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. This is the office. Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Doornink and Mrs. Coppenbarger work here. We go to the office to pick up attendance slips, check in if we are late or visit Mrs. Coppenbarger if we are naughty. This is also where we get sent if we have a tummy ache or get hurt on the playground. (Go in and meet Mrs. Ryan) LUNCH LINE | Office | 2. This is where we get our lunch. In first grade you have to remember your lunch number. At the beginning of the year, the first grade teachers have them written on cards to help you remember the number. Mrs. Doornink helps you put in your lunch number on a keypad. She will also let you know if you need to bring lunch money. What is your favorite school lunch? ART ROOM | Lunch Line | 3. Here is the art room. Mrs. LePaige is the art teacher. You will meet her when you start first grade. Art is fun because you get to make a clay fish. You also will draw pictures of dinosaurs. What is your favorite color? MUSIC | Art Room | 4. This is the music room. Ms. Spiegel will be your music teacher again. We have fun singing new songs, practicing for our Christmas concert and playing music games. Ms. Spiegel is busy teaching music, so we can’t go into the music room today. MS. HELGESON | Music Room | 5. This is Ms. Helgeson’s office. She came into your classrooms in kindergarten. In first grade you can visit her in her office if you are not feeling comfortable about something, feeling lonely or need to talk about anything to do with your feelings. She also comes into our classroom and does lessons with us. (Go in and meet Ms. Helgeson) LIBRARY | Ms. Helgeson’s Office | 6. This is the library. Inside we read stories with Ms. Patty. After the story is over she lets us pick out 2 books. If we already have 2 books checked out, she lets us color. What is your favorite book? (Go in and meet Ms. Patty) OFFICE | Library |
This is the office. Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Doornink and Mrs. Coppenbarger work here. We go to the office to pick up attendance slips, check in if we are late or visit Mrs. Coppenbarger if we are naughty. This is also where we get sent if we have a tummy ache or get hurt on the playground. (Go in and meet Mrs. Ryan) LUNCH LINE &choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 6)
This is where we get our lunch. In first grade you have to remember your lunch number. At the beginning of the year, the first grade teachers have them written on cards to help you remember the number. Mrs. Doornink helps you put in your lunch number on a keypad. She will also let you know if you need to bring lunch money. What is your favorite school lunch? ART ROOM &choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 6)
Here is the art room. Mrs. LePaige is the art teacher. You will meet her when you start first grade. Art is fun because you get to make a clay fish. You also will draw pictures of dinosaurs. What is your favorite color? MUSIC &choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 6)
This is the music room. Ms. Spiegel will be your music teacher again. We have fun singing new songs, practicing for our Christmas concert and playing music games. Ms. Spiegel is busy teaching music, so we can’t go into the music room today. MS. HELGESON &choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 6)
This is Ms. Helgeson’s office. She came into your classrooms in kindergarten. In first grade you can visit her in her office if you are not feeling comfortable about something, feeling lonely or need to talk about anything to do with your feelings. She also comes into our classroom and does lessons with us. (Go in and meet Ms. Helgeson) LIBRARY &choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 6)
This is the library. Inside we read stories with Ms. Patty. After the story is over she lets us pick out 2 books. If we already have 2 books checked out, she lets us color. What is your favorite book? (Go in and meet Ms. Patty) OFFICE &choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 6)