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. A word or phrase that means the same as another word or phrase is a? | synonym | 2. A word that is opposite in meaning to another word is a? | antonym | 3. A figure of speech that compares two unlike things that have something in common but doesn't use the words like or as is called a? | metaphor | 4. When an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits to a person it is called | personification | 5. A comparison between two unlike things that have something in common and always uses the words like or as to make a comparison is called a? | simile | 6. The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables is called? | alliteration | 7. The imitation of natural sounds in word form is called? | onomatopoeia | 8. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect is called a? | hyperbole | 9. When one or more words are repeated to show urgency or importance it is called? | repetition |
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