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. What are petroglyphs? | various | 2. Who were the Clovis People? | various | 3. Who were possibly the first Europeans to visit the America’s? | Vikings | 4. By 1521 Cortes had conquered what Native American people? | Aztec | 5. What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish? | various | 6. Colonel Arbuckle established the first fort in Indian Territory what was it called? | Cantonment Gibson | 7. Representatives from which tribes agreed to go to Fort Gibson to talk about peace? | Kiowa and Waco | 8. What academy was founded to provide advanced education to the Choctaw beyond simple vocational skills? | Wheelock | 9. What is the 36th Parallel? | Dividing line between free and slave states | 10. Who approached the Indians first for help during the Civil War? | Confederacy | 11. What Act turned over vast amounts of land to homesteaders? | Homestead Act | 12. The black troops of the 10th Calvary were called what by the Indians? | Buffalo Soldiers | 13. What was the Manhattan Project and who was in charge? | various | 14. What was the Korean Conflict? | Various | 15. What Oklahoma food manufacturers are part of the Made in Oklahoma Coalition? | various | 16. What are the Ninety-Nines from Oklahoma? | International organization of women pilots based in Oklahoma. | 17. Who introduced Oklahoma Academic Standards after the Oklahoma Legistlature repealed Common Core in 2014? | Joy Hofmeister | 18. Who was convicted of the OKC Bombing? | Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, Michael Fortier | 19. Who did the United States declare war on after the September 11th attacks? | Terror | 20. What is a powwow? | A celebration of Native American heritage. | 21. What is the largest museum in the state dedicated to the cowboy and the West? | The Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum | 22. What is the Trail of Tears Drama? | various | 23. What is the “Little Smithsonian”? | Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve |
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Who were possibly the first Europeans to visit the America’s?&choe=UTF-8
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By 1521 Cortes had conquered what Native American people?&choe=UTF-8
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What did the Missouri Compromise accomplish?&choe=UTF-8
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Colonel Arbuckle established the first fort in Indian Territory what was it called?&choe=UTF-8
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Representatives from which tribes agreed to go to Fort Gibson to talk about peace?&choe=UTF-8
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What academy was founded to provide advanced education to the Choctaw beyond simple vocational skills?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the 36th Parallel?&choe=UTF-8
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Who approached the Indians first for help during the Civil War?&choe=UTF-8
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What Act turned over vast amounts of land to homesteaders?&choe=UTF-8
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The black troops of the 10th Calvary were called what by the Indians?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the Manhattan Project and who was in charge?&choe=UTF-8
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What was the Korean Conflict?&choe=UTF-8
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What Oklahoma food manufacturers are part of the Made in Oklahoma Coalition?&choe=UTF-8
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What are the Ninety-Nines from Oklahoma?&choe=UTF-8
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Who introduced Oklahoma Academic Standards after the Oklahoma Legistlature repealed Common Core in 2014?&choe=UTF-8
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Who was convicted of the OKC Bombing?&choe=UTF-8
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Who did the United States declare war on after the September 11th attacks?&choe=UTF-8
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What is a powwow?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the largest museum in the state dedicated to the cowboy and the West?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the Trail of Tears Drama?&choe=UTF-8
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What is the “Little Smithsonian”?&choe=UTF-8
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