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 of these foreign-sounding foods is actually American in origin? French fries, Russian dressing, Danish Pastries, English Muffins | Russian dressing | 2. He didn't really invent baseball. What was Abner Doubleday's true claim to fame? He purchased Alaska from Russia. He was the only survivor of the Alamo. He ordered the first Union Shots. He mapped the Oregon Trail. | He ordered the first Union shots. | 3. Which of the following products did botanist and inventor George Washington Carver NOT make from peanuts? Shampoo, Ice Cream, Pesticide, Nitroglycerin, Insecticide. | Ice cream | 4. Sequoyah is a hero of the Cherokee people because he gave them what in 1821? A victory over the U.S. Cavalry, An elected government, a major land grant, a written language, all of the above. | all of the above. | 5. What name did John F. Kennedy give to his domestic program? The New Deal, The Square Deal, The Fair Deal, The New Frontier, The Great Society. | The New Frontier | 6. Alexander Hamilton was never president. So why is he on the $10 bill? He said, "Give me liberty or give me death." He was the first secretary of treasury. . He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. | He was the first secretary of treasury. | 7. Who is the only woman ever to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol rotunda after her death? Helen Keller, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks | Rosa Parks | 8. The tip of the Washington Monument was constructed out of a material that (at the time) was one of the rarest and most precious substances of on earth. What was it? plastic, gold, aluminum, rubber, stainless steel | alumnimum |
Which of these foreign-sounding foods is actually American in origin? French fries, Russian dressing, Danish Pastries, English Muffins&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 8)
He didn't really invent baseball. What was Abner Doubleday's true claim to fame? He purchased Alaska from Russia. He was the only survivor of the Alamo. He ordered the first Union Shots. He mapped the Oregon Trail.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 8)
Which of the following products did botanist and inventor George Washington Carver NOT make from peanuts? Shampoo, Ice Cream, Pesticide, Nitroglycerin, Insecticide.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 8)
Sequoyah is a hero of the Cherokee people because he gave them what in 1821? A victory over the U.S. Cavalry, An elected government, a major land grant, a written language, all of the above.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 8)
What name did John F. Kennedy give to his domestic program? The New Deal, The Square Deal, The Fair Deal, The New Frontier, The Great Society.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 8)
Alexander Hamilton was never president. So why is he on the $10 bill? He said, "Give me liberty or give me death." He was the first secretary of treasury. . He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 8)
Who is the only woman ever to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol rotunda after her death? Helen Keller, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 8)
The tip of the Washington Monument was constructed out of a material that (at the time) was one of the rarest and most precious substances of on earth. What was it? plastic, gold, aluminum, rubber, stainless steel&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 8)
