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. 1. How many wives did Henry viii have? | 6 | 2. 2. Which of Henry's children ruled for 45 years? | Elizabeth | 3. 3. What happened to Anne Boleyn? | She was beheaded | 4. 4. Which of Henry viii's wives outlived him? | Catherine Parr | 5. 5. Who was the first Tudor king? | Henry vii | 6. 6. What flower was the symbol of the Tudors? | Rose | 7. 7. Which Spanish king sent the Armada? | Philip | 8. 8. In what year did the Spanish Armada set sail? | 1485 | 9. 9. Who wrote the play Hamlet? | William Shakespeare | 10. 10. Which Tudor explorer sailed around the world? | Sir Francis Drake | 11. 11. Why did the Tudor dynasty come to an end? | Elizabeth did not have children | 12. 12. List the Tudor monarchs in order. | Henry vii, Henry viii, Edward vi, Mary I, Elizabeth I | 13. 13. What was a 'priest hole'? | a secret hiding place for catholics | 14. 14. Why did Mary I get her nickname Bloody Mary? | she killed so many protestants | 15. 15. Who wrote the song 'Greensleeves'? | Henry viii |
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