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 languages are offered at W.P Wagner? | Japanese, Spanish, and French | 2. Which is the only officially bilingual province in Canada? | New Brunswick | 3. Which hand gesture means “good” or “ok” in Western cultures, but is considered rude in many Asian and Islamic countries? | the thumbs up sign | 4. How do people greet each other in Japan? | they bow | 5. Is making eye contact disrespectful? | In North America no, in many Asian countries, yes. | 6. As of 2011, what are the 10 most widely spoken non-official languages in Alberta? | German, Tagalog, Punjabi, Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese, Arabic, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Urdu. | 7. What was the former name of Sri Lanka? | Ceylon | 8. What is the most commonly eaten food in the world? | rice | 9. Which countries make up the five permanent members of the United Nations? | China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States | 10. What country has the smallest population? | Vatican City | 11. As of 2016, which country is the largest producer of beef? | India | 12. Which countries make up the United Kingdom? | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland | 13. In which Egyptian will you find the pyramids? | Giza | 14. What are the official languages of Egypt | Arabic, English, French | 15. Egypt used to be a colony of which European countries? | France for 34 years, Great Britain for 27 years | 16. What was the main religion of Persia? | Zoroastrianism | 17. Lebanon used to be a colony of which European country? | France | 18. Name 3 cities where Amnesty International has regional offices? | London, Brussels, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Bangkok, Dakar, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Lima, New York, Washington, Beirut, Tunis, and East Jerusalem | 19. Which Indian holiday involves throwing coloured powder? | Holi | 20. How many languages are spoken throughout the world? | between 6000 - 7000 | 21. How much of the world speaks English? | approximately 25% | 22. How many languages are considered endangered? | 2400 | 23. What is the most populated country in the world? | China (1.4 billion people) | 24. What country was the resting place for the last dodo bird? | Mauritius | 25. Which island’s inhabitants are ethnically Indian and French speaking? | Mauritius | 26. List top 5 of Canadian immigrant population by country of birth excluding Canada. | UK, China, India, Philippine, Italy, | 27. What is special about the Hotel Chain, “Hen na Hotel” in Japan? (There are 100 hotels all over Japan) | Employees are robots! | 28. Which video game company is Non-Japanese Company? SEGA, TAITO, ATARI, CAPCOM | Atari | 29. After 400 year civil war, which Samurai united Japan in 1600? | Hideyoshi Toyotomi | 30. What is the highest-grossing Anime movie in the World? | Your name (2016) | 31. What is the highest-grossing Anime franchises in the world? You think Pokemon? Find it out! | Doraemon | 32. What do you call a female Ninja? | Kunoichi | 33. What is a strict code of honor that the samurai lived by? | Bushido | 34. Name G7 countries. | UK, US, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan | 35. List the 5 largest trade countries of Canada. | US, China, UK, México, Japan |
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