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. high-definition televisions | cellular telephones | 2. cellular telephones | cellular telephones | 3. railroads | cellular telephones | 4. economy | language | 5. government | language | 6. language | language | 7. Slavery ended, creating a shortage of labor | A bank run created a serious shortage of cash. | 8. A war between Brazil and Peru greatly reduced the amount of labor available to work. | A bank run created a serious shortage of cash. | 9. A bank run created a serious shortage of cash. | A bank run created a serious shortage of cash. | 10. Venezuela | Venezuela | 11. Peru | Venezuela | 12. Brazil | Venezuela | 13. Europeans migrated to South America, bringing new cultural influences to the portions of the continent which were colonized. | Both A and B | 14. Africans came to the continent as slaves, increasing the work force. | Both A and B | 15. Incas migrated eastward into Brazil bringing their early advancements to a less developed area. | Both A and B | 16. I Fujimori, II junta, III oligarchy | I dictator, II junta, III democracy | 17. I dictator, II junta, III democracy | I dictator, II junta, III democracy | 18. I oligarchy, II dictator, III despots | I dictator, II junta, III democracy | 19. People in Peru likely make more money due to the many resources. | Venezuela is a more developed country with large cities and significant trade. | 20. Venezuela is a more developed country with large cities and significant trade. | Venezuela is a more developed country with large cities and significant trade. | 21. There is more agriculture in Venezuela. | Venezuela is a more developed country with large cities and significant trade. | 22. Social clashes, such as arguments and violence, between religious groups | all of these | 23. providing opportunities such as days off for religious holidays, for only people in the dominant religion | all of these | 24. disregarding rights of people in other religions because their numbers are so small | all of these | 25. The right of people to protest government action being taken away | all of these | 26. the rights of people to safety and protection by government being taken away | all of these | 27. The right of people to free speech being taken away | all of these | 28. Change types of government often | Limit the power of government to limit possible abuses. | 29. It is important to have unlimited government. | Limit the power of government to limit possible abuses. | 30. Limit the power of government to limit possible abuses. | Limit the power of government to limit possible abuses. | 31. Other Christian | Roman Catholic | 32. Roman Catholic | Roman Catholic | 33. Protestant | Roman Catholic | 34. Dense population | location of the Andes Mountains | 35. Location on the Pacific Ocean | location of the Andes Mountains | 36. location of the Andes Mountains | location of the Andes Mountains | 37. abundant minerals | numerous forests | 38. numerous forests | numerous forests | 39. cool climate | numerous forests | 40. Where the Spanish colonized, the largest population centers developed. | The dense rainforest has prevented the growth of population centers and the development of other resources. | 41. The dense rainforest has prevented the growth of population centers and the development of other resources. | The dense rainforest has prevented the growth of population centers and the development of other resources. | 42. The Portuguese colonized where the richest minerals were located. | The dense rainforest has prevented the growth of population centers and the development of other resources. |
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