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. 1. What is a book of maps called? | Atlas | 2. 2. What is the factual story of a specific person's life? | Biography | 3. 3. What is a book or website containing an alphabetical list of words and their meanings? | Dictionary | 4. 4. What are books or databases, organized alphabetically, containing information on many subjects? | Encyclopedia | 5. 5. What is a place to access information using a computer and the World Wide Web? | Internet | 6. 6. What is a model of the Earth or another planetary body? | Globe | 7. 7. What is a text that contains the rules of written language? | Grammar Book | 8. 8. What are periodical publications focused on a specific topic or interest? | Magazines | 9. 9. What are current event publications? | Newspapers | 10. 10. What is a book or website that provides associated words? | Thesaurus | 11. 11. What is a graphic representation of chronological historical events? | Timetable or Timeline | 12. 12. What is a periodical that records unique achievements each year? | World Record Book |
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