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 fast does the Earth spin? | 1000mph | 2. Who first discovered DNA? | Friedrich Mieschler | 3. If the Sun were the size of a beach ball, then Junpiter would be the size of a_________________. | pea | 4. If you drilled a tunnel straight through the Earth and jumped in, it would take you exactly ________________________ to get to the other side. | 42 minutes, 12 seconds | 5. What can dead people get? | goosebumps | 6. How long can the tentacles of an Artic jellyfish reach? | 120 Feet | 7. The greatest tide change on earth occurs in the Bay of Fundy. The difference between low tide and high tide can be as great as____________________________. | 54 ft. 6 in. | 8. What is the only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table? | J | 9. What is the symbol for Potassium? | K | 10. How many blood cells fall from your body every minute? | 30-40,000 |
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