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.
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1. This country is approximately the size of Texas | afghanistan | 2. This country covers nearly half of South America and is the continent's largest nation2 | brazil2 | 3. This country was inhabited by Arawak Indians when Columbus explored it in 1494 and named it St. Iago3 | jamacia3 | 4. Which country has Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman is to the east4 | yemen | 5. This country is four-fifths the size of Alaska5 | niger5 | 6. This country is equal in size to California and Texas combined6 | bolivia6 | 7. This country is situated in west-central Africa astride the equator7 | congo | 8. A landlocked country in north-central Africa, Chad is about 85% the size of Alaska8 | chad8 | 9. This country is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii)9 | australia9 | 10. Covering most of the northern part of the North American continent and with an area larger than that of the United States10 | canada10 |
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