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. Walk quickly to where would the action take place in centre of a circus? This is where you will find the first clue | The centre pole under the tent. | 2. Look under red and white spotted caps to find your next clue | The mushrooms. | 3. Which room has more learning books than any other? It's on the back of the last door where this clue is hidden | The last door in the library. | 4. Who is the tallest female teacher at school? Find the next clue under where her children sit outside after breaktime. | The bench outside Miss Barbara's classroom. | 5. Starting at the Principal's room, which door is the sixth door in a clockwise direction? Look very low to find your next clue, but be careful of the rubbish. | Behind the bin near the locked change room near the guard's desk. | 6. Many people don't travel by car to school. Look carefully where they park to find your next clue. | The bicycle shed. | 7. Oh no, the teacher's staffroom is on fire! What would you use to put out the fire? | The fire extinguisher near the staffroom. | 8. Run quickly to where most of your learning takes place. Be quick and don't forget to show your time to your teacher. | Your home class. |
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