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. In what year did the first pedestrian die in a car accident? Where did it happen? What was the person’s name? How old were they? Male or female? How fast was the car travelling? | answer | 2. | 3. I started high school in the year 2000. In what year did I start Prep? In what year did I finish year 12? | answer2 | 4. | 5. John used 6 blocks to build a staircase with 3 steps. How many blocks will John need to make a 6-step staircase? | answer3 | 6. | 7. | 8. Three missionaries and three cannibals wish to cross a river. There is a boat that can carry up to three people, and either missionaries or cannibals can operate the boat. However, it is never permissible for the cannibals to outnumber the missionaries either in the boat or on the shore. How are the cannibals and missionaries going to get to other side? | answer4 | 9. | 10. A farmer has horses, goats and chickens on his farm. The number of horses is double the number of goats. The number of chickens is 5 times the number of goats. The animals have a total of 44 legs. Find the number of goats, horses and chickens on the farm. | answer5 | 11. | 12. If you multiply 14 by this number you get 252. What is the number? | answer6 |
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