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. Who invented the printing press? | 2. Name a requirement for membership to the EU: | 3. What is the currency used in the EU? | 4. Why is the printing press significant? | 5. What is the fastest growing religion in Europe? | 6. What provided security for the ancient kingdoms? | 7. What did Martin Luther want to reform? | 8. What industry began the industrial revolution? | 9. What is a tax paid on imports? | 10. Name the 2 most important Greek city-states: | 11. When did Middle Ages last from? | 12. What was the killing of 6 million Jews during WWII called? | 13. Who spread his Greek empire through Europe? | 14. What was the execution method to cut off heads called? | 15. In which Republic city did citizens have the right to vote? | 16. Which climate has hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters? | 17. The Great Depression helped who rise to power? | 18. Name the river that passes through 10 European countries: | 19. Athens is the capital of which country? | 20. What is an advantage to common currency? |
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