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 is Alaska's most populous city? | Anchorage | 2. What causes the aurora borealis? | When charged particles from the sun strike atoms in Earth's atmosphere, they cause electrons in the atoms to move to a higher-energy state. When the electrons drop back to a lower energy state, they release a photon: light. This process creates the beautiful aurora, or northern lights. | 3. What are the four regions of Alaska? | Interior Plains, Rocky Mountain System, Intermontane Plateaus, Pacific Mountain System | 4. What are three of the most popular methods of transportation in Alaska today? | ferries, trains, and planes | 5. What are Alaska's three most important industries? | oil, natural gas, seafood | 6. When did Alaska become a state? | January 3, 1959 | 7. How, and when, did the U.S. acquire Alaska? | The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 by a treaty ratified by the U.S. Senate. Russia wanted to sell its Alaskan territory, fearing that it might be seized if war broke out with Britain. | 8. What is its nickname today? | The Last Frontier | 9. About how many earthquakes happen in Alaska each year? | 24,000 | 10. How many glaciers are in Alaska? | 100,000 | 11. What is Alaska's official state land animal? | Moose | 12. How many stars are on the Alaska state flag? | 8 | 13. What is a nene? | a rare goose native to Hawaii | 14. Who called December 7, 1941,“a date which will live in infamy?” | FDR | 15. Why is that date important in Hawaiian history? | That was the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. | 16. Name the eight major Hawaiian Islands. | Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Hawaii Island | 17. What type of volcanoes are the Hawaiian Islands? | shield and cinder cone | 18. How many letters are in the Hawaiian alphabet? | 13 | 19. Who was the last native ruler and legitimate constitutional Queen of Hawaii? | Liliʻuokalani | 20. What is the major source of income for Hawaii? | visitors | 21. What is the largest exported product in Hawaii? | bottled water | 22. Who was the first British explorer to discover the islands? | Captain James Cook | 23. What is the capital of Hawaii? | Honolulu | 24. What sport was invented in Hawaii? | surfing | 25. Who is Duke Kahanamoku? | a professional swimmer credited with the spread of surfing | 26. What kind of whale can be seen in the Hawaiian waters? | Humpback Whales | 27. Hawaii is the only state that grows this product. | Coffee |
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