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. Lewis and Clark were sent to lead the first overland expedition to strengthen the claim to this state. | Oregon | 2. Marietta was this state’s first permanent settlement. | Ohio | 3. Aurora Borealis can be seen 243 days a year on average in this state. | Alaska | 4. This state raises more turkeys than any other state. | California | 5. New Market was the first settlement in this state. | Washington | 6. The first people to receive assigned phone numbers lived here. | Michigan | 7. Yellowstone has the most geysers in a geyser field in a world. | Wyoming | 8. Six flags have ruled over this state. | Texas | 9. All Chevrolet Corvettes are made here. | Kentucky | 10. This state does not have counties. | Louisiana |
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