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. E U R O P E: you have 2 minutes to write down six European cities or countries starting with these letters: e.g. E-Edinburg, U-UK… When you complete the task, go to the next letter of the word EUROPE | Estonia, UK, Romania, Oslo, Poland, Edinburgh | 2. When was the European Union formally established?How many countries are there in the European Union? When you complete the task, go to the next letter of the word EUROPE | November 1,19932, 8 | 3. Match the landmarks with their countries: Big Ben, The Colosseum,The leaning Tower of Pisa, The Brandenburg Gate, The Parthenon, The Alhambra, The Tower Bridge, Hungarian Parliament Building, The Arc de Triomphe, Stonehenge_England, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Spain, Hungary. When you complete the task, go to the next letter of the word EUROPE | 1a, 2c, 3c, 4d, 5e, 6f, 7a, 8g, 9b, 10a | 4. Write what are these people famous for: William Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Margaret Thatcher, Aristotle. When you complete the task, go to the next letter of the word EUROPE | writer, artist, composer, politician, mathematician | 5. Write what are these people famous for: Charles Darwin, The Beatles, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Freddie Mercury, Cristiano Ronaldo. When you complete the task, go to the next letter of the word EUROPE | biologist, musicians, poet, singer, footballer | 6. Match the country with its national symbol: 1 England, 2 Wales, 3 Scotland, 4 Northern Ireland - A Daffodil, B Thistle, C Shamrock, D Red Rose | 1d 2a 3b 4c |
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