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. What was the nickname for Artican American soldiers after the Civil War? | Buffalo soldiers | 2. What influenced the development of ranching instead of farming in West Texas? | water resources | 3. When were the Indian Wars in Texas? | 1860\'s-1900\'s | 4. Who lived in Texas with the least adaptations? | American Indians | 5. Name one form of transportation that contributed to urbanization in Texas? | railroads | 6. What do cowboys fear most when driving cattle? | stampedes | 7. Name one cause of the Range Wars? | control of water rights | 8. What cattle trail came through Waco? | Chisholm | 9. What was Spindletop? | oil find in south Texas | 10. When was League of United Latin American Citizens? | advocacy group for latino citizens | 11. When was the Hurricane in Galveston? | 1900 | 12. When was the Seawall built? | after the 1900 Hurricane |
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