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. When farmers grew more than they needed it is called | surplus | 2. The watering of dry land using systems of ditches, canals pipes, and streams is called | irrigation | 3. _____________ are members of a group of people who have no set home but move from place to place | Nomads | 4. Ways of creating order and providing leadership in a group of people is called | government | 5. The act of moving from one place to settle in another is called | migration | 6. _____________ are people trained in a particular skill or craft | Artisans | 7. A group of people with similar customs backgrounds, income such as farmers or priests | social class | 8. Good soil for plants to grow in is called | fertile | 9. Residents of a place are called | inhabitants | 10. Something written or created by a person who saw a historical even is called a | primary source | 11. The worship of God, gods or spirits is called | religion |
Question 1 (of 11)
Question 2 (of 11)
Question 3 (of 11)
Question 4 (of 11)
Question 5 (of 11)
Question 6 (of 11)
Question 7 (of 11)
Question 8 (of 11)
Question 9 (of 11)
Question 10 (of 11)
Question 11 (of 11)