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.
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1. What was the Ancient Egyptian calendar based on | The sun | 2. True or False - The olympics started around 2900 years ago | False | 3. Did the Ancient Egyptians offer sacrifices to their Gods | Yes | 4. Who was the Ancient Egyptian God of Gods | Ra | 5. How many days were in the Ancient Egyptian year | 365 | 6. True or false - The Olympics were first hosted in Athens | False | 7. What was the Ancient Egyptian writing called | Hieroglyphs | 8. True or false - The Ancient Egyptian civilisation started around the year 3100 BCE | True | 9. True or false - The Ancient Egyptian civilisation ended around the year 30 BC | True |
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