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. 1. What county sponsored Christopher Columbus and Ponce de Leon? | Spain | 2. 2. Ponce de Leon was the first European to claim land in Florida near what city | St. Augustine | 3. 3. Who explored the St. Lawrence River? | Jacques Cartier | 4. 4. What country sponsored Christopher Newport? | England | 5. 5. Give one reason Columbus went on his explorations. | To find a western sea route to Asia | 6. 6. Which explorer wanted to colonize the New World, specifically in Canada? | Jacques Cartier | 7. 7. What ocean separates North America from Europe? | Atlantic Ocean | 8. 8. A person who travels seeking new discoveries is called an E_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? | Explorer | 9. 9. Which explorer wanted to colonize Virginia? | Christopher Newport | 10. 10. What continent did the four explorers come from? | Europe | 11. 11. What explorer landed in San Salvador? | Christopher Columbus | 12. 12. Who is your favorite explorer and why? | Open-ended |
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