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. YOUR MISSION: You are embarking on a scavenger hunt throughout the school. You will go to a series of locations, at each location scan the code that matches the COLOR of your group’s answer sheet. Follow the directions, work as a TEAM, and get the job done! You MUST complete these IN ORDER. Write down your starting location. First clue: Where do you go if you have a problem with your schedule? | Guidance | 2. Record your location. List the counselor(s) for all members of your group. Where do you eat? | Cafeteria | 3. Record your location. You will have the opportunity to eat during 3d period. Look around the commons area and find how many bathrooms are located here. Record your answer then go to where can you go online? | 6 bathrooms & library | 4. Record your location. Where do you go to get fit? | Gym | 5. Record your location. How many entrances are here? Find and record your group’s answer then go to where you can find a good read for your next clue. | Four & library | 6. Record your location. List three titles of FICTION available for checkout. Find and record your group’s answer then go to the front office | 3 Titles & office | 7. Record your location. Locate the information for absences, what are two important steps? Find and record your group’s answer then go to where our singers meet. | Chorus room | 8. Record your location. Go upstairs and find the bathrooms in C Loop | bathroom | 9. All halls upstairs have bathrooms located on the “end” of the loop. Record this location on your sheet. Next go to the Auditorium | Auditorium | 10. Record your location. What are three events held here during the year? Record you group’s answer. Go to Room A132 | Auditorium | 11. Almost done! You’re doing fantastic! Record your location. What is the name of the group that meets here? Record your group’s answers then return to your starting location . . . hurry the clock is ticking! | JROTC & B Loop starting point. |
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