QR Challenge: Renaissance Scavenger Hunt
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.
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!
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.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. a painter who used perspective (which shows depth or 3D) in his paintings | raphael sanzio
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2. A sculptor (of stone or bronze) who sculpted a person in the Bible | michelangelo
| 3. A writer who wrote and published a book or novel | Miguel de Cervantes
| 4. A person who invented a new device (object with a specific use) | Johann Gutenberg
| 5. A scientist who studied the planets and discovered something new about the planet(s) | Nicolaus Copernicus
| 6. reform the church, or change it | Martin Luther
| 7. A queen who helped her country | Queen Elizabeth
| 8. Someone who spent time in jail or was involved in a battle war | Marco Polo
| 9. Someone who got in trouble with the Catholic Church | William Tyndale
| 10. Someone who is considered a “Renaissance Man or Woman” | Leonardo da Vinci
| 11. An explorer who conquered another civilization outside of his country | Francisco Pizarro
| 12. Someone who went to a university to study and is considered the father of modern physics | Galileo Galilei
| 13. A poet who wrote poetry about love | Francesco Petrarch
| 14. A person who proved the ancient Greek and Roman classics wrong | Andreas Vesalius
| 15. A person who traveled around the world (there are two people-- this one died in the Philippines) | Ferdinand Magellan
| 16. An explorer whose goal was to travel to India to get spices | Vasco da Gama
| 17. A person who dissected or treated human bodies | Andreas Vesalius
| 18. An artist who designed, built, or painted on a building | Filippo Brunelleschi
| 19. A powerful woman who fought for her religion | Queen Isabella of Spain
| 20. A scientist who invented a device to help see things more clearly | Galileo Galilei
| 21. An artist who painted realistic people | Pieter Brueghel
| 22. A person who helped spread ideas quickly | Johann Gutenberg
| 23. An explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World | Christopher Columbus |
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=a-painter-who-used-perspective-(which-shows-depth-or-3D)-in-his-paintings
Question 1 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-sculptor-(of-stone-or-bronze)-who-sculpted-a-person-in-the-Bible
Question 2 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-writer-who-wrote-and-published-a-book-or-novel
Question 3 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-person-who-invented-a-new-device-(object-with-a-specific-use)
Question 4 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-scientist-who-studied-the-planets-and-discovered-something-new-about-the-planet(s)
Question 5 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=reform-the-church,-or-change-it
Question 6 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-queen-who-helped-her-country
Question 7 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Someone-who-spent-time-in-jail-or-was-involved-in-a-battle-war
Question 8 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Someone-who-got-in-trouble-with-the-Catholic-Church
Question 9 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Someone-who-is-considered-a-“Renaissance-Man-or-Woman”
Question 10 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An-explorer-who-conquered-another-civilization-outside-of-his-country
Question 11 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Someone-who-went-to-a-university-to-study-and-is-considered-the-father-of-modern-physics
Question 12 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-poet-who-wrote-poetry-about-love
Question 13 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-person-who-proved-the-ancient-Greek-and-Roman-classics-wrong
Question 14 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-person-who-traveled-around-the-world-(there-are-two-people---this-one-died-in-the-Philippines)
Question 15 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An-explorer-whose-goal-was-to-travel-to-India-to-get-spices
Question 16 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-person-who-dissected-or-treated-human-bodies
Question 17 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An-artist-who-designed,-built,-or-painted-on-a-building
Question 18 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-powerful-woman-who-fought-for-her-religion
Question 19 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-scientist-who-invented-a-device-to-help-see-things-more-clearly
Question 20 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An-artist-who-painted-realistic-people
Question 21 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-person-who-helped-spread-ideas-quickly
Question 22 (of 23)
Renaissance Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=An-explorer-who-sailed-across-the-Atlantic-Ocean-to-the-New-World
Question 23 (of 23)
