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. Though wild turkeys can only fly for short distances, they can sometimes reach speeds of | 55 mph | 2. What is the significance of the turkey dinner?2 | At the first Thanksgiving dinner, 4 wild turkeys were served.2 | 3. How fast can a turkey trot?3 | 25 mph3 | 4. What is the name of the skin that hangs off of a turkey's neck?4 | wattle | 5. What is the name that anti-pilgrim protesters have given to thanksgiving?5 | The National Day of Mourning5 | 6. Which Pawtuxet Indian served as interpreter and intermediary between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag?6 | Squanto6 | 7. Which group of American Indians formed an alliance with the arriving pilgrims?7 | Wampanoag7 | 8. What is the name of the Native American organization that has protested at Thanksgiving Day celebrations in Plymouth, Massachusetts?8 | United American Indians of New England (UAINE)8 | 9. According to the Butterball Company, how much turkey is consumed on Thanksgiving day?9 | 675 million lbs9 | 10. What are male turkeys called?10 | toms10 |
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