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.
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1. What is the name of the Scottish dance in 3/4 time? | Waltz | 2. Name the highest male voice?2 | Alto2 | 3. Which period of music features the use of a harpsichord?3 | Baroque3 | 4. What is the term for rhythms that are off the beat?4 | Syncopation4 | 5. What is the term for music that changes key?5 | Modulation5 | 6. Vocal music where one note is sang to each syllable is known as....?6 | Syllabic6 | 7. When music has a busy texture this is known as...?7 | Polyphonic7 | 8. Chord V in C Major consists of which three notes?8 | G,B,D8 | 9. The term Adagio means....?9 | Slow9 | 10. What are the sections of ternary form?10 | ABA10 | 11. Music that speeds up and down features which concept?11 | Rubato11 | 12. A Scottish song from the NE of Scotland that describes working life is known as a....?12 | Bothy Ballad12 | 13. The Italian term for plucking an instrument is known as...?13 | Pizzicato13 | 14. The ornament that alternates between two notes rapidly is known as a...?14 | Trill14 | 15. Music that is neither major or minor is known as.....?15 | Atonal15 |
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