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. Who was the witch finder general | Matthew Hopkins | 2. Most witches were thought to be | Old Women | 3. Witches made potions in | A Cauldron | 4. Superstition | Irrational beliefs, especially with regard to the unknown | 5. Witches pets were known as | Familiars | 6. What witches flew on | Broomsticks | 7. Used to test if a woman was a witch | Ducking Stool | 8. A pet most witches were believed to have | black cat | 9. Witches were in league with | The Devil | 10. Witches cast | Spells | 11. Who wrote the list of how to spot a witch? | King James I | 12. A place where there was a famous witch trial in England | Pendle | 13. A place where there was a famous witch trial in America | Salem | 14. Birth marks were often known as | Witches Marks | 15. People now believe witches wear these | pointed hats | 16. Witches were often executed by this method | Burnt at the Stake | 17. Which of Henry VIII\'s wives was accused of being a witch | Anne Boleyn | 18. Male witches are better known as | Warlocks | 19. The religion witches follow | Wicca | 20. A generalised statement relating to a particular group | Stereotype | 21. What couldn’t witches say without making a mistake | The Lord’s Prayer |
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