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. Why did Western powers establish colonies along the African coast | raw materials, cheap markets & cheap labor | 2. Why were the divisions put in place by the Berlin Conference a problem for Africa | It was done for profit and didn't take into account what was best for the African continent | 3. What was the plan of the Hutu in dealing with the Tutsi in Rwanda | Extermination | 4. Approximately how many Rwandans died during the 100 days of genocide in 1994 | 800,000 | 5. True or False: Slavery was used in Africa before the Europeans arrived | true |
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