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 is the Queen's name? | Queen Elizabeth II | 2. Where does the Changing of the Guard take place? | Buckingham Palace | 3. What is a double-decker? | A bus | 4. What is Harrods? | A department store | 5. What is the symbol of England? | The red rose | 6. Where can you buy stamps? | At the post office | 7. What is 'stonehenge'? | a prehistoric monument | 8. What is the name of the famous stadium in the north of London? | Wembley | 9. Which band was John Lennon a member of in the 1960s? | The Beatles | 10. Where is a monster supposed to live? | Loch Ness | 11. In Britain, cars are driven on the ______ side of the road. | left-hand | 12. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote lots of ______. | detective stories | 13. Where is Belfast? | In Northern Ireland | 14. Chelsea is a popular ______ team. | football | 15. Which famous writer was born in Stratford-upon-Avon? | William Shakespeare | 16. Which is the highest mountain in Wales? | Ben Nevis | 17. What are the main colours of the Union flag? | Blue, red and white | 18. Who lived in Sherwood Forest? | Robin Hood. | 19. What is the famous airport in London? | Heathrow. | 20. What is favourite hot drink in Britain? | Tea | 21. What parts does the United Kingdom consist of? | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland | 22. What is the capital of Great Britain? | London | 23. What river is the British capital situated on? | On the Thames | 24. What is the symbol of Scotland? | The thistle | 25. What is the national costume of Scotland? | The kilt | 26. What is the national instrument of the Scots? | The bagpipe | 27. When do English people celebrate Christmas? | On the 25th of December | 28. What is the traditional Christmas meal in Britain? | Roast turkey, Pudding | 29. What channel lies between Britain and the continent of Europe? | The English channel | 30. What is the longest river in Britain? | The Severn |
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