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 sentence is punctuated incorrectly?A. I would like to study to be an engineer in college.B. The orange brown and yellow fall colors are here.C. Mrs. Jones, my history teacher, is out sick with a cold today.D. The wintry wind is howling outside the living room window. | C | 2. I gave the book to my sister who read it in a week. Which change is needed to correct this sentence?A. Capitalize the word sister.B. Capitalize the word week.C. Put a comma after the word sister.D. Put commas after the words book and sister. | D | 3. Maria is doing research for a paper on the paintings of the Dutch artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Which piece of information is least related to her topic? A.Van Gogh’s paintings are filled with emotion.B.Van Gogh painted both people and landscapes.C.Van Gogh used bright colors and broad brush strokes.D.Van Gogh’s friend Gauguin was famous for his paintings set in Tahiti. | D | 4. In which sentence is the word in italics used incorrectly?A.Please precede to the front of the room.B.Jane accepted the award for the whole class.C.Not all animals can adapt to change so quickly.D.The principal needs of a garden are sunlight and water. | D | 5. She paddle the canoe effortlessly. Which change makes the sentence above correct?A.Change she to she’s.B.Change canoe to canoes.C.Change paddle to paddles.D.Change effortlessly to effortless. | C |
Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly?A. I would like to study to be an engineer in college.B. The orange brown and yellow fall colors are here.C. Mrs. Jones, my history teacher, is out sick with a cold today.D. The wintry wind is howling outside the living room window.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 5)
I gave the book to my sister who read it in a week. Which change is needed to correct this sentence?A. Capitalize the word sister.B. Capitalize the word week.C. Put a comma after the word sister.D. Put commas after the words book and sister.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 5)
Maria is doing research for a paper on the paintings of the Dutch artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Which piece of information is least related to her topic? A.Van Gogh’s paintings are filled with emotion.B.Van Gogh painted both people and landscapes.C.Van Gogh used bright colors and broad brush strokes.D.Van Gogh’s friend Gauguin was famous for his paintings set in Tahiti.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 5)
In which sentence is the word in italics used incorrectly?A.Please precede to the front of the room.B.Jane accepted the award for the whole class.C.Not all animals can adapt to change so quickly.D.The principal needs of a garden are sunlight and water.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 5)
She paddle the canoe effortlessly. Which change makes the sentence above correct?A.Change she to she’s.B.Change canoe to canoes.C.Change paddle to paddles.D.Change effortlessly to effortless.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 5)
