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. What state had the first public library? | New Hampshire | 2. Where was the first American chess tournament held? | New York | 3. What state has the site of the first presidential mansion? | Pennsylvania | 4. What state has the site of the first battle of the Civil War? | South Carolina | 5. In what state do the Ben&Jerry's Ice Cream Company give their ice cream wast to local farmers? | Vermont | 6. What state was named for England's "Virgin Queen"? | Virginia | 7. What state is considered the southern most northern state and the northern most southern state? | West Virginia | 8. What was the first state to give women the right to vote? | Wyoming |
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