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. 1. Which statement best summarizes the theme of this selection? | A.The school bus does not always arrive on time. | 2. 2. 2. Which of these best describes the story's theme? | A.Spiders are clever creatures because they catch and eat mosquitoes. | 3. 3. Which of these sentences from the story reflects the theme that one's size is less important than one's spirit? | A."Wild with rage, the lion leaped to his hind legs and started to rain punches on his own nose." | 4. 4. The theme of this story shows up in literature all over the world—for example, in the story of The Wizard of Oz. What is one way to state the theme of "The Little Golden Bird"? | A.Don't stray very far from home, or you'll get lost. | 5. 5. They saw a world that was full of hate, misery, dishonesty, and violence, a world without peace or morals. | 6. The monks who saw the "outside world for what it really was" would most likely agree with which statement? | A.Never forget that the outside world is as important as the world you know. |
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