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. What does the word fertile mean? | good for farming | 2. Why is Mesopotamia called the cradle of civilization?2 | found earliest evidence of written language, agriculture and cities2 | 3. What was Sumer?3 | civilization that formed from Early Mesopotamian cities3 | 4. What is the area of the Fertile Crescent called today?4 | Middle East4 | 5. What is a tell?5 | a mound made of layered dirt and the remains of earlier buildings5 | 6. What archaeologist discovered the ancient city of Ur?6 | Sir Leonard Wooley6 |
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