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 ocean is surrounded by Africa, Asia, and Australia? | Indian Ocean | 2. What 3 countries are in the continent of North America? | Canada, United States, Mexico | 3. Is there a compass rose? What does a compass rose tell us? Draw it. | Yes. It tells us which direction you are traveling. | 4. What continents have mountains? | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa | 5. What 2 continents have America in their name? | North America and South America | 6. What ocean is between Asia and North America? | Pacific Ocean | 7. Why does a map show 2 Pacific Oceans, but a globe does not? | A map is flat and a globe is round so when you flatten the globe it looks like there are 2 Pacific oceans, but there really is one. | 8. The Atlantic Ocean is between what 4 continents? | North America, South America, Europe, and Africa | 9. What continent is at the South Pole? | Antarctica | 10. What ocean is near the North Pole? | Arctic Ocean | 11. What 4 continents begin with the letter A? | Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Africa | 12. What continent is made up of ice and snow? | Antarctica | 13. What continent has a small part that is shaped like a boot? | Europe | 14. What continent has kangaroos? | Australia | 15. France has the Eiffel Tower. What continent is it in? | Europe | 16. On what continent is China and India located? | Asia | 17. Egypt is located on what continent? | Africa | 18. What is the line that goes all around the middle of the globe called? | Equator |
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