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. How many miles of walking and bike trails and paths does Waverly have? Find F COR for a clue. | 12 Again | 2. How many people graduated from Waverly High School in 1875? (their first graduating class) Find 398.2 HON for a clue. | 2 | 3. What does Mrs. Garbes like to do in NE Iowa? Find 799.1 ARN for a clue. | Fishing | 4. What did Mrs. Cherry like to do when she was a girl? Find 796.44 JOS for a clue. | Gymnastics | 5. A classic teddy bear story, "Corduroy" has been read to children since 1968. Who is the author? Find E FRE for a clue. | Don Freeman | 6. Who wrote the book, "The Giving Tree"? Find E SIL for a clue. | Shel Silverstein |
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