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. 1. Who is the largest employer in the United States? | The government | 2. 2. Find an image on the internet of a basic human NEED and take a screenshot. | Image | 3. 3. What is the basic economic problem? | Scarcity | 4. 4. What is the term for things that are not necessary for survival, but add comfort to our lives? | Wants | 5. 5. Find an image on the internet of a business that sells a specific product. Take a screenshot. | Varies | 6. 6. In YOUR own words, define the economic term "supply" | Number of items sellers are willing to sell | 7. 7. Write a short description of a time in the last week where you had to make a decision or choice about something. Explain what the choice was and the alternatives. | Student answers | 8. 8. Look up the definition of a Traditional Economy and include an example of a country with that type of economy. | Third world | 9. 9. Without looking them up--work with your partner to figure out the company slogans for the following companies: Nike, McDonald’s, Subway | Just do it | 10. 10. Why is competition amongst businesses a good thing? | Keeps prices level | 11. 11. What are the three main types of economic resources? | human | 12. 12. Find an image of a NATURAL resource. | Coal |
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