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 does QR stand for? | Quick Response | 2. What is a QR Code? | a special type of barcode, read by QR Readers mostly found on smartphones and tablets that have downloaded a QR Code Reader app. | 3. Who invented QR Codes? | A company owned by Toyota, in the mid 90s, invented QR Codes and Readers for use in tracking parts in factory assembly lines. | 4. Where can you find QR Codes? | newspapers, magazines, store shelves, movie and event posters, billboards, packaging, and sometimes on pizza boxes! | 5. What might a QR Code be used for? | Advertising a product or service, it can give additional details on something like a item or event, they can open up special offers or coupons, they can be used for fun scavenger hunts! |
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