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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cT_Z0KGhP8 | How many cups of tea did the average British citizen drink per year? | 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cT_Z0KGhP8 | What percentage of tea was smuggled into the colonies and from what country did the tea come from? | 3. http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party | How many chest of tea did Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty throw overboard? | 4. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm | What was the name of the company that received a monopoly on the tea trade? | 5. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm | How many years did the tea sit in the warehouse in Charleston? | 6. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm | What date did the "Boston Tea Party" occur? | 7. http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party | What is the name of the acts that punished the participants of the Boston Tea Party? | 8. http://www.masshist.org/revolution/teaparty.php | How many men helped dumb the tea and what did they dress up as? | 9. http://www.masshist.org/revolution/teaparty.php | What must occur to reopen the port of Boston? | 10. http://www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/history/boston-tea-party/tea-party-timeline | What did the group decide on November 27th? | 11. http://www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/history/boston-tea-party/tea-party-timeline | How many people were estimated to be at meeting on the morning of December 16th? | 12. http://www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/history/boston-tea-party/tea-party-timeline | Who becomes governor of Massachusetts on May 17th? |
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