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. When did William the conqueror invade England? | 1066 | 2. Where is castle Conwy? | Wales, England | 3. What was in the safest place in the castle? | The well | 4. How were workers obtained? | slaves were ordered | 5. Why were the lower windows small? | So an enemy soldier can’t enter | 6. What are arrow loops? | hole in wall to shoot arrows | 7. What are crenelations? | used in battle for protection | 8. What is motte? | High mounts on Earth where the tower stood | 9. What is a bailey? | land surrounding the castle | 10. What is a portcullis? | gates | 11. What is a murder hole? | hole in the ceiling | 12. What is wattle and daub? | woven layer of sticks covered on both sides with daub | 13. What is daub | mixture of mud, cow dung and straw | 14. What title is given to the eldest son of the English King? | Prince of Wales | 15. When was the great age of castle building? | Before 14th century, during 12&13 century | 16. In the 1300s, what enemy could not be defeated by a castle? | Black Plague | 17. What invention caused castles to become obsolete? | Gun powder | 18. By the 1500s what was a castle used for? | Stones | 19. Today, all castles are what? | Ruins and museums |
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