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. Q: What year was the UN formed? CLUE: Have a seat among the trees | 1945 | 2. Q: Which country was Australia peace keeping in between 1999-2012? CLUE: The ovals little brother or sister | East Timor | 3. Q: Identify one of the most significant innovations for the home. CLUE: What are you…chicken??? | Refrigerator or Washing Machine or Television | 4. Q: The name of the landmark declaration made by the United Nations in 1948. CLUE: Or…did tor re um? | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 5. Q: The name of the policy used to segregate ‘full blood Aborigines’ from ‘White Australians’. CLUE: Seriously it’s no drama…oh wait now it is. | Assimilation Policy | 6. Q: What year was the Federation of Australia? CLUE: MUM!!! Stop kissing and just drop me off | 1901 | 7. Q: As briefly as possible outline what the “Stolen Generation” refers to. CLUE: You can see three of me | half blood taken from families | 8. Q: What was the name of the non-violent action taken by African Americans to fight for equality? CLUE: Your second home (Xtra Clue: look up) | Civil Disobedience | 9. Q: Which year did the US Freedom Rides start? CLUE: Seriously, don’t go changing rooms on me G! | 1961 | 10. Q: What was the issue that become central to Aboriginal claims from the Wave-Hill Walk off? CLUE: I’m not locked but yr9 call me a locker | Land Rights | 11. Q: What was the name of the Prime Minister who delivered the speech in Redfern Park acknowledging the injustices to Indigenous peoples? CLUE: truoc htuos | Paul Keating | 12. Q: Name one sport that was classified as popular culture after the end of WWII. CLUE: Where you will find English, a Shearer, and Smith | Cricket or Rugby | 13. Q: Identify one method (other than television) that brought popular culture from other countries to Australia after WWII. CLUE: Best staffroom in the school! | Literature or Radio | 14. Q: What was the name for women’s clothing during WWII? CLUE: Big Willy??? | Utility clothing | 15. Q: What style of music was a major element of popular culture in the 1950s? CLUE: Howzatt!!! | Rock n Roll |
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