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. Who was Terry Fox? | Terry Fox was a boy who tried running across Canada. | 2. Where did Terry finish his marathon? | He finished in Thunder Bay. | 3. Why was Terry Fox running across Canada? | He wanted to raise money for cancer research. | 4. What was Terry's Marathon called? | It was the Marathon of Hope | 5. How old was Terry Fox when he died? | Terry was 22 years old. | 6. What was special about Terry Fox? | He had his leg amputated. | 7. What kind of cancer did Terry Fox have? | Terry Fox had bone cancer. |
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