QR Challenge: Treasure hunt

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

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

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

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!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

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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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Name the first type of castle	Motte and Bailey
2. What age did you become a knight in the Middle Ages	7
3. In the Middle Ages, where did people throw their wee and poo	streets rivers
4. Who was the Roman god of war	Mars
5. What type of gladiator was a retiarius	Net fighter
6. When would a girl marry in Ancient Rome	12
7. What is the Italian for cat	gatto
8. What is the number 5 and 15 in Italian	cinque quindici
9. 2 ways to say how are you in Italian	come va comestai
10. What was St Patrick's job when he was brought over as a slave from Wales	sheppard

 

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