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. 21. Who did Siddhartha of India, who believed that people could find happiness by leading a good life, become known as? | The Buddha | 2. 22. True or False, Asoka, the Mauryan emperor, decided to follow Buddha after seeing the suffering that war had caused. | True | 3. 23. What seven wonder of the Ancient world did Quin Zheng of China, build to protect them against the Mongols? | The Great Wall of China | 4. 24.Who taught the people of China that they could be happy even if they were poor if they lived a peaceful, honest and were kind to people and animals? | Confucius | 5. 25. True or false, Caesar's nephew, Octavian, was a bad leader who did not take care of the people and made Rome poorer. | False |
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25. True or false, Caesar's nephew, Octavian, was a bad leader who did not take care of the people and made Rome poorer.&choe=UTF-8
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