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.
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1. Reggie leaves his house in the morning and walks 3 blocks north to the home of his friend Alan. Together, he and Alan walk 6 blocks east to a park. After playing for 45 minutes, they walk 1 block south and 2 blocks west to buy ice cream cones. After eating the ice cream, Reggie and Alan go their separate ways. What is the least number of blocks Reggie needs to walk in order to get back to his house? | 6 | 2. A computer consultant charges his client’s $75 an hour and $20 for every 15 minutes over an hour, including his travel time. If he leaves his house at 8:30 A.M. and returns at 1:15 P.M., what does he charge his client? | $360 | 3. An isosceles triangle has two congruent base angles, each measuring 50°. What is the measure of the third angle of the triangle? | 80 | 4. A bad faucet leaks water at the rate of 3 mL per second. How much water will be lost in one minute? | 180 | 5. Simplify the expression below. 4(9x14)+6-16÷8 | 508 | 6. Mr. Hoy has a goal of making $288 selling toy trains at the markets. He sells the trains at a rate of 3 per hour for 6 hours to reach his goal. For how much is Mr. Hoy selling each train? | 16 | 7. The owner of a diner states that 3 out of 5 customers order dessert. If the diner has 150 customers on Monday, how many would be expected to not order dessert? | 60 | 8. In triangle ABC, angle A has a measurement of 33 degrees, angle C has a measurement of 45 degrees. What is the measurement of angle B? | 102 | 9. A circular rug has a diameter of 6 feet. What is the radius of the rug, in feet? | 3 | 10. Dawn filled a jug with 4 quarts of juice. With how many cups of juice did she fill the jug? | 16 | 11. Bruno runs on a treadmill for 25 minutes each day. What is the total amount of time he spends running on the treadmill over 4 weeks? | 11 hours 40 minutes | 12. A scale on a map is 2 inches = 160 miles. Two towns on the map are 3.5 inches apart. What is the approximate distance between the towns? | 280 |
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