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. European explorers first arrived in this state | Ohio | 2. The first white explorers came to this state by sea | Organ | 3. The world's first electric trolley system was introduced in this state | Alabama | 4. The first practical typewriter was designed in this state | Wisconsin | 5. This state was the first state to have a sales tax | West Virginia | 6. In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powdered soft drink Kool-Aid | Nebraska | 7. The oldest state capitol in the nation | New Mexico | 8. This is the 13th largest state | Idaho | 9. All Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured in Bowling Green | Kentucky | 10. This is the only state name that starts with two vowels | Iowa |
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