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.
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1. You have found A Partridge. Where is his tree? Find a tree for your next code | christmas tree front lobby | 2. Ta Da! Two turtle doves! Way to go! To find your next code, where would you find a French Hen? Go! | Outside French office | 3. Bonjour! Nous sommes les Trois Poules Français! Find your next clue where you would make an important call. Shhhh! | Front office | 4. You found the place where they make important calls and your 4 Calling Birds. For your next clue, think about where you would find 5 Rings. They may not be golden, but you'll be seeing them a lot in February! | Olympic Rings Miss Kelly's room. | 5. Here are your 5 Rings! For your next clue think of a quiet place where you might find 6 Geese a Laying. Once here find the most comfortable spot where the Geese may stretch out and fall asleep. | Library couch | 6. You found your lazy Geese! Half way there! On the seventh day of Christmas there were 7 Swans a Swimming. Swans can't swim at school... they were so upset they needed some Music therapy! Who would give them that? Hmm? Find the room where a music therapist might teach. | Mr. Crone's room | 7. You found it! Did you hear music playing? On to find these 8 Maids a Milking! Mmm... Milk! I need milk! Where do I find milk... Oh Yes! Go find it! | Hot lunch office | 8. Ta Da! Cold and refreshing milk! Now off to find our dancing ladies! 9 Ladies Dancing need a lot of space to move around. | Gym | 9. The ladies have been found! Congratulations. The ladies used to have dancing partners but they have disappeared and they have searched high and low. Help them find their 10 Lords a Leaping. Good luck! | Intermediate Stair well | 10. Now the ladies and lords can dance! Wait! They need music! Their piping music has been locked away in a room where students fear to tread... | outside staff room | 11. You found the pipers! The final piece of Christmas is hidden away in a spot where you can find incredibly loud and fun learning tools. | behind drum container | 12. If this is your twelfth clue, congratulations! You found Christmas! If you have not found 12 clues yet, return to Clue 1. | back to starting point |
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