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. Who presents the BBC 10 O clock news? | Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce | 2. Who did David Frost famously interview? | Richard Nixon | 3. Susanna Reid has recently left which factual BBC show? | BBC Breakfast | 4. Who has Martin Bashir famously interviewed? | Michael Jackson | 5. Princess Diana gave an exclusive interview to which TV show? | Panorama | 6. What was wrong with the Sex Pistols during their interview with Bill Grundy in 1976? | They were drunk | 7. Jeremy Paxman interviewed Michael Howard in 1989. Why is it a famous interview? | He asked the same question 12 times | 8. An inquiry was held in 2011 looking at Phone Hacking and Media ethics. WHat was the inquiry called? | Leveson Inquiry | 9. Which paper shut following Phone hacking allegations? | The News of The World | 10. Who is Dan Walker? | BBC Sports Journalist presents Football Focus | 11. What is the name of the Salford area which is home the BBC and Granada? | Media City UK | 12. What subject was a Kate Adie's specialist correspondent on? | War | 13. Who is the editor of the Telegraph? | Ian MacGregor | 14. Paul Lockitt is the Breakfast news editor for which radio station? | Key 103 | 15. What is Soundwomen? | professional networking for women in audio | 16. Who is James Foley? | An American Journalist beheaded in Syria | 17. Trish Halpin is the editor of which magazine? | Marie Claire |
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