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. The ASU library system houses almost 5 million books and provides online access to more than 300,000 ebooks and 78,000 ejournals. Step inside and take a look. Remember to be very quiet, students are hard at work studying. Ocean front property in Arizona? Not really, but the Hayden Library is a "beacon of knowledge" for students at ASU. What nautical landmark is featured prominently in the center of Hayden Lawn? | Lighthouse | 2. Gammage Auditorium was designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright and can seat 3,000 people. The design was to originally to be built in Bagdad, Iraq. Its two pedestrian bridges extend 200 feet and were intended by Wright to feel like open arms welcoming visitors to ASU. Gammage Auditorium opened its door for its first performance on September 18, 1964 and continues to showcase the finest talent in the world today. What musical will be showing at Gammage Auditorium September 11-16, 2012? | Les Miserables | 3. The Memorial Union is the hub of all student life and activities and home of the third busiest Starbucks in the nation. What year was the Memorial Union built? | 1956 | 4. The SRC is a great place for Sun Devils to stay fit and offers a variety of classes and activities including swimming in our year-round, outdoors pools. What temperature are our pools kept between at all times? | 78-82 | 5. Originally dedicated February 4, 1898, it was the first building in Tempe wired for electricity. For many years it also stood as the largest building in Tempe. Which former US President gave an address on the steps of Old Main in the early 1900’s? | Theodore Roosevelt |
The ASU library system houses almost 5 million books and provides online access to more than 300,000 ebooks and 78,000 ejournals. Step inside and take a look. Remember to be very quiet, students are hard at work studying. Ocean front property in Arizona? Not really, but the Hayden Library is a "beacon of knowledge" for students at ASU. What nautical landmark is featured prominently in the center of Hayden Lawn?&choe=UTF-8
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Gammage Auditorium was designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright and can seat 3,000 people. The design was to originally to be built in Bagdad, Iraq. Its two pedestrian bridges extend 200 feet and were intended by Wright to feel like open arms welcoming visitors to ASU. Gammage Auditorium opened its door for its first performance on September 18, 1964 and continues to showcase the finest talent in the world today. What musical will be showing at Gammage Auditorium September 11-16, 2012?&choe=UTF-8
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The Memorial Union is the hub of all student life and activities and home of the third busiest Starbucks in the nation. What year was the Memorial Union built?&choe=UTF-8
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The SRC is a great place for Sun Devils to stay fit and offers a variety of classes and activities including swimming in our year-round, outdoors pools. What temperature are our pools kept between at all times?&choe=UTF-8
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Originally dedicated February 4, 1898, it was the first building in Tempe wired for electricity. For many years it also stood as the largest building in Tempe. Which former US President gave an address on the steps of Old Main in the early 1900’s?&choe=UTF-8
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