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. This article is best summarized by which statement? A. Expect the worst and you will be pleasantly surprised. B. Sometimes winning is not everything. C. Great achievements come easily. D. Money is more important than fame | B | 2. At first, Rodgers’s main reason for making a flight from coast to coast was A. to get his name in the newspapers and become famous. B. to win $50,000 in prize money. C. to show that it could be done by an ordinary person. D. to get to California to visit his family | B | 3. Rodgers nearly lost his magneto plugs on his flight from Elmira to Salaman because A. people had removed the nuts and bolts that held them in place. B. the plane had been damaged in his crash in the Catskills. C. the plane was poorly built and was not reliable. D. mechanics who repaired the plane forgot to replace important parts | A | 4. The author wrote, “His plane had a wingspread of 32 feet, so Rodgers was really playing the daredevil that day.” This statement showed that the author viewed Rodgers’s feat as A. amusing. B. irrational. C. dangerous. D. devious | C | 5. How is the information in this article organized? A. in order of importance, from most to least B. by alternating general information and examples C. by alternating descriptions of cause and effect D. in order of the events as they happened | D | 6. As it is used in paragraph 4, the word scavenging means A. repairing. B. thieving. C. eating. D. crumbling | B | 7. The purpose of this passage is to A. inform. B. persuade. C. analyze. D. compare. | A | 8. Which number on the map represents the halfway point between New York and California? A. number 2 B. number 4 C. number 7 D. number 6 | C |
This article is best summarized by which statement? A. Expect the worst and you will be pleasantly surprised. B. Sometimes winning is not everything. C. Great achievements come easily. D. Money is more important than fame&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 8)
At first, Rodgers’s main reason for making a flight from coast to coast was A. to get his name in the newspapers and become famous. B. to win $50,000 in prize money. C. to show that it could be done by an ordinary person. D. to get to California to visit his family&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 8)
Rodgers nearly lost his magneto plugs on his flight from Elmira to Salaman because A. people had removed the nuts and bolts that held them in place. B. the plane had been damaged in his crash in the Catskills. C. the plane was poorly built and was not reliable. D. mechanics who repaired the plane forgot to replace important parts&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 8)
The author wrote, “His plane had a wingspread of 32 feet, so Rodgers was really playing the daredevil that day.” This statement showed that the author viewed Rodgers’s feat as A. amusing. B. irrational. C. dangerous. D. devious&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 8)
How is the information in this article organized? A. in order of importance, from most to least B. by alternating general information and examples C. by alternating descriptions of cause and effect D. in order of the events as they happened&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 8)
As it is used in paragraph 4, the word scavenging means A. repairing. B. thieving. C. eating. D. crumbling&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 8)
The purpose of this passage is to A. inform. B. persuade. C. analyze. D. compare.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 8)
Which number on the map represents the halfway point between New York and California? A. number 2 B. number 4 C. number 7 D. number 6&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 8)
