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. What is a mixture of French and English called? | Franglais | 2. How many countries have French as an official language? | 29 | 3. How many dialects are spoken in China? | 7-14 | 4. How many languages are spoken in Indonesia? | 700+ | 5. What are the official languages of Singapore? | English, Malay, Chinese, Tamil | 6. How many indigenous languages are still regularly spoken in Australia? | 30 | 7. Name a country that has English as an official language. | NOT USA, UK, Australia | 8. What is the name of the sign language used by deaf Australians? | Auslan | 9. What is the Japanese writing system katakana used for? | foreign words | 10. In Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger says "Hasta la vista, baby" - what does "hasta la vista" mean? | see you later/bye for now |
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