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. The Hubble Telescope completes 15 revolutions around the Earth per day. How many revolutions does the telescope complete in 84 days? | 1260 | 2. Sue owns a restaurant. Tonight there are 138 guests. Each table in the restaurant seats 4 guests. How many tables will she need tonight? | 35 | 3. There were 54 boxes of donust delivered to a grocery store. There are a dozen donuts in each box. How many total donuts were delivered? | 648 | 4. A movie theater has 33 rows of seats with 17 seats in each row. About how many seats are in the movie theater? | 600 | 5. Jeff spends $132 every 6 months for renter's insurance. How much does Jeff spend per month on renter's insurance? | $22 | 6. Bob works at a pet store. There are 2680fish being delivered. He is putting 8 fish in each tank. How many tanks will Bob need? | 335 | 7. Mrs. T is reading a book with 1,737 pages. She wants to finish the book in 9 days. How many pages does she need to read each day to finish on time? | 193 | 8. 272 people are going on a guided hike in Colorado. Each guide can have a total of 8 hikers in their group. How many guides will be needed? | 34 |
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