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 weapon was more powerful than the A bomb | Hydrogen Bomb | 2. Presidents Eisenhower did no support the Hungarian Revolt in 1956 because... | It was not worth starting a potential war over | 3. How long did the Berlin Airlift last? | 10.5 months | 4. What began the Nuclear Arms Race? | When both sides possessed nuclear weapons | 5. Soviet troops fought with the... | North Koreans | 6. United States troops fought with... | South Korea | 7. What was the Berlin Blockade? | Soviet Russia stopping any people or supplies from getting into/leaving Berlin | 8. Who were the Rosenbergs? | A couple who was convicted on charges of being involved with the USSR | 9. After the Berlin Blockade ended these two nations were created | East and West Germany | 10. What was the Demilitarized Zone? | An area where no military forces could not enter | 11. What was a blacklist? | A list of people suspicious of working with communist Russia | 12. What was Operation Vittles? | Launch Berlin Airlift | 13. This nation fell LAST to Soviet Russia. | Czechoslovakia | 14. What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? | Democratic members | 15. What was the Warsaw Pact? | Communists members | 16. What dangers did the Berlin Airlift crew face daily (Three things) | W,S,H | 17. Who was Imre Nagy? | Hungarian leader during revolt | 18. What was the name of the turtle that taught children about "Duck & Cover"? | Bert | 19. This nation revolted against the Communist in 1956. | Hungary | 20. Who was the leader of the United States during the beginning years of the Cold War? | Truman | 21. Who was the leader of Soviet Russia during the beginning years of the Cold War? | Stalin |
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