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. Which ancient culture broke up society into a caste system, where people were required to stay in the same caste to which they were born? | India | 2. Which ancient Chinese dynasty FIRST began trading with the Romans along the Silk Road? | Han | 3. Which Founding Father was the president of the Constitutional Converntion of 1787? | George Washington | 4. Which colonial document helped the Pilgrims govern Plymouth? | The Mayflower Compact | 5. Which language, spoken by the ancient Romans, became the basis for many later languages, such as English and Spanish? | Latin |
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