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 the capital of Egypt? | Cairo | 2. The Sphinx has the body of a? | lion | 3. What shape is the face of a pyramid? | triangle | 4. Where are the pyramids and the Sphinx found in Egypt? | Giza | 5. What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt? | River Nile | 6. What is another word for an ancient king of Egypt? | Pharaohs | 7. What continent is Egypt on? | Africa | 8. What animal might you see in Egypt? | camel | 9. What is Egypt's climate like? | hot | 10. Who discovered King Tut's tomb? | Howard Carter | 11. Who is the god of the Afterlife? | Anubis | 12. What did Cleopatra die of? | snake bit | 13. How far is it from London to Cairo? | 14. How long is the River Nile? | 15. Why do we still learn about the Ancient Egyptians? | 16. Explain the use of a canopic jar... | 17. Why are Sphinx built in front of pyramids? | 18. Why did people steal from pyramids? | 19. Why were Pharaohs buried in the pyramids? | 20. Name three amulets. |
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