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. What is the Pythagorean Theorem? | a squared plus b squared equals c squared | 2. What is Optimus Prime's original name?2 | Orion Pax2 | 3. How many Oscars has Leo Dicaprio won?3 | Zero3 | 4. A man is sitting in his cabin in Michigan. 3 hours later he gets out of his cabin in Texas. How is this possible?4 | He's a pilot in a plane's cabin.4 | 5. What is Bruce Wayne's (Batman) birthday?5 | February 19th5 | 6. What is the definition of psychobabble?6 | Talking gibberish about matters in psychology.6 | 7. What was Green Arrow's motivation to be a superhero?7 | He was stranded on an island for 5 years.7 |
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