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. Lewis Latimer | Invented the carbon filament for the incandescent light bulb. Worked with Thomas Edison | 2. Rebecca Lee Crumpler | First African American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. | 3. Lewis Temple | African American inventor, blacksmith and abolitionist. He invented the toggling pole that was used on whaling expeditions. | 4. Mae C. Jamieson | First African American woman to become an astronaut. | 5. Jan Matzeliger | Invented the shoe assembly machines; helped with the mass production of shoes. | 6. Ronald McNair | Was a NASA astronaut and physicist; he died on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. | 7. Guion Bluford | Engineer, NASA engineer; became the first African American in space. | 8. A. Ashbourne | Inventor of the biscuit cutter. | 9. Dr. Theodore Lawless | African American dermatologist, philanthropist and medical researcher, known for his work with syphilis and leprosy. | 10. Granville T. Woods (1856-1910) | Invented the multiplex Railway telegraph. | 11. Percy Julian (1899-1975) | Developed the sympathetic form of cortisone. | 12. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams | first African American Cardiologist. He performed one of the first open-heart surgeries in the U.S. | 13. Garrett Morgan | Invented the gas mask and the traffic light. | 14. Dr. Charles Drew | African American physician, researcher, and surgeon. Pioneered methods in blood transfusions and blood plasma. | 15. Sarah Boone | Inventor of the ironing board. | 16. Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) | Mathematician, surveyor, and astronomer, invented the wooden clock in 1753, surveyed original boundaries of Washington D.C., and authored an almanac. | 17. Charles Brooks | Invented the street sweeper. | 18. Sarah Goode | Received and invented a patent for the folding cabinet bed. First African American woman to receive a patent. | 19. Lonnie Johnson | American engineer who invented the Super Soaker, the top-selling toy in 1991 and 1992. This was done while researching thermal transfer energy. He holds over 80 patents. | 20. Ernest Just | Worked with the plasma membrane of biological cells. | 21. Dr. Alexa Canday | Medical doctor specializing in neurosurgery. First African American woman to become a neurosurgeon in 1981. | 22. Dr. Ben Carson | African American neurosurgeon who was first to successfully separate a pair of twins who were jointed at the head. | 23. Dr. Justina Ford | Became Colorado's first African American doctor of Obstetrician. | 24. Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson | The first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from MIT and a doctorate in physics. | 25. Mark E. Dean | One of the top engineering minds at the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation. He made his first mark in the industry in the early 1980s, when he and a colleague developed a system that allowed computers to communicate with printers and other devices. | 26. Percy L. Julian | Known as the "soybean chemist", for his extraordinary success in developing innovative drugs and industrial chemicals from natural soya products |
Lewis Latimer&choe=UTF-8
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Rebecca Lee Crumpler&choe=UTF-8
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Lewis Temple&choe=UTF-8
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Mae C. Jamieson&choe=UTF-8
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Jan Matzeliger&choe=UTF-8
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Ronald McNair&choe=UTF-8
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Guion Bluford&choe=UTF-8
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A. Ashbourne&choe=UTF-8
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Dr. Theodore Lawless&choe=UTF-8
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Granville T. Woods (1856-1910)&choe=UTF-8
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Percy Julian (1899-1975)&choe=UTF-8
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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams&choe=UTF-8
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Garrett Morgan&choe=UTF-8
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Dr. Charles Drew&choe=UTF-8
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Sarah Boone&choe=UTF-8
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Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)&choe=UTF-8
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Charles Brooks&choe=UTF-8
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Sarah Goode&choe=UTF-8
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Lonnie Johnson&choe=UTF-8
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Ernest Just&choe=UTF-8
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Dr. Alexa Canday&choe=UTF-8
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Dr. Ben Carson&choe=UTF-8
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Dr. Justina Ford&choe=UTF-8
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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson&choe=UTF-8
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Mark E. Dean&choe=UTF-8
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Percy L. Julian&choe=UTF-8
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