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. England feared that the Spanish would use Ireland as a base to attack England | England feared that the Spanish would use Ireland as a base to attack England | 2. Some of the English thought the Irish were ‘barbarians’ and they needed to be civilised | Some of the English thought the Irish were ‘barbarians’ and they needed to be civilised. | 3. In 1607 Northern Chieftains left Ulster. This ’Flight of the Earls’ left Ulster without leaders and their land was given to settlers from England and Scotland. | In 1607 Northern Chieftains left Ulster. This ’Flight of the Earls’ left Ulster without leaders and their land was given to settlers from England and Scotland. | 4. England wanted to introduce English villages, law, farming methods and lifestyles to Ireland. | England wanted to introduce English villages, law, farming methods and lifestyles to Ireland. | 5. Gain gold and silver to improve their riches, alongside gaining fertile land. | Gain gold and silver to improve their riches, alongside gaining fertile land. | 6. Avoid war with the Irish. | Avoid war with the Irish. | 7. Some of the English and Scottish settlers wanted to make a fresh start in Ireland. | Some of the English and Scottish settlers wanted to make a fresh start in Ireland. | 8. English and Scottish settlers recognised that they could make money by coming to Ulster and taking land. | English and Scottish settlers recognised that they could make money by coming to Ulster and taking land. | 9. Some of the English wanted to hunt in Ireland. | Some of the English wanted to hunt in Ireland. | 10. England was a Protestant country. It did not like that Ireland was a Catholic country. England felt it was their Christian duty to spread the Protestant faith to Ireland. | England was a Protestant country. It did not like that Ireland was a Catholic country. England felt it was their Christian duty to spread the Protestant faith to Ireland. |
England feared that the Spanish would use Ireland as a base to attack England&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 10)
Some of the English thought the Irish were ‘barbarians’ and they needed to be civilised&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 10)
In 1607 Northern Chieftains left Ulster. This ’Flight of the Earls’ left Ulster without leaders and their land was given to settlers from England and Scotland.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 10)
England wanted to introduce English villages, law, farming methods and lifestyles to Ireland.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 10)
Gain gold and silver to improve their riches, alongside gaining fertile land.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 10)
Avoid war with the Irish.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 10)
Some of the English and Scottish settlers wanted to make a fresh start in Ireland.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 10)
English and Scottish settlers recognised that they could make money by coming to Ulster and taking land.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 10)
Some of the English wanted to hunt in Ireland.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 10)
England was a Protestant country. It did not like that Ireland was a Catholic country. England felt it was their Christian duty to spread the Protestant faith to Ireland.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 10)
