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. This QR code is just to make sure your QR reader works and you can start the gymkhana. If you are reading this, it means that everything goes as planned! Now, read the instructions carefully: Each team will have a map of the world that you will be carrying during the whole time. Once you get into a QR station, you will find a marker. With it, you will need to write the name of the famous character of the station in the part of the world where he/she belongs. Make sure to write it in the correct country! Oh, also take into account that the gymkhana is circular, so if you go back to your station it means that you are finished. Whenever that happens, come here again and give the map to us. Ready? Go where your country is placed and have fun! | girls | 2. USA! In one of his most famous speeches, Martin Luther King Jr. explained that he had a dream: “that all men are created equal”. He was also a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. During his life, he fought against injustice meted to the African-Americans and against violence. His first major campaign was Montgomery Bus Boycott. Not only did it lead to the abolition of racial segregation on Montgomery public transport system, but it also turned King Jr. into a national figure and the fiercest spokesperson of civil rights movement. You have probably heard this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkXD_kuErps. If you needed to ask for a new public transport card, which office would you go to? | Constantine's office | 3. INDIA! Now, you need to focus on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (better known as Mahatma Gandhi). Not only did he lead India to independence from British rule, but he also inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world in several countries. Best remembered for his employment of nonviolent means of civil disobedience, he led Indians in the Dandi Salt March to protest against the British-imposed salt tax and launched the Quit India Movement, a mass protest demanding “an orderly British withdrawal” from India. If you had to start a protest in this building, where would you do it? Where is the biggest hall or the main entrance? | main entrance | 4. CANADA! Can you think of a Canadian musician who was, and still is, very famous around the world? As a clue, we can tell you that some of you went to a concert that honored him… Yes! You are right: Leonard Cohen. He was a Canadian singer, songwriter and novelist remembered for his literary works and his musical creations alike. Beginning his career as a poet and novelist, he eventually ventured into music when he was in his thirties. Interested in poetry from his school days, he started composing poems as a young boy. He also learnt how to play guitar and had an affinity for folk music. His interest in music and guitar was further enhanced when he met a flamenco guitarist. Simultaneously, he pursued his literary works and penned many poems and even got them published in magazines. This writer then embarked on a new journey and dabbled with his musical creativity and emerged as a singer and songwriter. He worked on various themes like relationships, sexuality, politics and religion and composed songs which turned out brilliantly and also established Cohen’s place in the musical world. In 2011, he won Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 2011 for his decades of exploring great human issues in song and verse, and gave this amazing speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIR5ps8usuo. If you wanted to explain all his history to the little ones of the building, where would you go? | kindergarten | 5. SOUTH AFRICA! Still in the field of music, we would like to focus on Miriam Makeba, a famous South African musician, actor and a keen civil rights activist, who was named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Also known by her nickname Mama Africa, she is the person who took African traditional music sounds to the world stage and performed in many countries around the globe, achieving magnum success while. She was strongly against white supremacy, which was very much apparent in South Africa during 60s and 70s and spoke in favor of the anti-apartheid movements all through her life, until things got a lot better in the 90s. Finding her musical voice going through a very rough childhood wasn’t easy, but Miriam showed traits of a true artist. She grew out of her disabilities and her ‘no excuses’ attitude placed her among the best musicians to come out of Africa. Listen to her song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsDfHvIFwiU. When it comes to all of us, sometimes we are also asked to act like artists. In Halloween, we carved our pumpkins and put them all together to vote for the best one. Where were them exposed? | Pumpkin’s exhibition class | 6. UNITED KINGDOM! Emma Watson is a British actress, model and activist. Born in Paris (1990) and brought up in Oxfordshire, she attended Dragon School and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. She rose to prominence after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, having acted only in school plays previously. From 2011 to 2014, Watson split her time between working on film projects and continuing her education, studying at Brown University and Worcester College, Oxford and graduating from Brown with a bachelor’s degree in English literature in May 2014. Her modelling work has included campaigns for Burberry and Lancôme. As a fashion consultant, she helped create a line of clothing for People Tree. She was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2014, winning for British Artist of the Year. That same year, she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate gender equality. Once we attended a speech about gender issues and we learnt a lot of terms that some of us had never heart. Where was it? | lecture hall | 7. IRELAND! If someone is famous for being an Irish playwright, novelist, poet and essayist, he is Oscar Wilde. He was born in the middle of the nineteenth century into an intellectual family. Despite being married with two sons, he had become entangled in a homosexual relationship and when that came into light, he was sentenced to two-year rigorous imprisonment. On coming out of prison, he went to France, where he spent the last years of his life, cut off from his family and shunned by most of his friends. By then, his books had also stopped selling and his plays were closed down. Thus, he lived in poverty and ill-health until he died aged just forty-six. Now, where could you find a copy of any of his books? | library | 8. AUSTRALIA! Did you know that Sia’s original name is Sia Kate Isobelle Furler? She is an accomplished Australian singer-songwriter, music video director and record producer. Her career spanning over two decades has seen several high and lows. With success came problems, and Sia fell victim to drug and alcohol abuse and was diagnosed with Graves disease. When she appeared, she was shrouded in a white wig that completely covered her face. Tired of fame’s spotlight, Sia only appeared in public obscured by the wig, from TV performances to live appearances. And she only became more famous, with such songs as “Chadelier” and “Elastic Heart” making waves on the pop charts. When we have Kari as a teacher, we sometimes start our classes with a song. Where is it? | main class | 9. NEW ZEALAND! Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand film actor, producer and musician. He is mostly based in Australia and America, and became famous worldwide with perhaps the most brilliant film of his career: The Gladiator, for which he was honored with an Academy Award. Crowe started his acting career when he was young and left New Zealand, where he was born and brought up, for Australia. There he first started to appear in small roles on the television and later ventured into the Australian feature films. But his position as an A-list Hollywood celebrity quickly escalated when he did movies like Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster, etc. Not only is he just an actor, but he is also a musician of great talent and has been associated with many Australian and Canadian bands. For your next and last QR code, you need to go where our FAO-Gladiator-NBA players train every week! Go, go, go!! | gym | 10. JAMAICA! The greatest sprinter in the history of mankind is Jamaican and his name is Usain Bolt! A living legend, he has won nine gold medals in track and field events in Olympics; a feat which no other person has achieved before. He has achieved the “triple-triple” and is the first man to win gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games in 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events. He won these events at 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics. During his early days as a runner, he didn’t really believe in his abilities and was quite laid back with his approach towards the sports. However, over the years, the many coaches with whom he teamed up with, shaped him into a great runner. In order to become a good athlete, though, you also need a healthy diet. Where in this building do we normally find food every morning (although maybe it is not really healthy)? | kitchen |
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