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. They first hominids belonged to what group? | Australopithecus Afarensis | 2. Members of which group were regarded as the first humans? | Homo Habilis | 3. Members of which group were skillful at hunting animals? | Homo Erectus | 4. “Lucy” was a member of which group? | Australopithecus | 5. Which group was known as handy man? | Homo Habilis | 6. Which group was known as the first user of fire? | Homo Erectus | 7. The members of this group were known as "doubly man". | Homo Sapiens Sapiens | 8. These members were the first to work in team/group to hunt animals. | Homo Sapiens |
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