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.
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1. QR is short for Quick Response (they can be read quickly by a cell phone). They are used to take a piece of information from a transitory media and put it in to your cell phone or other electronic device. | What is a QR code? | 2. As long as the contrast between light and dark areas is great enough for readers to detect, you can create branded QR codes to help promote your business. | Do QR codes have to be black and white? | 3. The largest QR code on record was created by Audi, which measures a whopping 159 square meters. | What is the largest QR code recorded? | 4. The iPhone is the most popular scanning device for QR codes. | What is the most popular device used to scan QR codes? | 5. QR codes were first introduced in 1994. | When were QR codes first introduced? | 6. Two-thirds of all QR codes are scanned by women. | Do men or women use QR codes more? | 7. Over one-fourth of all scanned QR codes were scanned by 35-44 year old consumers | What age group uses QR codes the most? |
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