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. Give the 3 main reasons that tourism is growing? | social and economic facts, improved technology, increased holiday choice. | 2. What are the stages in the Resort lifecycle model? | Exploration, Involvement, Development, Consolidation, Stagnation, Decline or Rejuventation | 3. In what stage of the resort lifecycle model do most tourists visit? | consolidation | 4. Where is Blackpool? | NW England. | 5. Give 3 reasons why Blackpool grew? | annual paid holiday, railways and natural advantages | 6. How much did Blackpool tourist numbers fall by? | from 17million in 1992 to 1.7million in 2010 | 7. How much was invested in Blackpool to rejuvenate it? | £2billion | 8. What is the name of a roller coaster at Blackpool? | Pepsi Max | 9. Name 3 other ways in which Blackpool was rejuventated? | New conference facilities, Blue Flag, illuminations | 10. Where is Dawlish Warren? | East Devon | 11. How many people visit it each year? | 800,000 | 12. How much money do tourists in Dawlish bring to the area? | £200million | 13. Name two important ecosystems found in Dawlish? | salt marsh and sand dune ecosystems | 14. Name one species of rare plant found at Dawlish? | Dawlish Warren crocus | 15. How many birds live on Dawlish? | 30000 | 16. Name one type of bird found at Dawlish? | Oyster catchers | 17. How many tourists visit Jamaica each year? | 1.3million | 18. How many Jamaicans are employed in tourism? | 220,000 | 19. What percentage of Jamaica’s GNP comes from tourism? | 20% | 20. Name one social problem caused by tourism in Jamaica? | private beaches mean tourists are excluded | 21. Name one economic problem caused by tourism in Jamaica? | low wages, little spent outside of hotel resorts. | 22. Name one environmental problem caused by tourism in Jamaica? | sewage from hotel damages coral reef | 23. How much of the reef around Negril has been damaged by tourism? | two thirds | 24. Where abouts in Jamaica is Negril? | in the west | 25. How do they stop the pollution of coral reefs in Negril? | monitoring and policing | 26. Where in Jamaica are the ecotourism lodges? | central Blue Mountains | 27. What is it called when tourists stay with local people? | Community tourism | 28. Where does community tourism in Jamaica take place? | Port Antonio in the East. |
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