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. You hunt starts on the right side of the square. | an x | 2. You hunt starts on the left side of the square. | an x | 3. Get your team to hug the biggest tree in the square and take a picture of it. Then go to your counselor for the next clue. | ok | 4. Find someone you don't and ask to record a message in English for your counselor. | ok | 5. Find someone who is wearing red and ask for the time. | ok | 6. Find the bench with the SKILL sticker and look under it for the next clue. | ok | 7. Use the letters to write the name of a body part in English | any | 8. What’s the capital of England? | London | 9. What’s the capital of the USA? | Washington | 10. I can protect you from the rain. Rihanna sings a song about me. My name begins with a vowel and has three syllables. What am I? | Umbrella | 11. Put this puzzle together and go to the place it shows. | pista de esportes | 12. Put this puzzle together and go to the place it shows. | next to the pier | 13. Find the jumping rope on the playground and skip 5 times. | ok | 14. Find the marble on the grass. It’s under a red lace. | ok | 15. What color do you get when you mix blue and red? | violet/purple | 16. At the end of the slide you can see me hide. Who am I? | a ruler | 17. The hunt is almost over. In the playground look for the little green clover. | prize |
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