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. In your own words, what is the definition of steganography? | The art of secret writing/hiding a secret message or object within writing or a picture | 2. Describe some differences between Morse Code and Semaphore | Semaphore uses arms or flags to signal a message and Morse Code uses dashes and dots and can be written or sent out as a sound | 3. How were secret messages used during the Civil War to help slaves? | Designs were sewn into quilts to guide them in the underground railroad | 4. Can you think of any reasons why people would want to use secret messages today to communicate with each other? | to send government secrets | 5. Describe some ways to send secret messages using digital technology? | texting, computers, television, radio, pictures |
In your own words, what is the definition of steganography?&choe=UTF-8
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Describe some differences between Morse Code and Semaphore&choe=UTF-8
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How were secret messages used during the Civil War to help slaves?&choe=UTF-8
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Can you think of any reasons why people would want to use secret messages today to communicate with each other?&choe=UTF-8
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Describe some ways to send secret messages using digital technology?&choe=UTF-8
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