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. Buddhism teaches to follow what path? | Eightfold | 2. What do both Hindus and Buddhists feel it is wrong to do? | harm living things | 3. What was the first country where Buddhism took root ? | China | 4. What does Buddha mean? | Enlightened One | 5. What religion became the major religion in India after the Buddha’s death? | Hinduism | 6. Who is the founder of Buddhism? | Gautama | 7. What did Buddhism teach about people? | they are all equal | 8. What do Hindus do to help free the soul from the cares of the world? | yoga | 9. What is the name of the religious book that teaches us all we know about the Aryans? | Vedas | 10. What were the names of the two rivers in northern India? | Indus and Ganges | 11. What does Aryan mean? | noble or highborn | 12. What religion formed when Indian and Aryan ideas blended together? | Hinduism | 13. What are the different forms taken by Hindu gods called? | avatars | 14. Who is the Hindu god that was born from a golden egg and also called the creator? | brahma | 15. What is the tallest mountain in the Himalayan Mountains? | Mt. Everest | 16. What surrounds India to the south and protected it from invasion? | water | 17. What surrounds India to the north and protects it from invasion? | mountains | 18. What is it called when you move from one place to settle in another? | migrate | 19. What did Indians rely on for the growth of crops? | summer monsoons | 20. Who was the Hindu god that was considered kindly and concerned about humans? | Vishnu | 21. What does ahimsa mean? | nonviolence | 22. What is the capital of India? | New Delhi | 23. Which of the 2 religions studied in this chapter is polytheistic? | Hinduism | 24. Which Hindu god is the destroyer? | Shiva | 25. Following your dharma and reaching nirvana will allow Hindus and Buddhists to escape what? | reincarnation | 26. How did Hinduism regain popularity after the rise of Buddhism? | became more appealing to lower castes | 27. Why did Gautama give up his life of wealth and ease? | to find the reasons of human suffering | 28. How many classes are in the caste system? | 4 | 29. How many years did Gautama travel across India to share his knowledge? | 45 years |
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