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. 1. is a weed that grew along the banks of the Nile River. It was used to make paper, baskets, tables/ chairs, perfume, food and even clothes. | Papyrus | 2. 2. In ancient Egypt, were used as tombs. They were beautifully decorated and were made up of many rooms to be filled with artifacts. The ancient Egyptians buried their kings and pharaohs here so that they could enjoy their afterlife. | Pyramid | 3. 3. You needed a preserved body so that your Ba and Ka, the two pieces of your soul, could find their way home at night back to your tomb. Without a body, the Ba and Ka would get lost. The process of preparing and preserving the body is called . | Mummification | 4. 4. A Scribe was a person that’s job was to write things down. The system they used were of pictures/symbols called . Each symbol was different and had its own meaning. | Hieroglyphic | 5. 5. Little charms that offered protection were called .There were two types, one used for the living, worn daily that gave protection and encouragement. The other given to the dead, for mummified bodies. They were made of stone, glass, or clay, and some were even hand carved. | Amulet | 6. 7. A is a name plate for a coffin. It’s an oval shape with a name written on it in hieroglyphics. | Cartouche | 7. 8. When a body was preserved, which was an important job in ancient Egypt, the internal organs were removed. The organs were carefully stored in . These were decorated and/or carved. | Canopic Jars |
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