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. A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter | Persuade | 2. An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them | Inform | 3. A map of the world, showing all continents, countries, and oceans | Inform | 4. A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna | Entertain | 5. A brochure about how people shouldn’t shop at Walmart because they hurt local businesses | Persuade | 6. The fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer | Entertain | 7. A student’s book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series | Inform | 8. A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day | Persuade | 9. The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare | Entertain | 10. The instructions for the board game, Monopoly | Inform | 11. The story of a young man who learns to resist the influences of drugs and gangs | Persuade | 12. A child’s letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been good all year | Persuade | 13. The lyrics to a song written by popular music group, Mindful Behavior | Entertain | 14. A recipe explaining how to make chicken salad sandwiches | inform | 15. A note to a teacher where a student asks if her seat can be switched because of a conflict | Persuade |
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