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. Who introduced the steel plow in 1837? | John Deere | 2. What are the four periods of agriculture? | Prehistoric, Ag through the Roman Period, Feudal, Scientific | 3. Which period of agriculture was known as the time during the Neolithic era, and humans changed from gathering to production agriculture? | Prehistoric | 4. Which period of agriculture was known for in introduction of irrigation and an improvement in storage? | Ag through the Roman Period | 5. Which period of agriculture was known for the growing of oranges, lemons, peaches, and apricots? | Feudal | 6. Which period of agriculture is known for better transportation and the selective breeding of livestock? | Scientific | 7. What continent did the United States originally depend on for seed, stocks, livestock, and machinery? | Europe | 8. Which invention did we talk about specifically that had a revolutionary effect on agriculture? | Internal combustion engine | 9. What percent of Americans made their living through agriculture during the American Revolution in the 1770’s? | 90% | 10. Who invented the cotton engine in 1790? | Eli Whitney | 11. Females were allowed to become FFA members in: | 1969 | 12. What is the maximum number of medals that can go on the outside of an FFA jacket? | Three | 13. Who wrote the FFA creed? | E.M. Tiffany | 14. What did President Lincoln establish in 1862? | The USDA | 15. John Deere’s steel plow allowed farmers in the Midwest to: | Plow thick clay soils | 16. Who invented a machine for reaping wheat in 1831? | Cyrus McCormick | 17. How many areas are there in Texas? | 10 | 18. An ‘A&M’ university was one that taught: | Agriculture & Mechanics | 19. What are the FFA colors? | National Blue & Corn Gold | 20. Region known for milk production. | Northeast and Lake States | 21. Region known for beef cattle & broilers. | Southeast states | 22. Region known for soybeans & cotton production. | Delta states | 23. Region has corn, beef, hogs, and dairy products. | Corn belt | 24. Region grows winter & spring wheat. | North and South plains | 25. Region grows wheat, fruit, and potatoes. | Pacific | 26. The Future Farmers of America was established in _______ (year) in ______________________, Missouri. | 1928 in Kansas City | 27. Four kinds of FFA membership: | Active, Collegiate, Honorary, Alumni | 28. In _______ the FFA merged with the New Farmers of America, which was an organization like FFA, but was for African American members. | 1965 | 29. The south was a major center of _____________ production. | cotton | 30. The name of the organization changed to the National FFA Organization in_________. | 1988 | 31. Tompkins FFA is in Area _______. | 3 | 32. Tompkins FFA is in District _______. | 7 | 33. The ___________________________________________ provided each state with land to build a college. | Land Grant 1862 | 34. The __________________________________________ allowed an additional college to be built which gave minority students the change to attend college. | Land Grant 1890 | 35. The __________________________ created experiment stations at land grant universities, which allowed students to gain new knowledge and learn more about agriculture through experimentation. | Hatch Act | 36. The ___________________________________ established vocational agriculture in public high schools. | Smith Hughes Act | 37. Between 1935 and 2007, the number of farms _____________________, while the actual size of the farm (land) _________________________. | decreased, increased | 38. What is the FFA motto? | Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earing to Live, and Living to Serve |
Who introduced the steel plow in 1837?&choe=UTF-8
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What are the four periods of agriculture?&choe=UTF-8
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Which period of agriculture was known as the time during the Neolithic era, and humans changed from gathering to production agriculture?&choe=UTF-8
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Which period of agriculture was known for in introduction of irrigation and an improvement in storage?&choe=UTF-8
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Which period of agriculture was known for the growing of oranges, lemons, peaches, and apricots?&choe=UTF-8
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Which period of agriculture is known for better transportation and the selective breeding of livestock?&choe=UTF-8
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What continent did the United States originally depend on for seed, stocks, livestock, and machinery?&choe=UTF-8
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Which invention did we talk about specifically that had a revolutionary effect on agriculture?&choe=UTF-8
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What percent of Americans made their living through agriculture during the American Revolution in the 1770’s?&choe=UTF-8
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Who invented the cotton engine in 1790?&choe=UTF-8
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Females were allowed to become FFA members in:&choe=UTF-8
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What is the maximum number of medals that can go on the outside of an FFA jacket?&choe=UTF-8
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Who wrote the FFA creed?&choe=UTF-8
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What did President Lincoln establish in 1862?&choe=UTF-8
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John Deere’s steel plow allowed farmers in the Midwest to:&choe=UTF-8
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Who invented a machine for reaping wheat in 1831?&choe=UTF-8
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How many areas are there in Texas?&choe=UTF-8
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An ‘A&M’ university was one that taught:&choe=UTF-8
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What are the FFA colors?&choe=UTF-8
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Region known for milk production.&choe=UTF-8
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Region known for beef cattle & broilers.&choe=UTF-8
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Region known for soybeans & cotton production.&choe=UTF-8
Question 22 (of 38)
Region has corn, beef, hogs, and dairy products.&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 38)
Region grows winter & spring wheat.&choe=UTF-8
Question 24 (of 38)
Region grows wheat, fruit, and potatoes.&choe=UTF-8
Question 25 (of 38)
The Future Farmers of America was established in _______ (year) in ______________________, Missouri.&choe=UTF-8
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Four kinds of FFA membership:&choe=UTF-8
Question 27 (of 38)
In _______ the FFA merged with the New Farmers of America, which was an organization like FFA, but was for African American members.&choe=UTF-8
Question 28 (of 38)
The south was a major center of _____________ production.&choe=UTF-8
Question 29 (of 38)
The name of the organization changed to the National FFA Organization in_________.&choe=UTF-8
Question 30 (of 38)
Tompkins FFA is in Area _______.&choe=UTF-8
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Tompkins FFA is in District _______.&choe=UTF-8
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The ___________________________________________ provided each state with land to build a college.&choe=UTF-8
Question 33 (of 38)
The __________________________________________ allowed an additional college to be built which gave minority students the change to attend college.&choe=UTF-8
Question 34 (of 38)
The __________________________ created experiment stations at land grant universities, which allowed students to gain new knowledge and learn more about agriculture through experimentation.&choe=UTF-8
Question 35 (of 38)
The ___________________________________ established vocational agriculture in public high schools.&choe=UTF-8
Question 36 (of 38)
Between 1935 and 2007, the number of farms _____________________, while the actual size of the farm (land) _________________________.&choe=UTF-8
Question 37 (of 38)
What is the FFA motto?&choe=UTF-8
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