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. Capital: Springfield.Major Cities: Chicago, Aurora, Rockford, Joliet, Naperville, Springfield, Peoria.How this state got its name: The name is a French word that was used to describe the local Native Americans. | Illinois | 2. Capital: Indianapolis.Major Cities: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Carmel.How this state got its name: The name refers to the local Native Americans and means land of the Indians. | Indiana | 3. Capital: Des Moines.Population:Major Cities: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Waterloo.How this got its name: The name comes from the Ioway, one of the Native American tribes that lived in the region. | Iowa | 4. Capital: Topeka.Population:Major Cities: Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Topeka, Olathe, Lawrence.How this state got its name: The name comes from a local Native American tribe called the Kaw. The name means people of the south wind. | Kansas | 5. Capital: Lansing.Major Cities: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor, Lansing.How this state got its name:comes from an Algonquian Indian word that means big water. | Michigan | 6. Capital: Saint Paul.Major Cities: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Rochester, Duluth, Bloomington.How this state got its name: The name comes from a Sioux Indian word that means sky water. | Minnesota | 7. Capital:Jefferson City.Major Cities ;Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia, Lee's Summit.How this state got its name:The Name comes from a Native American word that means big canoe river. | Missouri | 8. Capital:Lincoln.Major Cities: Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Kearney, Fremont.How this state got its name: The name comes from the name the Oto Indians gave to the Platte River. It means flat water. | Nebraska | 9. Capital: Bismarck.Major Cities: Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot.How this state got its name: The name comes from a Sioux Indian word for friend. | North Dakota | 10. Capital: Columbus.Major Cities: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton.How this state got its name: The name comes from a Native American Iroquois word meaning great river. | Ohio | 11. Capital: Pierre. Major Cities: Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Brookings, Watertown.How this state got its name: The name comes from the Sioux Indian word for friend or ally | South Dakota | 12. Capital: Madison. Major Cities: Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine.How this state got its name: The name comes from a Native American word. It likely came from a Miami Indian word meaning gathering of waters. | Wisconsin |
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