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 country has its capital at Lisbon. | https://www.britannica.com/place/Portugal | 2. This country has more Hindus than any other country. | https://www.britannica.com/place/India | 3. This country was formerly known as the Soviet Union. | https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia | 4. This country's highest point is Mount Fuji. | https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan | 5. This country's lowest point is Death Valley. | https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States | 6. What is Africa's most populated country? | https://www.britannica.com/place/Nigeria | 7. What is the largest country in South America? | https://www.britannica.com/place/Brazil | 8. This smallest continent is the only one that is also a country. | https://www.britannica.com/place/Australia | 9. Cairo is the capital of which country? | https://www.britannica.com/place/Egypt |
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