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. Who is the most important person at the top of the government and social pyramids in Egypt? | The Pharoah | 2. What was the other name for the Bubonic plague that killed Millions? | The Black death | 3. Who were the big three at the treaty of Versailles? | Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George | 4. What are 2 character traits of the real Walter Mitty? (from the short story) | sad, afraid, cowardly, fearful, timid, unconfident, ordinary (any other words relating to these traits) | 5. What are 2 character traits of the real Walter Mitty? (from the short story) | sad, afraid, cowardly, fearful, timid, unconfident, ordinary (any other words relating to these traits) | 6. Name three URL formats that are reliable sources of information. | .gov .edu .org | 7. What age was Anne Frank when she began writing her diary? | Thirteen years old | 8. Which classification of invertebrate has a soft body and a shell? | Molluscs | 9. What is the process of a plant turning sunlight into a sugar called | Photosynthesis | 10. What is Fe in the periodic table? | Iron | 11. What are two of the principles of design? | Unity, contrast, movement, repetition, scale and proportion, size | 12. What are two of the principles of design? | Unity, contrast, movement, repetition, scale and proportion, size | 13. Which exercise can we use to strengthen our core muscles? | Planking, sit-ups, mountain climbers, crunches etc. | 14. What is an example of cardiovascular exercise? | Running, skipping, jumping jacks, swimming etc. | 15. What is the largest bone in the human body? | Femur | 16. Solve: 6x + 12 = 36 | x = 4 | 17. Solve: 16x + 12 = 76 | x = 4 | 18. Name two types of bridge structures? | The beam, the truss, the arch, the suspension, the cantilever, and the cable-stay | 19. Which one of the following metals contains iron? Copper, Aluminum, Stainless steel or Gold? | Stainless Steel | 20. What are the main reasons for human migration (push and pul factors)? | jobs, education, natural disasters, politics, economy, war, medical care | 21. What are the keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste? | CTRL + C CTRL + V | 22. What do we call words that copy natural sounds? Example: oink, meow, roar and chirp. | Onomatopea | 23. What is the name of the Capital City of Australia? | Canberra | 24. What two indigenous animals are on the Australian Coat of Arms? (Hint: Both animals cannot walk / move backwards) | Kangaroo and Emu | 25. A smartphone's price is reduced from 12000 to 9000 baht. What is the percentage discount? | 25 | 26. What natural resource was the catalyst for the Gulf War? | Oil | 27. What is a popular type of two-dimensional barcode? | QR code | 28. What is the binary number 00100101 in denary? | 37 | 29. Name a type of bridge structure? | The beam, the truss, the arch, the suspension, the cantilever, and the cable-stay | 30. Name two types of bridge structures? | The beam, the truss, the arch, the suspension, the cantilever, and the cable-stay | 31. When working with colours what does RGB stand for? | Red, Green, Blue |
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