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 are the two categories of search operators? | Boolean and Non-Boolean. | 2. What is the difference between the two types of searches? | One uses words and the other uses symbols. | 3. What does '+' mean in a web search? | It works like AND. | 4. What does AND mean in a web search? | It means the search results must have both terms and often it is typed in UPPER CASE but not always and AND decreases the number of web sites that will be found, narrowing in on specific topics. | 5. What does '-' mean in a web search? | The – works like NOT and means to exclude the term and the - should be placed directly in front of the search term without any spaces. |
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