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 was the seventeen year old peasant woman who led the French troops during the Hundred Years War? She was later burned at the stake for her actions. | Joan of ArcThe Hundred Years’ War was fought between which two European countries? | 2. What is the name of the epidemic that killed nearly 1 in 3 people throughout the late 1300s in Europe? | TheBlackDeath | 3. This style of architecture became extremely popular towards the end of the Middle Ages. Multiple churches were built in this style. | Gothic Style | 4. A series of wars from the 1000s through the 1200s in which European Christians tried to win control of the Holy Land from Muslims. | The Crusades | 5. What year did Christopher Columbus sail for the Americas? | 1492 | 6. Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus’ voyage? | Spain | 7. The capital of the Byzantine Empire was? | Constantinople | 8. The most infamous leader of the Mongols was? | Genghis Khan | 9. Who is the Nebraska Cornhusker’s head football coach? | Mike Riley |
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