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. What is the abbreviation for feet? | ft | 2. Find and draw an object that is one foot long. | Answers vary. | 3. Use the ruler to help you complete the following problem: 1 ft = ______ inches | 12 | 4. What is the abbreviation for inch? | in | 5. Find and draw an object that is one inch long. | Answers vary. | 6. Use a ruler and yardstick to help you complete the following problem: 1 yd = ____ ft | 3 | 7. What is the abbreviation for centimeter? | c m | 8. Find and draw an object that is one centimeter long. | Answers vary. | 9. Use the meter stick to help you complete the following problem: 1 m = _____ cm | 100 | 10. What is the abbreviation for meter? | m | 11. Find and draw an object that is one meter long. | Answers vary. | 12. What tool would you use to measure the distance from our classroom to Mrs. Morris’ classroom? | meter stick | 13. Measure the distance in meters from our classroom to Mrs. Morris’ classroom. | 13 m | 14. What tool would you use to measure the distance around the ball on your chair? | measuring tape | 15. Measure the distance in inches around the ball. | 7 inches |
What is the abbreviation for feet?&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 15)
Find and draw an object that is one foot long.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 15)
Use the ruler to help you complete the following problem: 1 ft = ______ inches&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 15)
What is the abbreviation for inch?&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 15)
Find and draw an object that is one inch long.&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 15)
Use a ruler and yardstick to help you complete the following problem: 1 yd = ____ ft&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 15)
What is the abbreviation for centimeter?&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 15)
Find and draw an object that is one centimeter long.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 15)
Use the meter stick to help you complete the following problem: 1 m = _____ cm&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 15)
What is the abbreviation for meter?&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 15)
Find and draw an object that is one meter long.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 15)
What tool would you use to measure the distance from our classroom to Mrs. Morris’ classroom?&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 15)
Measure the distance in meters from our classroom to Mrs. Morris’ classroom.&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 15)
What tool would you use to measure the distance around the ball on your chair?&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 15)
Measure the distance in inches around the ball.&choe=UTF-8
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