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. This one word term means the glorification of the military | Militarism | 2. Militarism | Militarism | 3. This one word term means countries make protection agreements with other nations for protection and to maintain a balance of power in Europe | Alliance | 4. Alliance | Alliance | 5. This one one word term refers to a stronger country taking over a weaker country | Imperialism | 6. Imperialism | Imperialism | 7. When a people have a greater love for their country than they do for the region they live in. Believe their culture is better than others | Nationalism | 8. Nationalism | Nationalism | 9. What is the significance of the Balkan Power Keg | Area of extreme nationalism in southern Europe. Called the powder keg due to the fact that one act of aggression could explode into war. | 10. Area of extreme nationalism in southern Europe. Called the powder keg due to the fact that one act of aggression could explode into war. | Area of extreme nationalism in southern Europe. Called the powder keg due to the fact that one act of aggression could explode into war. | 11. Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Gavrillo Princip | 12. Gavrillo Princip | Gavrillo Princip | 13. New weapons introduced during WWI | Poisonous Gas | 14. Airplanes | Airplanes | 15. Tanks | Tanks | 16. U-Boats | U-Boats | 17. Machine Guns | Machine Guns | 18. What influence did the new technology have on WWI | production of more efficient weapons to kill enemies | 19. production of more efficient weapons to kill enemies | production of more efficient weapons to kill enemies | 20. Led to deadlier war | Led to deadlier war | 21. War fought with soldiers in dug out positions to protect themselves from enemy gunfire | trench war | 22. trench war | trench war | 23. Area between trenches | No Man's Land | 24. No Man's Land | No Man's Land | 25. When two sides use all their soldiers and weapons hoping the enemy will run out | War of Attrition | 26. War of Attrition | War of Attrition | 27. Members of the Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria | 28. Germany | Germany | 29. Austria-Hungary | Austria-Hungary | 30. Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Empire | 31. Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 32. Members of the Allied Powers | Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and the United States | 33. Russia | Russia | 34. France | France | 35. Great Britain | Great Britain | 36. Italy | Italy | 37. Japan | Japan | 38. United States | United States | 39. Three reasons why Russia had a revolution | Most Russians lived in poverty, Weak Economy, The people did not have a say in government and Tired of fighting in WWI | 40. Russians lived in poverty | Russians lived in poverty | 41. Weak Economy | Weak Economy | 42. People did not have a say in government | People did not have a say in government | 43. Tired of fighting in WWI | Tired of fighting in WWI |
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