Where can you buy stamps?	At the post office
7. What is 'stonehenge'?	a prehistoric monument
8. What is the name of the famous stadium in the north of London?	Wembley
9. Which band was John Lennon a member of in the 1960s?	The Beatles
10. Where is a monster supposed to live?	Loch Ness
11. In Britain, cars are driven on the ______ side of the road.	left-hand
12. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote lots of ______.	detective stories
13. Where is Belfast?	In Northern Ireland
14. Chelsea is a popular ______ team.	football
15. Which famous writer was born in Stratford-upon-Avon?	William Shakespeare
16. Which is the highest mountain in Wales?	Ben Nevis
17. What are the main colours of the Union flag?	Blue, red and white
18. Who lived in Sherwood Forest?	Robin Hood.
19. What is the famous airport in London?	Heathrow.
20. What is favourite hot drink in Britain?	Tea
21. What parts does the United Kingdom consist of?	England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
22. What is the capital of Great Britain?	London
23. What river is the British capital situated on?	On the Thames
24. What is the symbol of Scotland?	The thistle
25. What is the national costume of Scotland?	The kilt
26. What is the national instrument of the Scots?	The bagpipe
27. When do English people celebrate Christmas?	On the 25th of December
28. What is the traditional Christmas meal in Britain?	Roast turkey, Pudding
29. What channel lies between Britain and the continent of Europe?	The English channel
30. What is the longest river in Britain?	The Severn

 

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