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. Approximately how long has Australia been inhabited? Please move to the library to find your next code when you have answered the question. | About 40,000 - 60,000 years. | 2. 1901 is a significant date in Australian history because... Please move to the 5/6 breakout area to find the next code. 2 | it marks federation. 2 | 3. What does ANZAC day commemorate? Please move to the canteen area to find the next code. 3 | The first engagement of Australian and New Zealand Troops in WW1. 3 | 4. In World War 1 John Simpson was helped by what animal? Please move to the Hall to find your next code. 4 | A Donkey 4 | 5. Which Australian prime minister disappeared at sea? Please move to the COLA to find your next code. 5 | Harold Holt 5 | 6. What does "MABO" refer to? PLease move to the front office to find your next code. 6 | A high court decision that ruled Australia was not "terra Nullis" or land belonged to no one when European settlement occurred. 6 | 7. Where did Eureka Stokade take place? Please move to the area outside Mr Muirs room for your next code. 7 | Ballarat 7 | 8. What caused the Eureka Stokade? Please return to the Flexi Lab. 8 | The cost of a mining licence. 8 |
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