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. Keep this information top secret to your group. There are QR codes located around the college which will give you a letter. The letters combine together to create a phrase. Each code will also tell you where to find the next letter. The winning group are the first to get back to their tutor with the correct phrase. You will find your first code somewhere at MC6 reception. | 2. Letter = Z. Go into the main building. You fancy booking a holiday. Where would you go? | 3. Letter = M. Go onto the first floor. See if you can find the biology room! | 4. Letter = A. Go all the way up to the fourth floor (take the lift) and find the art room. | 5. Letter = E. Go all the way back to the ground floor. Where are you able to get books out of the main building? | 6. Letter = I. Go into the MC6 building. Where would you go if you were a little peckish? | 7. Letter = B. You want a nice place to chill out in MC6, can you find a brilliant place to do this? | 8. Letter = A. Can you find the ideal place to do some work outside of lessons in the MC6 building? | 9. Letter = G. You decide you want to learn some physics in the MC6 building. Where would you go? | 10. Letter = N. Go back to your tutor room! You're done. Can you unscramble the letters and work out what the phrase is? |
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