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. Find a scientific tool you would use to find the mass of an object. | triple beam balance | 2. Locate the receptacle you use to dispose of paper waste products. | recycle bin | 3. Peruse the helpful information about types of sentences on a sea of yellow. | English board | 4. You will find your next clue on the day we will start ASL club. | Calendar 25 | 5. Go to the multilevel board area that can be used again and again and also carried with you. | small white boards | 6. It's getting colder, find the open rectangular cube for dispensing tissues. | tissue box | 7. Are you inside the circle? Go here to be sure. | Pekurney's circle | 8. Pretend you are outside and nestle under the glowing painting of life. | Tree painting | 9. What month is it? | September | 10. What does inquisitive mean? If you don't know, consult Oxford. | dictionary inquisitive | 11. What is the sign for Stagecoach? | Picture dictionary Stagecoach |
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