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. Cultural Diffusion | 28 | 2. Hammurabi's Code and Legalism | 26 | 3. 3 Answers: Qin Dynasty | 15, 18, 24 | 4. 2 answers: Civil Service Exam | 32, 33 | 5. Zhou | 17 | 6. Hinduism and Buddhism | 13 | 7. Russian leaders adopted the idea of strong, centralized control of the empire | 39 | 8. China | 29 | 9. 3 answers: Buddhism | 1,7 12 | 10. 2 answers: Confucianism | 14,27 | 11. land in exchange for service | 30 | 12. Dali Lama | 8 | 13. “Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto you” | 16 | 14. Nirvana | 9 | 15. Heavens sent a message through natural disasters | 22 | 16. Governing changed from Hindu leaders to Buddhist leaders | 2 | 17. 3 answers: Gupta | 6, 10, 36 | 18. Indian Empires | 3 | 19. Silk Road | 20 | 20. City Planning, plumbing and caste system | 4 | 21. Birth | 5 | 22. Shang, Qin and Han | 25 | 23. Athens, Rome, Gupta, Tang and Song | 35 | 24. Both, Han, Both, Rome | 23 | 25. Practicing non-violence and giving up worldly desires | 11 | 26. Standardize coins and weights, Great wall and burning of Confucian books | 19 | 27. Terra Cotta Soldiers | 31 | 28. Europe | 40 | 29. Technological achievements | 34 | 30. Maritime Trade | 41 | 31. 2 answers: Mongols | 37, 38 | 32. Rome and Persia | 21 |
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