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. Q: Why are maps like fish? A: Both have scales. | 2. Q: What always sits in the corner but can move all round the world? A: A stamp. | 3. Q: What did the sea say to the shore? A: Nothing, it just waved! | 4. Q:Why were the early days of history called the dark ages? A:Because there were so many knights! | 5. Q: What’s purple and 5000 miles long? A: The grape wall of China. | 6. Q: What do Alexander the Great and Kermit the Frog have in common?A: The same middle name! | 7. Q. When a knight was killed in battle, what sign did they put on his grave?A: Rust in peace! | 8. Q: How was the Roman Empire cut in half?A: With a pair of Caesars! | 9. Q: Do you know the 23rd Prime Minster of Canada? A:No, we were never introduced ! |
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