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. 1. Mr. Banks left work at 5:15PM. It took him 1 1/4 hours to drive home. At what time did Mr. Banks arrive home? | 6:30PM | 2. 2. A turtle walks 12 feet in one hour. How many inches does the turtle walk in one hour? | 144 inches | 3. 3. Howard cuts 54 centimeters off a 1-meter board. How much of the board does Howard has left? | 46cm | 4. 4. Joe's dog has a mass of 28,000 grams. What is the mass of Joe's dog in kilograms? | 28 kilograms | 5. 5. Sam and his friends went to a movie at 7:30PM. The movie ended at 9:55PM. How long was the movie? | 2 hr 25 mins | 6. 6. Monica has 426 millimeters of fabric. How many centimeters of fabric does Monica have? | 42.6 | 7. 7. Charlie's puppy, Max, weighs 8 pounds. How many ounces does Max weigh? | 128 ounces | 8. 8. Milton purchases a 5-gallon aquarium for his bedroom. To fill the aquarium with water, he uses a container with a capacity of 1 quart. How many times will Milton fill and empty the container before the aquarium is full? | 20 quarts | 9. 9. The length of a classroom is 34 feet. What is the measurement in yards and feet? | 11 feet and 1 inch | 10. 10. Jeremy made a belt that was 6.4 decimeters long. How many centimeters long is the belt Jeremy made? | 640 cm | 11. 11. Amy's pencil is 80 millimeters long. How many centimeters long is her pencil? | 8 |
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