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 the top color of a rainbow? | red | 2. In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall? | Humpty Dumpty | 3. Which country is home to the kangaroo? | Australia | 4. What is 53+12=? | 65 | 5. Name the school that Harry Potter attended? | Hogwarts | 6. What is the name of the bear in The Jungle Book? | Baloo | 7. Is the name Donald Trump an adverb or proper noun? | proper noun | 8. What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan? | Tinkerbell | 9. What type of animal is Bullseye in the Toy Story films? | Horse | 10. Which planet in our Solar System is known for having a ring? | Saturn | 11. What is 43+11=? | 54 | 12. What galaxy is Earth located in? | The Milky Way | 13. If you freeze water you get … ? | Ice | 14. You have 2 nickels and 2 pennies. How much money do you have? | 12 cents | 15. If you boil water you get? | Steam | 16. What food makes up nearly all of a Giant Panda’s diet? | Bamboo | 17. Is a dolphin a mammal? | Yes | 18. True of false? Snakes have slimy skin. | False |
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What galaxy is Earth located in?&choe=UTF-8
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If you freeze water you get … ?&choe=UTF-8
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You have 2 nickels and 2 pennies. How much money do you have?&choe=UTF-8
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What food makes up nearly all of a Giant Panda’s diet?&choe=UTF-8
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True of false? Snakes have slimy skin.&choe=UTF-8
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