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. How many continents are there? | 7 continents | 2. Which is the biggest continent? | Asia | 3. Which continents are in the southern hemisphere? | South America, Oceania, Antarctica, part of Africa | 4. Where are rainforests found? | Tropical rainforests are mainly located between the latitudes of 23.5°N (the Tropic of Cancer) and 23.5°S (the Tropic of Capricorn)—the tropics | 5. Where is the biggest rainforest in the world & what is it called? | The Amazon rainforest in South America | 6. What are the four layers of the rainforest? | Emergent layer, Canopy, Understory, Forest Floor | 7. How do buttress roots help trees survive in rainforests? | They provide support to the trees and allow them to take up nutrients. | 8. Why was the medieval knight the best fighter? | He was well trained, heavily armed and were paid for fighting | 9. What is an anachronism? | Something in the wrong time in history | 10. Give 2 examples of a primary source | First hand account, diary entry, newspaper, photograph | 11. Give 1 example of a secondary source | History textbook, documentary, movie | 12. Why was Hadrian's Wall built? | To secure the northern border of the empire and keep the Scots out. | 13. When did the First World War begin and end? (exact dates) | 4 August 1914 - 11 November 1918 | 14. Which country was Stalin the leader of? | Russia/USSR | 15. When did Hitler become leader of Germany? | 1933 | 16. What is the most populated city in the world & how many people live there? | Tokyo, Japan - 37 million |
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