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. When was Theodore Roosevelt born? | 1858 | 2. What is the famous quote Theodore Roosevelt always said? | "Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." | 3. When Theodore Roosevelt was young, he was sick with which illness? | Asthma | 4. What was the nickname that Theodore Roosevelt's friends called him? | TR | 5. What things could you find in the Roosevelt Museum of Natural History? | Bones and skins and skulls of animals he had found | 6. Who was the President at the time Theodore Roosevelt was Vice President? | William McKinley | 7. How old was Theodore Roosevelt when he became President? | 42 | 8. Theodore Roosevelt was President from which dates? | 1901-1909 | 9. When Theodore Roosevelt became President at 42 years old, he was the _________. | Youngest President ever | 10. Theodore Roosevelt's love of what remained an important part of his life when he was President? | Nature | 11. What is the name of the famous monument where Theodore Roosevelt's face is carved into stone? | Mount Rushmore | 12. Where is Mount Rushmore located? | South Dakota | 13. What kind of President did Theodore Roosevelt become known for because of his laws made to create national forests and parks? | The "Conservation President" | 14. Where is the Theodore Roosevelt National Park located? | North Dakota | 15. How high is Theodore Roosevelt's face on Mount Rushmore? | 60 feet | 16. When Theodore Roosevelt was President, he made laws to create what? | National forests and national parks | 17. When did President Theodore Roosevelt die? | January 16, 1919 | 18. How old was Theodore Roosevelt when he died? | 60 years old | 19. Which stuffed animal was named after President Roosevelt? | The teddy bear | 20. Why do people read biographies? | To learn about important figures and to understand what life was like in a different time or place |
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