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. 1) What is "population density"? (What does it mean if population is denser in one area than another?) | Population density is a measure of how many people live in a certain area. If population is denser, that means that there are more people living in a smaller area (ex: New York City). If population is less dense, there are fewer people living in a larger area (ex: rural central Missouri). | 2. 2) Who traditionally keeps history in west African societies? How does this person keep track of the history? | In west African societies, the griot traditionally keeps history through the passing down of oral history, in the form of poems and stories, from generation to generation. | 3. 3) Which continent has the highest population? | Asia | 4. 4) What was the Hijrah, and why was it important? | The hijrah was Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina. It was important because Muhammad went from being known mostly in his hometown to spreading the message of Islam elsewhere. Because of this journey, he gained thousands of followers and became not only a religious leader, but a political one. | 5. 5) What is the name of a Muslim place of worship? | mosque |
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