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. Gather the supplies needed (only one for each team) 4 Packets 1) On The Plantation 2) Escape 3)Reaching Safety 4)Reaching Freedom, One Monkey Wheel Quilt Token per group, 1 On the Plantation picture | supplies | 2. Using the On the Plantation packet pages, answer the questions in the Tumbline Blocks room. There are 5. Question #1- Who manages slaves on the plantations? | overseers | 3. Question #2- On the Plantation picture, circle the "Big House." Where did the slaves live? | small cabins | 4. Question #3- Name 2 major crops grown on plantations. | cotton, tobacco | 5. Question #5- On the Plantation picture, put and X on the overseer. Make sure to grab a tumbling blocks token for your group before you leave. | X |
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