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. Legend says that Romulus founded Rome. | What do legends say about the founding of Rome | 2. Romulus and Remus were the sons of the god of war, Mars. | Who are Romulus and Remus in Roman mythology | 3. Fresh water, fertile soil, hills for defence. | What made the land where Rome was built a good place for a city | 4. People who lived in the Italian peninsula before the Romans. | Who were the Etruscans | 5. There were walled cities on each of the seven hills. | What does archeological evidence tell us about the seven original hills of Rome | 6. The Mediterranean Sea | What sea surrounds the Italian peninsula | 7. Tarquinius Priscus | Who was the first Etruscan king of Rome | 8. 753 B.C. | What year was Rome founded | 9. There were thousands of gods and they lived everywhere. | What did the Romans believe about gods | 10. They were named after Roman gods and goddesses. | How did the planets get their names | 11. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus | Who was the last king of Rome | 12. The main marketplace and business center of Rome. | What was The Forum | 13. 600 B.C. | When was the Forum built | 14. Patricians and Plebians. | What were the two classes of Romans | 15. 509BC | When did Etruscan rule of Rome end |
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