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 is the Lost City of Atlantis? | The Lost city of Atlantis is a mythical island that was cursed by the gods and sank into the ocean. | 2. 2. Who is the author of the allegory explaining of the Lost City of Atlantis? | The author's name of the fictional story was Plato. | 3. 3. What has apparently 'proved' that no continent could have possibly been sunken? | Research and continental drift during the 1960s, along with improved information on plate tectonics had demonstrated the impossibility of a continent ever being sunk or lost within the area. | 4. 4. What are some of the most believed places of where Atlantis is located? | Historically, it is believed that Atlantis is located within the Mediterranean sea. | 5. 5. What does the Atlantic Ocean & Atlantis have in common? | The Two subjects are common as they are both modified names from Atlas. |
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