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. What is the state flower of Texas? | bluebonnet | 2. 2. What is the state bird of Texas? | mockingbird | 3. 3. What is the state tree of Texas? | pecan | 4. 4. What is the nickname for Texas? | Lone Star State | 5. 5. What is the state song of Texas? | Texas Our Texas | 6. 6. Who was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas? | Sam Houston | 7. 7. Who was the Commander of the Texas army in the battle for independence from Mexico? | Sam Houston | 8. 8. Who was the Commander of the Mexican army in Texas’s battle for independence from Mexico? | Santa Anna | 9. 9. At which battle were Colonel Fannin and his men captured and executed? | Goliad | 10. 10. What was the name of the flag from the skirmish at Gonzales? | Come and Take It | 11. 11. Name the six flags that have flown over Texas. | Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States of America, United States of America | 12. 12. What was the name of the mission in San Antonio where all 187 Texas soldiers were massacred? | Alamo | 13. 13. Where was the final battle for Texas independence fought? | San Jacinto | 14. 14. What was the name of the first group of settlers brought to Texas by Stephen F. Austin? | The Old Three Hundred |
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