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. The large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years and was the headquarters of Powhatan was | Werowocomoco | 2. How did the arrival of additional women at Jamestown in 1620 affect the colony? | 3. What were 3 changes that resulted in survival for the Jamestown settlers? | forced work program, emphasis on agriculture,arrival of supply ships | 4. After the Powhatan people realized the English settlement would grow, they saw the colonists as | invaders that would take over their land. | 5. What were 3 reasons for English Colonization in America? | to increase England's wealth and power, to find gold and silver, raw materials such as lumber | 6. In early Virginia, one of the largest populations to migrate into the Shenandoah Valley were the | Scots-Irish | 7. regions? | English | 8. Names of places in Virginia like Roanoke and Richmond reflect | cultures | 9. James Lafayette was given his freedom from slavery after serving in the | Continental Army | 10. Who would most likely have made this statement about the Revolutionary War? | a neutral Virginian | 11. Which group of Virginians served in the Continental Army? | Patriots | 12. Where was the first land battle of the American Revolution fought in Virginia? | Great Bridge | 13. Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”? | James Madison | 14. What states border Virginia? | Maryland,West Virginia,Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina | 15. A construction company wanting to build houses in Virginia near rolling hills, would most likely build in the | Piedmont | 16. Which region is a source of many Virginia rivers? | Blue Ridge Mountains | 17. What water feature in Virginia has a variety of wildlife and was explored by George Washington? | Dismal Swamp | 18. On which rivers are the following cities located: Richmond, Yorktown, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Alexandria? | James River, York River, Rappahannock, James River, Potomac River | 19. What were 3 reasons for moving Virginia’s Capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg? | Unhealthy living conditions caused diseases. | 20. The first elected legislative body in English America was the | General Assembly |
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