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. In order to catch bad guys you need to start the day off with some protein. Look here for the first thing you need for a scrambled start to the day | chicken coop | 2. If you chased some bad guys through a swamp and got covered in mud, you'd have to go here to get cleaned off | shower | 3. A confidential informant has the next clue. He's a small white guy with lots of long hair and he's famous for going round in circles all night | Spideykid | 4. The next clue is on a thin red envelope and is encoded onto a DVD that is delivered into a cement box with a red flag on it | mailbox | 5. A real sergeant's ID is the key to the next clue | Bruce | 6. Visit Alex, Melman, Gloria, and Marty and you'll be closer to the loot | Picture in Aidan's bathroom | 7. The suspect with the loot was last seen napping on something wooden in the back yard. Go there for the next clue, but be careful - it's not safe for you to lay on this because it's been rigged to collapse | hammock | 8. This next clue is a real slam-dunk | basketball hoop | 9. If you wanted to find out the capital of Texas you'd look on one of these that's tacked to a wall | map in playroom | 10. A secret spy book has your next clue. If you add the following items you'll know what page has your clue - Aidan in 2013 plus Jace in 2013 plus chickens plus hamsters plus dogs plus cats | page 25 in spy book left on table | 11. The suspect tried to get away by hiding in a big white house on wheels, but he couldn't escape because he didn't have a moment to "spare" | camper spare tire | 12. The final clue is here. The loot is close. The suspect felt you were on his tail so he dumped the loot and ran. To retrieve your loot come into the house thru the sliding glass door and take 3 steps forward, 4 steps to the left, 4 steps to your left again and then look down. Good luck! | under little window desk. |
In order to catch bad guys you need to start the day off with some protein. Look here for the first thing you need for a scrambled start to the day&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 12)
If you chased some bad guys through a swamp and got covered in mud, you'd have to go here to get cleaned off&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 12)
A confidential informant has the next clue. He's a small white guy with lots of long hair and he's famous for going round in circles all night&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 12)
The next clue is on a thin red envelope and is encoded onto a DVD that is delivered into a cement box with a red flag on it&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 12)
A real sergeant's ID is the key to the next clue&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 12)
Visit Alex, Melman, Gloria, and Marty and you'll be closer to the loot&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 12)
The suspect with the loot was last seen napping on something wooden in the back yard. Go there for the next clue, but be careful - it's not safe for you to lay on this because it's been rigged to collapse&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 12)
This next clue is a real slam-dunk&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 12)
If you wanted to find out the capital of Texas you'd look on one of these that's tacked to a wall&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 12)
A secret spy book has your next clue. If you add the following items you'll know what page has your clue - Aidan in 2013 plus Jace in 2013 plus chickens plus hamsters plus dogs plus cats&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 12)
The suspect tried to get away by hiding in a big white house on wheels, but he couldn't escape because he didn't have a moment to "spare"&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 12)
The final clue is here. The loot is close. The suspect felt you were on his tail so he dumped the loot and ran. To retrieve your loot come into the house thru the sliding glass door and take 3 steps forward, 4 steps to the left, 4 steps to your left again and then look down. Good luck!&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 12)
