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. Look above the door in the hall. Write down the room number, then find the shower. | 113 | 2. Find the shower room number then go open the fridge. | 110 | 3. Find what day of May the Minute Maid OJ expires, then find the Hoteling Office Space room. | 30 | 4. Write down the room number, then go to the lobby. | 106 | 5. Find the year Aubin Arsenault died, then scan the bottom code on the lab door. | 1968 | 6. How many goals did James Reimer let in last night? Now, add all your numbers up. | 2333 |
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