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. Which characters do you read about at the beginning of the story | Saruni, Murete, Yeyo | 2. Who is Yeyo | his mother | 3. Who is Murete | his father | 4. What is the setting of the story | On a farm in Africa | 5. What is Saruni going to do with his rows and piles of coins | Buy a bicycle | 6. How would you describe Saruni | helpful, kind, compassionate | 7. Is this story realistic or fantasy | realistic | 8. What impact do the rains have on Saruni and his family | The rains keep people from coming to the market because the ground is too muddy | 9. Why do Saruni and his family go to market on Saturdays and Wednesdays in June | They have a big harvest |
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