QR Challenge: The Magic Castle

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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. 1. Which castle would you find in the capital of Scotland?	Edinburgh Castle
2. 2. What is the name of the deep ditch that is often filled with water that goes around a castle?	moat
3. 3. Which castle did Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle in?	Windsor Castle
4. 4. What is the name of the castle where Harry Potter goes to school?	Hogwarts
5. 5. Where in a castle would you find battlements?	On the roof
6. 6. What part of the castle can be moved up or down to be able to cross the moat?	drawbridge
7. 7. When the Queen visits Scotland, which castle does she stay in?	Balmoral Castle
8. 8. Which knight did we get a letter from?	Arthur Pendragon
9. 9. Name 3 rooms in a castle.	keep, the Great Hall, Queen’s bedroom
10. 10. Name a piece of armour a knight would have.	helmet, lance
11. 11. Who built the first castles in England?	The Normans
12. 12. According to the Guinness Book of Records, where is the biggest castle in the world?	Prague
13. 13. A castle can sometimes have an owlery. Name a type of owl.	barn, tawny
14. 14. What was Harry Potter’s first broomstick called?	Nimbus 2000
15. 15. Why were castles built?	As a home or as a fortress