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. Warning: This message contains highly classified information. Use the FBI decrypting device to translate the following message. | Clue 1 | 2. Attention secret agents: You have been chosen for a very important mission. Our field agents recently intercepted intelligence that indicates there is a bomb somewhere in the area. Your mission is to track this bomb down through a series of clues and destroy it. You will need all of your training and will need to work together to disarm the bomb in time. For each clue, you will be directed to a mini-bomb and you will need to detonate it to find the next clue. When the bomb is destroyed, you will find be rewarded with a very special surprise. Remember to stick together and never leave a fellow agent behind. Good luck agents – the fate of Mont Blanc Court is in your hands! Do not let us down! Your first clue: If your feet are tired while you are strolling Mont Blanc Court, you might stop here to take a break. It’s a popular resting place on the court. | Clue 2 | 3. Your next clue is located not far away, in a place that supplies water, but not to drink. Let the secret blue ground signal guide you. | Clue 3 | 4. Excellent work so far agents. Your next clue is located near a certain structure, that if it weren’t there, you would need your night-vision goggles to see. It is one of the tallest structures in the area. | Clue 4 | 5. Nearly there agents, don’t give up now. Your next clue is found in a place that can get very hot, even when the sun is not out. I’m getting hungry for hot dogs and hamburgers just thinking about it. | Clue 5 | 6. This is your last step agents and the most important one. The location of the bomb may only be learned from using the FBI decryption device to decode a series of letters. The letters are found on the backs of your badges but are written in invisible ink. Use the decoder pen to find your letter and tell Lead Investigator Brian. He will input the letters into the FBI decryption machine to reveal the final location of the bomb. One the bomb is destroyed, your secret surprise will be revealed. | Clue 6 | 7. Congratulations agents! You have successfully destroyed the bomb and saved the neighborhood. Your reward is a ride in the FBI vehicle to see the new movie Freebirds! You will all be going together to enjoy the show. Have a great time – you have certainly earned it. And a very Happy Birthday to Hudson! | Clue 7 |
Warning: This message contains highly classified information. Use the FBI decrypting device to translate the following message. &choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 7)
Attention secret agents: You have been chosen for a very important mission. Our field agents recently intercepted intelligence that indicates there is a bomb somewhere in the area. Your mission is to track this bomb down through a series of clues and destroy it. You will need all of your training and will need to work together to disarm the bomb in time. For each clue, you will be directed to a mini-bomb and you will need to detonate it to find the next clue. When the bomb is destroyed, you will find be rewarded with a very special surprise. Remember to stick together and never leave a fellow agent behind. Good luck agents – the fate of Mont Blanc Court is in your hands! Do not let us down! Your first clue: If your feet are tired while you are strolling Mont Blanc Court, you might stop here to take a break. It’s a popular resting place on the court. &choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 7)
Your next clue is located not far away, in a place that supplies water, but not to drink. Let the secret blue ground signal guide you.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 7)
Excellent work so far agents. Your next clue is located near a certain structure, that if it weren’t there, you would need your night-vision goggles to see. It is one of the tallest structures in the area. &choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 7)
Nearly there agents, don’t give up now. Your next clue is found in a place that can get very hot, even when the sun is not out. I’m getting hungry for hot dogs and hamburgers just thinking about it. &choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 7)
This is your last step agents and the most important one. The location of the bomb may only be learned from using the FBI decryption device to decode a series of letters. The letters are found on the backs of your badges but are written in invisible ink. Use the decoder pen to find your letter and tell Lead Investigator Brian. He will input the letters into the FBI decryption machine to reveal the final location of the bomb. One the bomb is destroyed, your secret surprise will be revealed. &choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 7)
Congratulations agents! You have successfully destroyed the bomb and saved the neighborhood. Your reward is a ride in the FBI vehicle to see the new movie Freebirds! You will all be going together to enjoy the show. Have a great time – you have certainly earned it. And a very Happy Birthday to Hudson! &choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 7)
