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. Where do Kino and his family live? | the beach | 2. What insect stings Coyotito? | scorpion | 3. Why does the doctor REFUSE to treat Coyotito? | Kino's family has no money | 4. Name one item that Kino wants to purchase after he sells the pearl. | rifle | 5. What is Kino's brother's name? | Juan Tomas | 6. Name one song Kino hears in his mind during the story. | Song of Evil | 7. Why don't the pearl buyers want Kino's pearl? | too big | 8. What does Kino call the men who are trying to steal the pearl? | dark ones | 9. What does Kino call the men who follow his family through the mountains? | trackers | 10. What is a lateen? | a triangular sail |
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