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. http://www.rollingstone.com/ | 1. Which music magazine shares it’s name with a Classic Rock band and a popular Bob Dylan song? | 2. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/carlos-santana-20111122 | 2. Rolling Stone magazine ranks this guitarist the greatest of all time? | 3. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beatles-20110420 | 3. Who is greatest artist of all-time? | 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles | 4. Who are the members of the group listed above? | 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gwg_d3XZ5A | 5. The Beatles recorded arguably the greatest album of all-time. What is the name of this album? | 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper%27s_Delight | 6. Who recorded the song “Rapper’s Delight”? | 7. Studios http://www.cnet.com/news/take-a-tour-of-abbey-road-studios/ | 7. In what famous recording studio in Britain was Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side of the Moon” recorded | 8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-cv1hKUx3w | 8. What artist of the 1970s is considered one of the most influential reggae singers of all time? | 9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge | 9. What U.S. city became the headquarters for “grunge” bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the early 1990s? | 10. http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/ | 10. When was Michael Jackson inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? | 11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ54l1a3TC0 | What was the first network television program devoted to rock and roll | 12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBf0yJVMSzI | 12. What was the first television station to schedule music videos 24 hours a day? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga | 13. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-rare-beatles-footage-from-the-ed-sullivan-show-in-1964-20140203 | 14. What was the first U.S. television show the Beatles appeared on? |
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