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. The largest art theft in U.S. History took place in Boston on March 18, 1990. There were 12 paintings worth a total of $100 million which were stolen from the _________ _________ _________ Museum by two thieves posing as police officers. | Isabella Steward Gardener | 2. _________ _________ has been around since 1634 and is the oldest public park in the country. | Boston Common | 3. In 1897, Boston built America’s first _________. | Subway | 4. The Boston suburb of Quincy is home to the first ________ ________ which is located on Hancock Street. | Dunkin Donuts | 5. The ________ ________ ________ on Commonwealth Avenue is unique in that it is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train going under a car that is driving under an airplane. (I suggest grabbing a piece of paper to sketch that one out). | Boston University Bridge | 6. Boston’s first mayor with a car, _______ _______ _______, used the number of letters in his name to choose the license plate number “576”. The plate number is still used for the mayor of Boston’s official car. | James Michael Curley | 7. The 60 story tall _______ _______ _______ houses 13 acres of glass. | John Hancock Tower | 8. _______ _______ opened in 1912 and is the oldest original Major League Baseball stadium still in use. | Fenway Park | 9. The _______ _______ _______ was invented at the Omni Parker House in Boston and is now the official dessert of the state. | Boston Cream Pie | 10. A golden _______ sits on top of the gold dome of the State House and symbolizes the importance of logging to Massachusetts in the 18th century. | Pinecone | 11. ________ _________, the country's first college, was founded in 1636. | Harvard University | 12. The first American __________ was built in the Boston Harbor in 1716. | Lighthouse | 13. The _______ _______ _______ opened in Boston in 1806. It is the first church in America to be built by free Africans. | African Meeting House | 14. The coldest day in Boston’s recorded history was on February 9th, 1934 when the temperature dropped to ____ degrees Fahrenheit. | -18 | 15. The _______ _______ _______ reenactment takes place in Boston Harbor annually on December 16th. | Boston Tea Party |
The largest art theft in U.S. History took place in Boston on March 18, 1990. There were 12 paintings worth a total of $100 million which were stolen from the _________ _________ _________ Museum by two thieves posing as police officers.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 15)
_________ _________ has been around since 1634 and is the oldest public park in the country.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 15)
In 1897, Boston built America’s first _________.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 15)
The Boston suburb of Quincy is home to the first ________ ________ which is located on Hancock Street.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 15)
The ________ ________ ________ on Commonwealth Avenue is unique in that it is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train going under a car that is driving under an airplane. (I suggest grabbing a piece of paper to sketch that one out).&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 15)
Boston’s first mayor with a car, _______ _______ _______, used the number of letters in his name to choose the license plate number “576”. The plate number is still used for the mayor of Boston’s official car.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 15)
The 60 story tall _______ _______ _______ houses 13 acres of glass.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 15)
_______ _______ opened in 1912 and is the oldest original Major League Baseball stadium still in use.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 15)
The _______ _______ _______ was invented at the Omni Parker House in Boston and is now the official dessert of the state.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 15)
A golden _______ sits on top of the gold dome of the State House and symbolizes the importance of logging to Massachusetts in the 18th century.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 15)
________ _________, the country's first college, was founded in 1636.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 15)
The first American __________ was built in the Boston Harbor in 1716.&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 15)
The _______ _______ _______ opened in Boston in 1806. It is the first church in America to be built by free Africans.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 15)
The coldest day in Boston’s recorded history was on February 9th, 1934 when the temperature dropped to ____ degrees Fahrenheit.&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 15)
The _______ _______ _______ reenactment takes place in Boston Harbor annually on December 16th.&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 15)
