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. The first winter olympic games were held in France in what year? | 1924 | 2. Norway has won the most medals at the Winter Games. How many have they won? | 239 | 3. How many countries in the Southern Hemisphere have hosted the Olympics? | zero | 4. What year were the olympics televised for the first time in the United States? | 1960 | 5. Speed skater Bonnie Blair has won the most medals at the Winter Olympic Games of any American. How many has she won? | 6 | 6. Curling, hockey, speed skating and figure skating are all winter olympic sports. What do they have in common? | They are the only winter sports done inside. | 7. What year was the first winter Olympics held? | 1924 | 8. The Jamaican bobsled team first entered the Olympics how many years ago? | 26 | 9. What was so unique about the Olympic Torch run this time? | It began at the Russian Space Station. | 10. The Olympics have been held on all but three continents. What continents have not hosted Olympic games? | African, Antarctica, and South America | 11. What winter sport joined the Olympics in 1998, making it the newest sport? | Snowboarding | 12. Which country has hosted the winter olympics more than any other country? | United States |
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