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. Which state has the largest sycamore tree | West Virginia | 2. Where was davy crockett born | Tennessee | 3. Where is the United States Air Force Academy | Colorado | 4. What state only has 12 letters in the alphabet | Hawaii | 5. What university uses waterbeds for horses in surgery | Kansas | 6. What state has the worlds largest shrimp on display | Mississippi | 7. What state was the last of the 13 colonies to become a state | Rhode Island | 8. What state holds a border with another state | Maine | 9. What state has the oldest North American Settlment | Florida | 10. What state is named after England's queen Elizabeth | Virginia |
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