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.
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1. When fighting the windmills, what does Don Quixote think he is really fighting? | Giants | 2. What is the horse's name? | Rocinante | 3. How does Don Quixote convince Sancho Panza to become his squire? | By promising him governorship of an island. | 4. In the first adventure, what does Don Quixote refer the inn as? | A Castle | 5. What is the name of Sancho Panza's wife? | Teresa | 6. Who is Don Quixote's ladylove? | Dulcinea del Toboso | 7. What is Don Quixote's real name? | Alonso Quixano | 8. Name one of the themes in the novel? | Varies | 9. In 3-5 sentences, describe the plot. | Varies | 10. Where does the story take place? | La Mancha (Campo de Montiel) | 11. EC: Who wrote Don Quixote and what do you know about him? | Varies |
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