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. This means pictures painted onto stone | pictographs | 2. When making paint, they grind the colored material and it becomes a "p_gm_nt" | pigment | 3. When they have the powder after grinding the colored material, they add s_l_v_ or a__i_al f_t to make it sticky | saliva or animal fat | 4. This means rock carvings | petroglyphs | 5. Many rocks form an outer crust, called the "p_t_na" | patina | 6. The ______ was the tribe’s doctor. His job was to heal the sick, control the weather, and bless the hunt. | shaman | 7. This means an exact copy of the original artifact. They are made so that visitors or tourists will not destroy the original/real one. | replica | 8. This is found in India. Here, people can find see stick drawings of people hunting, dancing, and horseback riding. | Bhimbetka | 9. This cave in France was discovered by four boys and a dog | Lascaux Cave | 10. This cave in France was discovered by accident and from the ceiling of this cave there is a beautiful painting of a mammoth hanging! | Chauvet Cave |
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