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. Q1.What celebratory day was William Shakespeare born on? | St George’s Day | 2. Q2.Which of Henry VIII’s wives survived? | Catherine Parr | 3. Q3.What is the name of the famous Shakespeare play of two lovers? | Romeo and Juliet | 4. Q4.What is the name of the crime for not going to regular weapon practice | archery | 5. Q5.What was the name of the Spanish king who owned the armada? | Philip II | 6. Q6.Where was the area that an earl owned when he fainted after receiving such a fierce note from Queen Elizabeth I? | Essex. |
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