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 were the MAIN causes of WW1 | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism | 2. Who was assassinated triggering WW1 | Archduke of Austria-Hungary | 3. Who assassinated the Archduke of Austria Hungary | Gavrilo Princip | 4. What country were the Black Hand Gang from | Serbia | 5. What alliance were Britain France and Russia in | Triple Entente | 6. What alliance were Germany Austria and Turkey in | Triple Alliance | 7. Who was allied with Belgium | Britain | 8. What did Britain have 29 of | Dreadnoughts | 9. Which country was most guilty of Imperialism and why | Britain as they had the largest empire | 10. Who was on the poster which recruited nearly 2 million men | Lord Kitchener | 11. What is the patriotic support of your country often refered to as | Nationalism | 12. Who was the leader of Germany | Kaiser Wilhelm | 13. In what year was the Triple Entente formed | 1907 | 14. In what Year did Austria and Germany form an alliance | 1879 |
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