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. What country designed a stamp that depicts 2 children of different races playing together? | Zambia | 2. Which stamp show a man who was known as a famous painter? | Henry O. Tanner | 3. Who wasthe "Father" of black baseball? | Rube Foster | 4. What did Alfred Cralle invent? | Ice cream scoop | 5. What did Lonnie Johnson invent? | The Super Soaker water gun | 6. When was the traffic signal invented? | 1932 | 7. "One Love, One Heart, Let's Get Together And Feel All Right" is a popular Reggae song written by? | Bob Marley | 8. Find a woman who was an athlete in the 80"s. | ghgyt | 9. Who drafted the Community Self-Determination Act of 1968? | Jon | 10. Can you Name 3 Music Superstars of the 1970's? | one two three | 11. There were many celebrities in the 1980's, can you name 3? | one two three | 12. I show a lot of CONFIDENCE, and I was the 1st woman to be elected to Congress, who Am I? | lady | 13. Find Mae Jemison, what was she first at? | jkjkiuhg | 14. Find Celia Cruz, how old was she when she died? | 78 | 15. The blacks invented many types of music, can you name 6 of them? | Gospel, Rythm and Blues, Bebop, Rockabilly,Jazz and Scat | 16. Can you name 3 musician's from the 1950's? | one two three | 17. In 1950 Rosa Parks gave an important quote, what was it? | hjhtytrere | 18. What was the Underground railroad? | A secret network of men, women, and abolisionists who assisted in slaves' escaping to FREEDOM | 19. What was the Maryland Slave Law of 1664? | A law that says if you are of African ancestry you will serve as a slave for life | 20. Who is your favorite History Teacher? | Mrs. Christopher |
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