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. Find a shelf with a dinosaur book | 567 non-fiction | 2. Find an iPad on a table | iPads can help us learn to read | 3. Find a quiet place to sit and read | A green couch is a comfortable place | 4. Find the place where we check out our books | We use a scanner to sign books out | 5. Find the sign which shows us how to do a 5 finger test | This sign helps us find a good fit book |
Find a shelf with a dinosaur book&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 5)
Find an iPad on a table&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 5)
Find a quiet place to sit and read&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 5)
Find the place where we check out our books&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 5)
Find the sign which shows us how to do a 5 finger test&choe=UTF-8
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