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. How many continents are there | 7 | 2. Name the continents from smallest to largest | Australia, Europe, Antarctica, South America, North America, Africa, Asia | 3. Which City is the only one in TWO continents? | Istanbul | 4. Which countries share the longest border? | Canada & USA | 5. Outside the polar region, which is the biggest desert? | Sahara Desert | 6. Which is the longest continental mountain range in the world? | The Andes | 7. Which continent has the largest population? | Asia | 8. What is the longest river in Africa? | The Nile | 9. What is the scale if 1:300000? | 1cm represents 3km | 10. What is the line that divides the world into northern and southern hemispheres? | Equator | 11. What does BOLTS stand for? | Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale |
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