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. What is the square root of 81? | 9 | 2. What is the scientific definition of "work"? | using a force to move an object | 3. What nation has the highest population density? | Monaco | 4. What are three different types of bullying and who might be affected by each one? | verbal, physical, cyber | 5. What word goes directly before first affirmative speaker's speech in a debate? | resolved | 6. How many classrooms are there in Tecumseh Public School? | 21 | 7. What is the name of the first principal of Tecumseh Public School? | Al Livingston | 8. What was the original name of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? | The Northwest Mounted Police | 9. What are the names of five Canadian Prime Ministers? | Varies | 10. Solve the following question - 8 x 4 - 16 x 3^3 - 1 | -399 | 11. How many faces are there on Tecumseh's Totem Pole? | 9 | 12. Name one of the conferences that led to the creation of the BNA Act. | Varies | 13. How many bones are in the human body? | 206 | 14. What word for the acrostic poem on Mrs. Hunninck's door? | think | 15. What message is on the wall in the Jr. Stairway? | Bullying stops here. |
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