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. I am a room for learning. I have three digits, all of which are even. The sum of my digits is 4..... answer | 202 | 2. | 3. Ha! You thought it’d be so easy! Keep trying lads and lassies. Answer this riddle- The first one of these in Philadelphia was opened by Benjamin Franklin. Congress has one of the largest. You can get a card here that will not pay for anything, but you get what you want anyway. If you don't know something this is the place to go.... | library | 4. | 5. Brillant ! Here you will find treasures in books, but mine might be a bit harder to find. Solve this riddle. I am a 5 syllable word, with 5 vowels: 2 a’s, 2 e’s and 1 i. Find your daily energy at the... | cafeteria | 6. | 7. You’ve almost caught me, you tricky little gnome! Finish this riddle- There is no place like “_____” Where do you like to "monkey around"? | classroom |
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